# 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.
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 2001, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2001.

## Participating nations

* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Egypt
* Macedonia
* Mauritius
* Namibia
* Togo

### Draw

* Venue: Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius
* Date: 23–27 May
Group A
| | BUL | MKD | NAM | TOG | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Bulgaria | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 (100%) | 27–6 (82%) | 1 |
| Macedonia | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 21–14 (60%) | 2 |
| Namibia | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–7 (22%) | 9–21 (30%) | 3 |
| Togo | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 2–7 (22%) | 7–23 (23%) | 4 |
Group B
| | EGY | BIH | MRI | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Egypt | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 (83%) | 16–5 (76%) | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 (67%) | 13–9 (59%) | 2 |
| Mauritius | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 0–6 (0%) | 3–18 (14%) | 3 |

#### 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 | Bulgaria | 3 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | |
| B2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | B2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | A1 | Bulgaria | 2 |
| A2 | Macedonia | 1 | | | | B1 | Egypt | 1 |
| A2 | Macedonia | 1 | A2 | Macedonia | 1 | B1 | Egypt | 1 |
| | | | B1 | Egypt | 2 | | | |
Relegation play-offs
| | | MRI | NAM | TOG | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| B3 | Mauritius | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 (83%) | 14–4 (78%) | 1 |
| A3 | Namibia | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 (33%) | 6–10 (38%) | 2 |
| A4 | Togo | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 2–4 (33%) | 7–13 (35%) | 3 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Bulgaria |
| 2 | Egypt |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 4 | Macedonia |
| 5 | Mauritius |
| 6 | Namibia |
| 7 | Togo |
* Bulgaria and Egypt promoted to Group II in 2002.
* Togo relegated to Group IV in 2002.

## Round robin
### Group A
#### Bulgaria vs. Namibia

| Bulgaria 3 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 23 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 23 May 2001 | Namibia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivo Bratanov Henrico Du Plessis 5$^8$ 4$^6$ 4 0 4 0       2 Milen Velev Johan Theron 4 1 4 0 4 0       3 Ivo Bratanov / Todor Enev Nicky Buys / Jean-Pierre Huish 4 0 4 2 0 4 4 0 ||||

#### Togo vs. Macedonia

| Togo 1 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 23 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 23 May 2001 | Macedonia 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kwami Gakpo Goran Sterijovski 0 4 2 4 1 4       2 Komlavi Loglo Predrag Rusevski 4 2 1 4 4 2 1 4 8 6   3 Kwami Gakpo / Komlavi Loglo Predrag Rusevski / Goran Sterijovski 1 4 1 4 2 4 ||||

#### Bulgaria vs. Togo

| Bulgaria 3 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 24 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 24 May 2001 | Togo 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Todor Enev Kwami Gakpo 4 0 4 1 4 0       2 Milen Velev Komlavi Loglo 5 3 4 0 4 2       3 Ivo Bratanov / Victor Ivanchev Kwami Gakpo / Komlavi Loglo 2 4 4 2 5$^7$ 4$^5$ 4 2 ||||

#### Namibia vs. Macedonia

| Namibia 0 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 24 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 24 May 2001 | Macedonia 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Henrico Du Plessis Goran Sterijovski 4 2 2 4 2 4 2 4     2 Johan Theron Predrag Rusevski 1 4 1 4 1 4       3 Nicky Buys / Jean-Pierre Huish Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski 1 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 ||||

#### Bulgaria vs. Macedonia

| Bulgaria 3 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 25 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 25 May 2001 | Macedonia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Todor Enev Goran Sterijovski 4 2 4 2 4 2       2 Milen Velev Predrag Rusevski 4 2 4$^4$ 5$^7$ 1 4 5$^7$ 4$^3$ 8 6   3 Ivo Bratanov / Victor Ivanchev Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski 5$^7$ 4$^3$ 1 4 4 0 4$^5$ 5$^7$ 5$^7$ 4$^3$ ||||

#### Togo vs. Namibia

| Togo 1 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 25 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 25 May 2001 | Namibia 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kwami Gakpo Henrico Du Plessis 2 4 1 4 1 4       2 Komlavi Loglo Johan Theron 5 3 5 3 5 3       3 Kwami Gakpo / Komlavi Loglo Henrico Du Plessis / Johan Theron 3 5 0 4 1 4 ||||

### Group B
#### Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Egypt

| Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 23 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 23 May 2001 | Egypt 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Igor Račić Hisham Hemeda 2 4 2 4 1 4       2 Haris Bašalić Amr Ghoneim 4$^4$ 5$^7$ 5 3 4 1 5 3     3 Haris Bašalić / Igor Račić Hisham Hemeda / Marwan Zewar 1 4 4 1 2 4 1 4 ||||

#### Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Mauritius

| Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 24 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 24 May 2001 | Mauritius 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Igor Račić Guillaume Desvaux 4 1 4 0 4 1       2 Haris Bašalić Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray 4 2 4$^2$ 5$^7$ 4 1 4 2     3 Aleksandar Antonijević / Vladimir Arapović Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray / Olivier Couacaud 4 2 5 3 1 4 4 2 ||||

#### Egypt vs. Mauritius

| Egypt 3 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 25 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 25 May 2001 | Mauritius 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Marwan Zewar Olivier Couacaud 5 3 4 2 5$^7$ 4$^3$       2 Hisham Hemeda Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray 4 2 5$^7$ 4$^3$ 4 1       3 Amr Ghoneim / Mohamed Mamoun Wong-Kee Chuan / Guillaume Desvaux 1 4 4 0 4 1 4 2 ||||

## 1st to 4th place play-offs
### Semifinals
#### Bulgaria vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Bulgaria 3 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 26 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 26 May 2001 | Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Todor Enev Igor Račić 4 2 4 2 5 3       2 Milen Velev Haris Bašalić 4 0 5 3 4 1       3 Ivo Bratanov / Todor Enev Aleksandar Antonijević / Vladimir Arapović 4 0 4 1 4 1 ||||

#### Egypt vs. Macedonia

| Egypt 2 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 26 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 26 May 2001 | Macedonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Marwan Zewar Kristian Mitrovski 4 0 4 2 5 3       2 Hisham Hemeda Goran Sterijovski 4 2 5$^7$ 4$^2$ 4 1       3 Amr Ghoneim / Mohamed Mamoun Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski 4 2 4 2 2 4 1 4 3 5 ||||

### Final
#### Bulgaria vs. Egypt

| Bulgaria 2 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 27 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 27 May 2001 | Egypt 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Victor Ivanchev Mohamed Mamoun 4 2 3 5 5 3 0 4 0 4   2 Ivo Bratanov Amr Ghoneim 5 3 4 1 1 4 4 1     3 Todor Enev / Milen Velev Mohamed Mamoun / Marwan Zewar 4 2 4 2 4 1 ||||

### 3rd to 4th play-off
#### Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Macedonia

| Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 27 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 27 May 2001 | Macedonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Igor Račić Dimitar Grabul 4$^4$ 5$^7$ 5 3 4 1 4 2     2 Haris Bašalić Kristian Mitrovski 5$^7$ 4$^1$         retired  3 Vladimir Arapović / Igor Račić Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski 4 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 ||||

## Relegation play-offs
### Round robin
#### Mauritius vs. Namibia

| Mauritius 3 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 26 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 26 May 2001 | Namibia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Olivier Couacaud Jean-Pierre Huish 5$^7$ 4$^4$ 4 2 4 1       2 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray Johan Theron 4 1 3 0        retired 3 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray / Olivier Couacaud Nicky Buys / Henrico Du Plessis 4 1 5 3 4 2 ||||

#### Togo vs. Mauritius

| Togo 1 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 27 May 2001 | Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius 27 May 2001 | Mauritius 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kwami Gakpo Olivier Couacaud 0 4 4$^4$ 5$^7$ 5 3 2 4     2 Komlavi Loglo Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray 4 0 5$^7$ 4$^4$ 4$^1$ 5$^7$ 5 3     3 Kwami Gakpo / Gadonfin Koptigan Yaka Wong-Kee Chuan / Guillaume Desvaux 0 4 2 4 3 5 ||||