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
editWithdrawn nations
editDraw
editDate: 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
editPot | 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
editPool A
editEGY | 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
editKEN | 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
editPlacing | 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
editPool A
editEgypt vs. Benin
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Algeria vs. Benin
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Egypt vs. Algeria
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Pool B
editKenya vs. Rwanda
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Mozambique vs. Ghana
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Kenya vs. Mozambique
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Ghana vs. Rwanda
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Kenya vs. Ghana
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Mozambique vs. Rwanda
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Play-offs
editPromotional play-offs
editEgypt vs. Mozambique
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Kenya vs. Benin
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Relegation play-off
editAlgeria vs. Rwanda
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Final placements
editPlacing | 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.