1999 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1999.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2000, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2000.

Participating nations

Draw

Venue: Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt
Date: 24–28 February

Group A

	LUX	TUN	GHA	ALG	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Luxembourg		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0 (100%)	18–4 (82%)	1
Tunisia	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–1	4–5 (44%)	11–11 (50%)	2
Ghana	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–2	3–6 (33%)	10–12 (45%)	3
Algeria	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	4–16 (20%)	4

Group B

	EGY	BIH	BEN	NGR	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Egypt		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0 (100%)	18–1 (95%)	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	5–4 (56%)	12–9 (57%)	2
Benin	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7 (22%)	4–15 (21%)	3
Nigeria	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	6–15 (29%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th Play-Off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Luxembourg

2

B2

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0

A1

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2

A1

Luxembourg

0

A2

Tunisia

0

B1

Egypt

3

A2

Tunisia

0

B1

Egypt

3

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th Play-Off

5th-8th Play-Offs

5th-6th Play-Off

A3

Ghana

1

B4

Nigeria

2

A3

Ghana

1

B4

Nigeria

2

A4

Algeria

2

B3

Benin

1

A4

Algeria

1

B3

Benin

2

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Egypt
2	Luxembourg
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
4	Tunisia
5	Nigeria
6	Benin
7	Algeria
8	Ghana

Egypt and Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2000.
Algeria and Ghana relegated to Group IV in 2000.

Round robin

Group A

Algeria vs. Tunisia

Algeria
1

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [1]
24 February 1999

Tunisia
2

		1	2	3
1	Khereddine Bounifa Souheil Zekri	1 6	1 6
2	Abdelhak Hameurlaine Walid Jallali	7 5	2 6	6 4
3	Khereddine Bounifa / Abdelhak Hameurlaine Walid Jallali / Souheil Zekri	1 6	0 6

Ghana vs. Luxembourg

Ghana
0

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [2]
24 February 1999

Luxembourg
3

		1	2	3
1	Isaac Donkor Johny Goudenbour	2 6	6 4	2 6
2	Franklyn Ofori Pascal Schaul	6 4	2 6	1 6
3	Courage Anyidoho / Gunther Darkey Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler	6⁰ 7⁷	2 6

Algeria vs. Luxembourg

Algeria
0

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [3]
25 February 1999

Luxembourg
3

		1	2
1	Nabil Dob Johny Goudenbour	1 6	0 6
2	Abdelhak Hameurlaine Pascal Schaul	3 6	4 6
3	Sid-Ali Akkal / Nabil Dob Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler	2 6	6³ 7⁷

Ghana vs. Tunisia

Ghana
1

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [4]
25 February 1999

Tunisia
2

		1	2	3
1	Isaac Donkor Souheil Zekri	6 3	3 6	2 6
2	Franklyn Ofori Walid Jallali	6⁵ 7⁷	5 7
3	Gunther Darkey / Franklyn Ofori Walid Jallali / Karim Jelassi	6 2	6 2

Algeria vs. Ghana

Algeria
1

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [5]
26 February 1999

Ghana
2

		1	2	3
1	Sid-Ali Akkal Gunther Darkey	3 6	6 4	7 5
2	Abdelhak Hameurlaine Franklyn Ofori	3 6	6⁶ 7⁸
3	Sid-Ali Akkal / Abdelhak Hameurlaine Gunther Darkey / Franklyn Ofori	1 6	1 6

Luxembourg vs. Tunisia

Luxembourg
3

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [6]
26 February 1999

Tunisia
0

		1	2	3
1	Gilles Kremer Souheil Zekri	4 6	6 3	6 1
2	Pascal Schaul Walid Jallali	6 4	6 3
3	Johny Goudenbour / Mike Scheidweiler Walid Jallali / Souheil Zekri	3 6	7⁷ 6²	6 2

Group B

Egypt vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Egypt
3

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [7]
24 February 1999

Bosnia and Herzegovina
0

		1	2	3
1	Karim Maamoun Haris Bašalić	2 6	6 1	6 3
2	Amr Ghoneim Meride Zahirović	7 5	6 2
3	Amr Ghoneim / Karim Maamoun Igor Ibrisbegović / Aljoša Pirić	6 3	6 2

Benin vs. Nigeria

Benin
2

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [8]
24 February 1999

Nigeria
1

		1	2	3
1	Alphonse Gandonou Ganiyu Adenekan	6 2	3 6	7 5
2	Christophe Pognon Jonathan Igbinovia	6 2	6 2
3	Jean-Marie da Silva / Alphonse Gandonou Jonathan Igbinovia / Yakubu Suleiman	3 6	4 6

Egypt vs. Benin

Egypt
3

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [9]
25 February 1999

Benin
0

		1	2
1	Hisham Hemeda Sourou Gandonou	6 0	6 1
2	Amr Ghoneim Christophe Pognon	6 3	6 1
3	Gehad El Deeb / Karim Maamoun Alphonse Gandonou / Sourou Gandonou	6 2	6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Nigeria

Bosnia and Herzegovina
2

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [10]
25 February 1999

Nigeria
1

		1	2	3
1	Igor Ibrisbegović Yakubu Suleiman	4 6	6 0	6 2
2	Haris Bašalić Jonathan Igbinovia	6 4	6 3
3	Igor Ibrisbegović / Aljoša Pirić Ganiyu Adenekan / Jonathan Igbinovia	3 6	6 2	2 6

Egypt vs. Nigeria

Egypt
3

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [11]
26 February 1999

Nigeria
0

		1	2
1	Hisham Hemeda Ganiyu Adenekan	6 3	6 1
2	Karim Maamoun Jonathan Igbinovia	6 2	6 2
3	Gehad El Deeb / Amr Ghoneim Ganiyu Adenekan / Jonathan Igbinovia	6 4	7⁸ 6⁶

Benin vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Benin
0

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [12]
26 February 1999

Bosnia and Herzegovina
3

		1	2
1	Alphonse Gandonou Haris Bašalić	0 6	1 6
2	Christophe Pognon Meride Zahirović	4 6	1 6
3	Jean-Marie da Silva / Sourou Gandonou Igor Ibrisbegović / Aljoša Pirić	3 6	4 6

1st to 4th place play-offs

Semifinals

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Luxembourg

Bosnia and Herzegovina
0

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [13]
27 February 1999

Luxembourg
2

		1	2
1	Haris Bašalić Johny Goudenbour	6² 7⁷	4 6
2	Meride Zahirović Pascal Schaul	5 7	4 6
3				not played

Egypt vs. Tunisia

Egypt
3

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [14]
27 February 1999

Tunisia
0

		1	2	3
1	Hisham Hemeda Souheil Zekri	6 1	6 0
2	Amr Ghoneim Walid Jallali	6 2	1 6	7 5
3	Amr Ghoneim / Karim Maamoun Aref Jallali / Karim Jelassi	6 2	6 0

Final

Egypt vs. Luxembourg

Egypt
3

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [15]
28 February 1999

Luxembourg
0

		1	2
1	Karim Maamoun Gilles Kremer	7 5	6 4
2	Amr Ghoneim Pascal Schaul	6 4	6 3
3	Amr Ghoneim / Karim Maamoun Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler	6 4	6 4

3rd to 4th play-off

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Tunisia

Bosnia and Herzegovina
2

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [16]
28 February 1999

Tunisia
0

		1	2	3
1	Igor Ibrisbegović Souheil Zekri	5 7	6 0	6 1
2	Meride Zahirović Walid Jallali	5 7	6 2	6 1
3					not played

5th to 8th place play-offs

5th to 8th play-offs

Ghana vs. Nigeria

Ghana
1

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [17]
27 February 1999

Nigeria
2

		1	2	3
1	Gunther Darkey Ganiyu Adenekan	1 6	2 6
2	Franklyn Ofori Jonathan Igbinovia	3 6	7 5	6 3
3	Gunther Darkey / Franklyn Ofori Ganiyu Adenekan / Jonathan Igbinovia	3 6	4 6

Algeria vs. Benin

Algeria
1

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [18]
27 February 1999

Benin
2

		1	2	3
1	Nabil Dob Alphonse Gandonou	0 6	0 6
2	Abdelhak Hameurlaine Christophe Pognon	6⁷ 7⁹	6 0	6 1
3	Sid-Ali Akkal / Abdelhak Hameurlaine Jean-Marie da Silva / Alphonse Gandonou	3 6	4 6

5th to 6th play-off

Benin vs. Nigeria

Benin
1

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [19]
28 February 1999

Nigeria
2

		1	2	3
1	Jean-Marie da Silva Ikponwmosa Amadin	2 6	4 6
2	Christophe Pognon Jonathan Igbinovia	6 1	3 6	6 1
3	Jean-Marie da Silva / Christophe Pognon Ganiyu Adenekan / Jonathan Igbinovia	2 6	6³ 7⁷

7th to 8th play-off

Algeria vs. Ghana

Algeria
2

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [20]
28 February 1999

Ghana
1

		1	2
1	Sid-Ali Akkal Courage Anyidoho	2 6	6⁶ 7⁸
2	Abdelhak Hameurlaine Gunther Darkey	6 4	6 3
3	Sid-Ali Akkal / Abdelhak Hameurlaine Gunther Darkey / Isaac Donkor	6 4	6 3

gollark: It's off by ONE SECOND per DAY!

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References

"Algeria v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
"Ghana v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
"Algeria v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
"Ghana v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
"Algeria v Ghana". daviscup.com.
"Luxembourg v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
"Egypt v Bosnia and Herzegovina". daviscup.com.
"Benin v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
"Egypt v Benin". daviscup.com.
"Bosnia and Herzegovina v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
"Egypt v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
"Benin v Bosnia and Herzegovina". daviscup.com.
"Bosnia and Herzegovina v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
"Egypt v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
"Egypt v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
"Bosnia and Herzegovina v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
"Ghana v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
"Algeria v Benin". daviscup.com.
"Benin v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
"Algeria v Ghana". daviscup.com.

External links

Davis Cup official website

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[2] "Ghana v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.

[3] "Algeria v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.

[4] "Ghana v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

[5] "Algeria v Ghana". daviscup.com.

[6] "Luxembourg v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

[7] "Egypt v Bosnia and Herzegovina". daviscup.com.

[8] "Benin v Nigeria". daviscup.com.

[9] "Egypt v Benin". daviscup.com.

[10] "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Nigeria". daviscup.com.

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[13] "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.

[14] "Egypt v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

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[16] "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

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[20] "Algeria v Ghana". daviscup.com.