# 2004 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 2004.
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. Group III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia, May 12–16, on outdoor hard courts, while the other was held in Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania, February 2–8, on indoor carpet courts.

## Format

Benin and Togo withdrew from the Windhoek tournament and relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2005. The six remaining teams in the Windhoek tournament were split into two pools and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2005. The remaining teams of each group played against each other in the 5th–6th Play-off and remained in Group III in 2005.

## Pool A

| | Group A | CIV | TUR | KEN |
| 1 | Ivory Coast (2–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Turkey (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Kenya (0–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | |

### Turkey vs. Kenya

| Turkey 3 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 12 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 12 May 2004 Hard | Kenya 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Christian Vitulli 6 4 6 0     2 Ergün Zorlu Allan Cooper 6 1 6 2     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık Allan Cooper / Christian Vitulli 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Ivory Coast vs. Kenya

| Ivory Coast 3 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 13 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 13 May 2004 Hard | Kenya 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Christian Vitulli 6 4 6 0     2 Claude N'Goran Allan Cooper 6 1 6 3     3 Claude N'Goran / Nouhoun Sangaré Aldrin Ndinya / Christian Vitulli 6 1 6 3 ||||

### Ivory Coast vs. Turkey

| Ivory Coast 2 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 14 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 14 May 2004 Hard | Turkey 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Haluk Akkoyun 4 6 1 6     2 Claude N'Goran Ergün Zorlu 6 2 6 3     3 Claude N'Goran / Nouhoun Sangaré Haluk Akkoyun / Ergün Zorlu 6$^0$ 7$^7$ 7$^{11}$ 6$^9$ 6 2 ||||

## Pool B

| | Group B | GHA | NAM | MAD |
| 1 | Ghana (2–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Namibia (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Madagascar (0–2) | 1–2 | 0–3 | |

### Madagascar vs. Namibia

| Madagascar 0 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 12 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 12 May 2004 Hard | Namibia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Donne-Dubert Radison Jurgens Strydom 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 1 6   2 Jacob Rasolondrazana Johan Theron 6 2 2 6 5 7   3 Harivony Andrianafetra / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina Henrico Du Plessis / Johan Theron 3 6 2 6 ||||

### Ghana vs. Namibia

| Ghana 2 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 13 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 13 May 2004 Hard | Namibia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Henry Adjei-Darko Jurgens Strydom 6$^{11}$ 7$^{13}$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 8 6   2 Gunther Darkey Johan Theron 6 4 4 0    retired 3 Gunther Darkey / Samuel Fumi Henrico Du Plessis / Jurgens Strydom 4 6 6 3 3 6 ||||

### Ghana vs. Madagascar

| Ghana 2 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 14 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 14 May 2004 Hard | Madagascar 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Henry Adjei-Darko Donne-Dubert Radison 6 3 6 1     2 Gunther Darkey Jacob Rasolondrazana 5 7 4 6     3 Henry Adjei-Darko / Gunther Darkey Harivony Andrianafetra / Jacob Rasolondrazana 6 2 7 5 ||||

## Promotion pool

The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
| | 1st–4th Play-off | CIV | GHA | TUR | NAM |
| 1 | Ivory Coast (3–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Ghana (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Turkey (1–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Namibia (0–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
Ivory Coast and Ghana promoted to Group II in 2005.

### Ivory Coast vs. Namibia

| Ivory Coast 3 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 15 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 15 May 2004 Hard | Namibia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Jurgens Strydom 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 2     2 Claude N'Goran Johan Theron 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^1$     3 Claude N'Goran / Nouhoun Sangaré Henrico Du Plessis / Jurgens Strydom 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7 5 ||||

### Turkey vs. Ghana

| Turkey 1 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 15 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 15 May 2004 Hard | Ghana 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Henry Adjei-Darko 3 6 0 6     2 Ergün Zorlu Gunther Darkey 1 6 1 6     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık Samuel Fumi / Solomon Koomsom 6 2 6 4 ||||

### Ivory Coast vs. Ghana

| Ivory Coast 2 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 16 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 16 May 2004 Hard | Ghana 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Nouhoun Sangaré Solomon Koomsom 7 5 3 6 6 3   2 Charles Irie Samuel Fumi 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 3     3 Charles Irie / Claude N'Goran Henry Adjei-Darko / Gunther Darkey 2 3     retired ||||

### Turkey vs. Namibia

| Turkey 3 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 16 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 16 May 2004 Hard | Namibia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Esat Tanık Henrico Du Plessis 7 5 6 1     2 Haluk Akkoyun Jurgens Strydom 6 2 6 3     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık Henrico Du Plessis / Johan Theron 6 4 6 4 ||||

## 5th–6th Play-off: Kenya vs. Madagascar

| Kenya 3 | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 15 May 2004 Hard | Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 15 May 2004 Hard | Madagascar 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Christian Vitulli Donne-Dubert Radison 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 3 6 6 4   2 Allan Cooper Jacob Rasolondrazana 4 6 6 3 9 7   3 Allan Cooper / Christian Vitulli Harivony Andrianafetra / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 6 1 6 4 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Ivory Coast |
| 2 | Ghana |
| 3 | Turkey |
| 4 | Namibia |
| 5 | Kenya |
| 6 | Madagascar |
* Ivory Coast and Ghana promoted to Group II in 2005.
* Benin and Togo withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2005.