The 2017 Davis Cup was the 106th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas.[1] France won their tenth title (their first since 2001), with Lucas Pouille defeating Steve Darcis of Belgium on indoor hard in the final match held at Stade Pierre-Mauroy located in Villeneuve-d'Ascq on 26 November.[2][3]

2017 Davis Cup
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Duration3 February – 26 November 2017
Edition106th
Champion
Winning nation France
2016
2018

World Group

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Participating teams
 
Argentina
 
Australia
 
Belgium
 
Canada
 
Croatia
 
Czech Republic
 
France
 
Germany
 
Great Britain
 
Italy
 
Japan
 
Russia
 
Serbia
 
Spain
 
Switzerland
 
United States

Seeds

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  1.   Argentina (first round)
  2.   Croatia (first round)
  3.   Great Britain (quarterfinals)
  4.   Czech Republic (first round)
  5.    Switzerland (first round)
  6.   France (world champion of team)
  7.   Belgium (final)
  8.   Serbia (semifinals)

Draw

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First round
3–5 February
Quarterfinals
7–9 April
Semifinals
15–17 September
Final
24–26 November
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
1  Argentina2
Charleroi, Belgium (indoor hard)
  Italy3
  Italy2
Frankfurt, Germany (indoor hard)
7  Belgium3
7  Belgium4
Brussels, Belgium (indoor clay)
  Germany1
7  Belgium3
Kooyong, Australia (hard)
  Australia2
4  Czech Republic1
Brisbane, Australia (hard)[4]
  Australia4
  Australia3
Birmingham, United States (indoor hard)
  United States2
5   Switzerland0
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France (indoor hard)
  United States5
7  Belgium2
Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)
6  France3
  Japan1
Rouen, France (indoor clay)
6  France4
6  France4
Ottawa, Canada (indoor hard)
3  Great Britain1
  Canada2
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France (clay)
3  Great Britain3
6  France3
Niš, Serbia (indoor hard)
8  Serbia1
  Russia1
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
8  Serbia4
8  Serbia4
Osijek, Croatia (indoor hard)
  Spain1
  Spain3
2  Croatia2

Final

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France
3
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France[5]
24–26 November 2017
Hard (i)
 
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Lucas Pouille
David Goffin
5
7
3
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Steve Darcis
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3  
 
Richard Gasquet / Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Ruben Bemelmans / Joris De Loore
6
1
3
6
77
62
6
4
   
4  
 
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
David Goffin
65
77
3
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Lucas Pouille
Steve Darcis
6
3
6
1
6
0
     

World Group play-offs

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Date: 15–17 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2018 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Kazakhstan 3–2   Argentina Astana National Tennis Center Indoor Hard
  Colombia 1–4   Croatia Bogotá Plaza de Toros La Santamaría Outdoor Clay
   Switzerland 3–2   Belarus Biel/Bienne Swiss Tennis Arena Indoor Hard
  Netherlands 3–2   Czech Republic The Hague Sportcampus Zuiderpark Indoor Clay
  Portugal 2–3   Germany Lisbon Clube de Ténis do Jamor Outdoor Clay
  Japan 3–1   Brazil Osaka Utsubo Tennis Center Outdoor Hard
  Hungary 3–1   Russia Budapest Margaret Island Athletic Centre Outdoor Clay
  Canada 3–2   India Edmonton Northlands Coliseum Indoor Hard

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1  Brazil
byeAmbato, Ecuador (clay)
bye1  Brazil5
  PeruGuayaquil, Ecuador (clay)  Ecuador0
  Peru0
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (hard)  Ecuador5
  Peru1
  Dominican Republic4Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic (hard)
  Dominican Republic0
  Chile5Medellín, Colombia (clay)
  Dominican Republic  Chile1
bye2  Colombia3
bye
2  Colombia
  •   Peru relegated to Group II in 2018.
  •   Brazil and   Colombia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

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Draw

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Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Asunción, Paraguay (clay)
1  Barbados3
Zapopan, Mexico (hard)  Paraguay2Saint Michael, Barbados (hard)
  Paraguay01  Barbados3
3  Mexico5Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)  Guatemala2
3  Mexico1
  Guatemala3Wildey, Barbados (hard)
1  Barbados3
San Salvador, El Salvador (hard)2  Venezuela2
  Bolivia2
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (clay)4  El Salvador3Doral, United States (hard)
  Bolivia44  El Salvador2
  Bahamas1Doral, United States (hard)2  Venezuela3
  Bahamas0
2  Venezuela5

Group III

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Date: 12–17 June

Location: Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Americas Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Uruguay (53)
  2.   Puerto Rico (79)
  1.   Costa Rica (84)
  2.   Honduras (86)
  1.   Cuba (91)
  2.   Jamaica (94)
  1.   Bermuda (107)
  2.   Panama (115)
  3.   Antigua and Barbuda (-)

Pool A

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  URU CRC PAN CUB RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
53   Uruguay 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 18–0 (100%) 111–40 (74%) 1
84   Costa Rica 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 11–11 (50%) 99–106 (48%) 2
115   Panama 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 6–14 (30%) 74–107 (41%) 3
91   Cuba 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 5–15 (25%) 75–106 (41%) 4

Pool B

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  PUR HON JAM BER ANT RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
79   Puerto Rico 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 24–3 (89%) 162–89 (65%) 1
86   Honduras 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 15–11 (58%) 128–107 (54%) 2
94   Jamaica 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 16–12 (57%) 148–122 (55%) 3
107   Bermuda 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–3 6–18 (25%) 79–126 (39%) 4
NR   Antigua and Barbuda 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–4 4–21 (16%) 68–141 (33%) 5

Playoffs

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Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Uruguay 2–0   Honduras
Promotional   Costa Rica 1–2   Puerto Rico
5th–6th   Panama 2–1   Jamaica
7th–8th   Cuba 2–0   Bermuda
9th   Antigua and Barbuda

  Uruguay and   Puerto Rico promoted to Group II in 2018.

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1  Kazakhstan
byeAstana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)
bye1  Kazakhstan4
  Chinese TaipeiKaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)  China1
  Chinese Taipei0
Yanggu, South Korea (hard)  China5
  Chinese Taipei2
  South Korea3Gimcheon, South Korea (indoor hard)
  Uzbekistan3
Auckland, New Zealand (hard)  South Korea1Bangalore, India (hard)
  South Korea2  Uzbekistan1
  New Zealand3Pune, India (hard)2  India4
  New Zealand1
2  India4

Group II

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Draw

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Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Islamabad, Pakistan (hard)
1  Pakistan3
Isfahan, Iran (clay)  Iran2Islamabad, Pakistan (grass)
  Iran51  Pakistanw/o
  Vietnam0Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (hard)  Hong Kong
4  Vietnam2
  Hong Kong3Islamabad, Pakistan (grass)
1  Pakistan3
Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)2  Thailand2
  Indonesia1
Surakarta, Indonesia (hard)3  Philippines4Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
  Indonesia43  Philippines0
  Kuwait1Mishref, Kuwait (hard)2  Thailand5
  Kuwait1
2  Thailand3

Group III

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Date: 17–22 July

Location: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)

Participating teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Sri Lanka (78)
  2.   Lebanon (88)
  1.   Malaysia (89)
  2.   Syria (93)
  1.   Pacific Oceania (97)
  2.   Qatar (100)
  1.   United Arab Emirates (103)
  2.   Jordan (104)
  3.   Turkmenistan (105)

Pool A

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  SRI JOR POC SYR RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
78   Sri Lanka 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 12–6 (67%) 96–66 (59%) 1
104   Jordan 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 10–9 (53%) 82–95 (46%) 2
97   Pacific Oceania 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 10–11 (48%) 91–91 (50%) 3
93   Syria 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 7–13 (35%) 78–95 (45%) 4

Pool B

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  LBN QAT MAS UAE TKM RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
88   Lebanon 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 19–8 (70%) 147–100 (60%) 1
100   Qatar 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 15–12 (56%) 118–111 (52%) 2
89   Malaysia 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 14–11 (56%) 121–100 (55%) 3
103   United Arab Emirates 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 11–17 (39%) 109–142 (43%) 4
105   Turkmenistan 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–4 9–20 (31%) 111–153 (42%) 5

Playoffs

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Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Sri Lanka 2–0   Qatar
Promotional   Jordan 0–2   Lebanon
5th   Malaysia
Relegation   Pacific Oceania 2–1   Turkmenistan
Relegation   Syria 2–0   United Arab Emirates

Group IV

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Date: 3–8 April

Location: Bahrain Polytechnic, Isa Town, Bahrain (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of five and six teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
  1.   Cambodia (101)
  2.   Iraq (106)
  1.   Bahrain (107)
  2.   Singapore (107)
  1.   Saudi Arabia (111)
  2.   Bangladesh (112)
  1.   Myanmar (120)
  2.   Oman (122)
  1.   Tajikistan (123)
  2.   Mongolia (124)
  3.   Kyrgyzstan (126)

Pool A

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  CAM KSA MYA BHR KGZ RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
101   Cambodia 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 20–8 (71%) 150–92 (62%) 1
111   Saudi Arabia 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 20–7 (74%) 137–91 (60%) 2
120   Myanmar 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 10–17 (37%) 106–140 (43%) 3
107   Bahrain 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–3 12–17 (41%) 123–141 (47%) 4
126   Kyrgyzstan 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–4 7–20 (26%) 98–150 (40%) 5

Pool B

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  SGP OMA MGL TJK BAN IRQ RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
107   Singapore 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 27–5 (84%) 189–83 (69%) 1
122   Oman 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 25–9 (74%) 178–122 (59%) 2
124   Mongolia 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 17–15 (53%) 145–124 (54%) 3
123   Tajikistan 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 11–22 (33%) 124–170 (42%) 4
112   Bangladesh 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–4 9–23 (28%) 102–168 (38%) 5
106   Iraq 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 9–24 (27%) 117–182 (39%) 6

Play-offs

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Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Cambodia 2–0   Oman
Promotional   Saudi Arabia 2–1   Singapore
5th–6th   Myanmar 2–1   Mongolia
7th–8th   Bahrain 1–2   Tajikistan
9th–10th   Kyrgyzstan 2–1   Bangladesh
11th   Iraq

  Cambodia and   Saudi Arabia promoted to Group III in 2018.

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1  Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
bye
1  Slovakia1  Slovakia1
bye  Hungary3
  Hungary
Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)
bye
1  Slovakia4
  Poland1
3  Netherlands
Zenica, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
bye
bye3  Netherlands3
Zenica, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
  Poland  Bosnia and Herzegovina1
  Poland0
  Bosnia and Herzegovina5
Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
  Romania2
Wels, Austria (clay)Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
  Belarus3
  Romania1  Belarus3
4  Austria44  Austria1
bye
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
4  Austria
  Romania0
Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)
  Israel5
  Israel0
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)
  Portugal5
  Israel0  Portugal4
2  Ukraine52  Ukraine1
bye
2  Ukraine

Group II

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Draw

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Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Tunis, Tunisia (hard)
1  Sweden3
Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)Antalya, Turkey (clay)
  Tunisia2
  Tunisia41  Sweden4
Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
  Cyprus17  Turkey1
7  Turkey4
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Cyprus1
1  Sweden5
Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
3  Lithuania0
3  Lithuania3
Hanko, Finland (indoor hard)Tbilisi, Georgia (hard)
  Madagascar2
  Madagascar23  Lithuania3
Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)
5  Finland3  Georgia2
5  Finland2
  Georgia3
Jelgava, Latvia (indoor hard)
  Norway5
Marrakesh, Morocco (clay)Stavanger, Norway (indoor hard)
6  Latvia0
6  Latvia2  Norway1
Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)
  Morocco34  Denmark4
  Morocco1
Aarhus, Denmark (indoor hard)
4  Denmark4
4  Denmark1
Centurion, South Africa (hard)
8  South Africa3
  Estonia1
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)Centurion, South Africa (hard)
8  South Africa4
  Estonia38  South Africa5
Maribor, Slovenia (indoor hard)
  Monaco22  Slovenia0
  Monaco2
2  Slovenia3

Group III Europe

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Date: 5–8 April

Location: Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of three teams (Pool A) and three pools of four teams (Pools B, C and D). The winners of each pool played-off against each other to determine which two nations were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.   Bulgaria (50)
  2.   Moldova (61)
  3.   Luxembourg (67)
  4.   Ireland (79)
  1.   Macedonia (88)
  2.   Montenegro (92)
  3.   Greece (97)
  4.   Liechtenstein (102)
  1.   Malta (102)
  2.   Andorra (113)
  3.   San Marino (114)
  4.   Iceland (116)
  5.   Armenia (119)
  6.   Albania (125)
  7.   Kosovo (128)

Pool A

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  BUL GRE ARM RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
50   Bulgaria 3–0 3–0 2–0 12–1 (92%) 79–36 (69%) 1
97   Greece 0–3 3–0 1–1 7–7 (50%) 64–53 (55%) 2
119   Armenia 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–12 (8%) 23–77 (23%) 3

Pool B

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  MKD MDA MLT ISL RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
88   Macedonia 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 16–4 (80%) 111–70 (61%) 1
61   Moldova 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 9–11 (45%) 76–90 (46%) 2
102   Malta 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 8–12 (40%) 77–94 (45%) 3
116   Iceland 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 7–13 (35%) 77–87 (47%) 4

Pool C

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  LUX LIE ALB SMR RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
67   Luxembourg 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 18–1 (95%) 115–41 (74%) 1
102   Liechtenstein 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 11–9 (55%) 88–84 (51%) 2
125   Albania 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–16 (16%) 59–106 (36%) 3
114   San Marino 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 7–15 (32%) 86–117 (42%) 4

Pool D

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  IRL MNE AND KOS RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
79   Ireland 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 17–2 (89%) 110–35 (76%) 1
92   Montenegro 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 12–5 (71%) 90–71 (56%) 2
113   Andorra 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 8–11 (42%) 75–86 (47%) 3
128   Kosovo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–18 (5%) 28–111 (20%) 4

Playoffs

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Placing A Team Score D Team
Promotional   Bulgaria 1–2   Ireland
5th–8th   Greece 1–2   Montenegro
9th–12th   Armenia 2–1   Andorra
13th–15th   Kosovo
Placing B Team Score C Team
Promotional   Macedonia 1–2   Luxembourg
5th–8th   Moldova 2–1   Liechtenstein
9th–12th   Malta 2–1   Albania
13th–15th   Iceland 2–0   San Marino

  Ireland and   Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2018.

Group III Africa

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Date: 17–22 July

Location: Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Zimbabwe (73)
  2.   Algeria (81)
  1.   Benin (83)
  2.   Egypt (96)
  1.   Nigeria (98)
  2.   Kenya (117)
  1.   Botswana (119)
  2.   Rwanda (126)
  3.   Libya (129)

Pool A

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  EGY ZIM NGR RWA RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
96   Egypt 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 18–1 (95%) 113–35 (76%) 1
73   Zimbabwe 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 10–9 (53%) 85–75 (53%) 2
98   Nigeria 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 10–10 (50%) 91–93 (49%) 3
126   Rwanda 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–18 (0%) 22–108 (17%) 4

Pool B

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  KEN BEN ALG LBA BOT RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
117   Kenya 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 20–7 (74%) 148–89 (62%) 1
83   Benin 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 19–8 (70%) 138–95 (59%) 2
81   Algeria 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 17–9 (65%) 134–86 (61%) 3
129   Libya 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 7–20 (26%) 83–151 (35%) 4
119   Botswana 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–4 4–23 (15%) 67–149 (31%) 5

Playoffs

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Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Egypt 2–0   Benin
Promotional   Zimbabwe 2–0   Kenya
5th–6th   Nigeria 2–0   Algeria
7th–8th   Rwanda 2–1   Libya
9th   Botswana

Broadcasting rights

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Americas

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Asia

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Europe

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Africa

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References

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  1. ^ Davis Cup by BNP Paribas
  2. ^ "France win 10th Davis Cup title by beating Belgium 3-2 in the final". Guardian. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ "France Wins First Davis Cup Title in 16 Years". New York Times. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Australia ready to take revenge in quarterfinal". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "France v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Tennis Channel, Tennis Channel Plus to show both Davis Cup semis". Tennis.com. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
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