The Africa Zone was one of the four zones within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2016. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in July 2016. Two nations won promotion to Group II, Europe/Africa Zone, for 2017.
Participating nations
Inactive nations
Draw Date: 11–16 July 2016
Location: Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of five teams (Pools A and B). The winners of each pool play-off against the runners-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.
Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).
{| class="wikitable" !width=20%|Pot 1 !width=20%|Pot 2 !width=20%|Pot 3 !width=20%|Pot 4 !width=20%|Pot 5
(68) (80) | (83) (84) | (101) (105) | (113) (119) | (122) (127)
Group A
RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 22–4 148–66 1 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 8–4 16–10 127–105 2 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 8–4 17–8 125–105 3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–3 3–9 9–18 118–134 4 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–12 0–24 36–144 5
Group B
RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 22–6 151–86 1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 9–3 21–6 150–93 2 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 6–6 14–14 127–129 3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–10 5–22 90–149 4 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–4 2–10 6–20 82–143 5
First round Group A Morocco vs. Mozambique
Namibia vs. Nigeria
Morocco vs. Namibia
Mozambique vs. Cameroon
Namibia vs. Cameroon
Morocco vs. Nigeria
Namibia vs. Mozambique
Nigeria vs. Cameroon
Mozambique vs. Nigeria
Morocco vs. Cameroon
Group B Algeria vs. Madagascar
Benin vs. Botswana
Algeria vs. Benin
Madagascar vs. Kenya
Algeria vs. Botswana
Benin vs. Kenya
Benin vs. Madagascar
Botswana vs. Kenya
Madagascar vs. Botswana
Algeria vs. Kenya
Play-offs PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–0 Promotional 0–2 5th–6th 2–1 7th–8th 0–2 9th–10th 0–2
Promotional
Morocco vs. Benin
Namibia vs. Madagascar
5th−6th
Nigeria vs. Kenya
7th−8th
Cameroon vs. Algeria
9th−10th
Mozambique vs. Botswana
References
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