The Africa Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2021. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Cairo, Egypt, from 11 to 14 August 2021.
Participating nations edit
Withdrawn nations edit
Draw edit
Date: 11–18 August 2021
Location: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools – one of four teams and one of three teams – and nations will play each team once in their group. Nations finishing in the top two of each group will play-off for promotion, with the winner of Group A facing the runner-up of Group B, and the winner of Group B facing the runner-up of Group A.
The two teams finishing third in their groups will enter a relegation play-off, with the beaten team joining the team finishing fourth in contesting Africa Group IV in 2022.
Seeding edit
Pot | Nation | Rank1 | Seed |
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1 | Egypt | 67 | 1 |
Kenya | 70 | 2 | |
2 | Mozambique | 83 | 3 |
Algeria | 85 | 4 | |
3 | Benin | 94 | 5 |
Ghana | 96 | 6 | |
Rwanda | 99 | 7 |
- 1Davis Cup Rankings as of 8 March 2021
Round Robin edit
Pool A edit
EGY | BEN | ALG | RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
1 | Egypt | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 11–2 (85%) | 76–47 (62%) | 1 | |
5 | Benin | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 (47%) | 62–73 (46%) | 2 | |
4 | Algeria | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–11 (21%) | 54–72 (43%) | 3 |
Pool B edit
KEN | MOZ | RWA | GHA | RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
2 | Kenya | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 16–3 (84%) | 111–45 (71%) | 1 | |
3 | Mozambique | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 13–7 (65%) | 90–64 (58%) | 2 | |
7 | Rwanda | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–5 | 9–12 (43%) | 86–98 (47%) | 3 | |
6 | Ghana | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–9 | 2–17 (11%) | 36–113 (24%) | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.
Playoffs edit
Placing | A Team | Score | B Team |
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Promotional | Egypt | 3–0 | Mozambique |
Promotional | Benin | 2–1 | Kenya |
Relegation | Algeria | 3–0 | Rwanda |
Relegation | — | Ghana |
Round Robin edit
Pool A edit
Egypt vs. Benin edit
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Algeria vs. Benin edit
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Egypt vs. Algeria edit
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Pool B edit
Kenya vs. Rwanda edit
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Mozambique vs. Ghana edit
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Kenya vs. Mozambique edit
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Ghana vs. Rwanda edit
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Kenya vs. Ghana edit
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Mozambique vs. Rwanda edit
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Play-offs edit
Promotional play-offs edit
Egypt vs. Mozambique edit
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Kenya vs. Benin edit
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Relegation play-off edit
Algeria vs. Rwanda edit
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Final placements edit
Placing | Teams | |
Promoted/First | Egypt | Benin |
Third | Mozambique | Kenya |
Fifth | Algeria | |
Relegated/Sixth | Rwanda | |
Relegated/Seventh | Ghana |
References edit
- ^ "Egypt v Benin". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Algeria v Benin". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Egypt v Algeria". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Kenya v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Mozambique v Ghana". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Kenya v Mozambique". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Ghana v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Kenya v Ghana". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Mozambique v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Egypt v Mozambique". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Kenya v Benin". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Algeria v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.