# 2012 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2012.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was divided into a European zone and an African zone. The Group III Africa tournament was held in Cite Nationale Sportive D'El, Tunis, Tunisia, July 2–6, on outdoor clay courts.

## Format

The eight teams were split into two pools. The winner of Pool A played against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B against the runner-up of Pool A. The two winning teams were promoted.

## Groups
### Group A

| Team | Ties Played | Ties Won | Ties Lost | Matches Won | Matches Lost | Standing |
| Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Ghana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 |

#### Tunisia vs. Zimbabwe

| Tunisia 3 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay | Zimbabwe 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Benjamin Lock 6 3 6 3     2 Slim Hamza Mark Fynn 6 2 6 1     3 Anis Ghorbel / Slim Hamza Benjamin Lock / Tendai Tapfuma 6 3 6 2 ||||

#### Ghana vs. Namibia

| Ghana 1 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay | Namibia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Enock Godi Tukhula Jacobs 0 6 3 6     2 Henry Adjei-Darko Jean Erasmus 6 1 6 1     3 Henry Adjei-Darko / Raymond Hayford Jean Erasmus / Tukhula Jacobs 4 6 1 6 ||||

#### Zimbabwe vs. Ghana

| Zimbabwe 2 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay | Ghana 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Raymond Hayford 6 1 6 1     2 Mark Flynn Henry Adjei-Darko 2 6 3 6     3 Benjamin Lock / Tendai Tapfuma Henry Adjei-Darko / Raymond Hayford 6 3 6 3 ||||

#### Tunisia vs. Namibia

| Tunisia 3 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay | Namibia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Tukhula Jacobs 6 0 6 2     2 Slim Hamza Jean Erasmus 6 2 6 4     3 Anis Ghorbel / Slim Hamza Johan de Witt / Gideon van Dyk 6 0 6 3 ||||

#### Zimbabwe vs. Namibia

| Zimbabwe 3 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay | Namibia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Tukhula Jacobs 6 4 6 2     2 Mark Flynn Jean Erasmus 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 4     3 Benjamin Lock / Tendai Tapfuma Johan de Witt / Gideon van Dyk 6 3 6 1 ||||

#### Tunisia vs. Ghana

| Tunisia 3 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay | Ghana 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anis Ghorbel Raymond Hayford 6 1 6 0     2 Haythem Abid Henry Adjei-Darko 6 4 6 3     3 Anis Ghorbel / Slim Hamza Enock Godi / Raymond Hayford 6 1 6 1 ||||

### Group B

| Team | Ties Played | Ties Won | Ties Lost | Matches Won | Matches Lost | Standing |
| Benin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 |

#### Algeria vs. Côte d'Ivoire

| Algeria 1 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay | Ivory Coast 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohamed Hassan Valentin Sanon 0 6 0 6     2 Mohamed Amine Kerroum Terence Nugent 2 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6$^1$   3 Youcef Ghezal / Mohamed Hassan Valentin Sanon / Aboubacar Sigue        w/o ||||

#### Benin vs. Kenya

| Benin 3 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay | Kenya 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tunde Segodo Ismael Mzai 6 4 6 2     2 Loic Didavi Fazal Mohamed Khan 6 2 6 1     3 Alexis Klegou / Tunde Segodo Ismael Mzai / Ibrahim Yego 6 1 6 3 ||||

#### Algeria vs. Kenya

| Algeria 1 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay | Kenya 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohamed Hassan Ismael Mzai 2 6 3 6     2 Mohamed Amine Kerroum Fazal Mohamed Khan 4 6 6 2 6 2   3 Youcef Ghezal / Mohamed Hassan Ismael Mzai / Ibrahim Yego 4 6 0 6 ||||

#### Benin vs. Côte d'Ivoire

| Benin 2 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay | Ivory Coast 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Loic Didavi Aboubacar Sigue 3 6 6 0 6 1   2 Alexis Klegou Valentin Sanon 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 2 1 6   3 Loic Didavi / Alexis Klegou Terence Nugent / Aboubacar Sigue 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^4$ ||||

#### Algeria vs. Benin

| Algeria 0 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay | Benin 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohamed Hassan Tunde Segodo 7 5 1 6 5 7   2 Mohamed Amine Kerroum Alexis Klegou 0 6 1 6     3 Mohamed Hassan / Mohamed Amine Kerroum Loic Didavi / Théophile Segodo 2 6 2 6 ||||

#### Côte d'Ivoire vs. Kenya

| Ivory Coast 2 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay | Kenya 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aboubacar Sigue Ismael Mzai 2 6 3 6     2 Terence Nugent Fazal Mohamed Khan 4 6 6 2 6 2   3 Aboubacar Sigue / Seydou Traore Ismael Mzai / Ibrahim Yego 4 6 0 6 ||||

## Play-offs
### 1st to 4th play-off
#### Tunisia vs. Côte d'Ivoire

| Tunisia 2 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay | Ivory Coast 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Malek Jaziri Valentin Sanon 6 2 6 0     2 Haythem Abid Terence Nugent 6 1 6 3     3 Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri Terence Nugent / Valentin Sanon       not played ||||

#### Benin vs. Zimbabwe

| Benin 2 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay | Zimbabwe 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Loic Didavi Benjamin Lock 3 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     2 Alexis Klegou Mark Fynn 6 4 6 1     3 Loic Didavi / Alexis Klegou Benjamin Lock / Tendai Tapfuma 6 3 6 1 ||||

### 5th to 6th play-off
#### Namibia vs. Kenya

| Namibia 2 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay | Kenya 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tukhula Jacobs Ismael Mzai 7 5 3 6 2 6   2 Jean Erasmus Fazal Mohamed Khan 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 3     3 Johan de Witt / Jean Erasmus Ismael Mzai / Ibrahim Yego 6 2 6 0 ||||

### 7th to 8th play-off
#### Ghana vs. Algeria

| Ghana 2 | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay | Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay | Algeria 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Raymond Hayford Mohamed Hassan 4 6 2 6     2 Henry Adjei-Darko Mohamed Amine Kerroum 6 4 6 2     3 Enock Godi / Raymond Hayford Youcef Ghezal / Mohamed Hassan 6 2 6 4 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Benin |
| 1 | Tunisia |
| 3 | Ivory Coast |
| 3 | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | Namibia |
| 6 | Kenya |
| 7 | Ghana |
| 8 | Algeria |
* Benin and Tunisia were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2013.