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

* Algeria
* Benin
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Luxembourg
* Nigeria
* Tunisia

### 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 | 3rd-4th play-off | 3rd-4th play-off | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | A1 | Luxembourg | 2 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | |
| A1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | B2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | A1 | Luxembourg | 0 |
| A2 | Tunisia | 0 | | | | B1 | Egypt | 3 |
| A2 | Tunisia | 0 | A2 | Tunisia | 0 | B1 | Egypt | 3 |
| | | | B1 | Egypt | 3 | | | |

**5th to 8th place play-offs**

| 7th-8th play-off | 7th-8th play-off | 7th-8th play-off | 5th-8th play-offs | 5th-8th play-offs | 5th-8th play-offs | 5th-6th play-off | 5th-6th play-off | 5th-6th play-off |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | A3 | Ghana | 1 | | | |
| | | | B4 | Nigeria | 2 | |
| A3 | Ghana | 1 | B4 | Nigeria | 2 | B4 | Nigeria | 2 |
| A4 | Algeria | 2 | | | | B3 | Benin | 1 |
| A4 | Algeria | 2 | A4 | Algeria | 1 | B3 | Benin | 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 24 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 24 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 $6^0$ $7^7$ 2 6 ||||

**Algeria vs. Luxembourg**

| Algeria 0 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 25 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 25 February 1999 | Luxembourg 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 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 $6^3$ $7^7$ ||||

**Ghana vs. Tunisia**

| Ghana 1 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 25 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 25 February 1999 | Tunisia 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Isaac Donkor Souheil Zekri 6 3 3 6 2 6   2 Franklyn Ofori Walid Jallali $6^5$ $7^7$ 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 26 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 $6^6$ $7^8$     3 Sid-Ali Akkal / Abdelhak Hameurlaine Gunther Darkey / Franklyn Ofori 1 6 1 6 ||||

**Luxembourg vs. Tunisia**

| Luxembourg 3 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 26 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 $7^7$ $6^2$ 6 2 ||||

### Group B

**Egypt vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina**

| Egypt 3 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 24 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 24 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 25 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 25 February 1999 | Benin 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 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 25 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 26 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 26 February 1999 | Nigeria 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 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 $7^8$ $6^6$ ||||

**Benin vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina**

| Benin 0 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 26 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 26 February 1999 | Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 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 27 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 27 February 1999 | Luxembourg 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Haris Bašalić Johny Goudenbour $6^2$ $7^7$ 4 6     2 Meride Zahirović Pascal Schaul 5 7 4 6     3          not played ||||

**Egypt vs. Tunisia**

| Egypt 3 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 27 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 28 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 28 February 1999 | Luxembourg 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 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 28 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 27 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 27 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 27 February 1999 | Benin 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Nabil Dob Alphonse Gandonou 0 6 0 6     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Christophe Pognon $6^7$ $7^9$ 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 28 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 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 $6^3$ $7^7$ ||||

### 7th to 8th play-off

**Algeria vs. Ghana**

| Algeria 2 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 28 February 1999 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 28 February 1999 | Ghana 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Sid-Ali Akkal Courage Anyidoho 2 6 $6^6$ $7^8$     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Gunther Darkey 6 4 6 3     3 Sid-Ali Akkal / Abdelhak Hameurlaine Gunther Darkey / Isaac Donkor 6 4 6 3 ||||
