2004 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

Main article: 2004 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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		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		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		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 60 77 711 69 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 3
1 2 3 1 Donne-Dubert Radison Jurgens Strydom 78 66 64 77 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 1
1 2 3 1 Henry Adjei-Darko Jurgens Strydom 611 713 77 65 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		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 0
1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Jurgens Strydom 77 62 6 2     2 Claude N'Goran Johan Theron 6 1 77 61     3 Claude N'Goran / Nouhoun Sangaré Henrico Du Plessis / Jurgens Strydom 77 64 7 5

Turkey vs. Ghana

Turkey 1	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		Ghana 1
1 2 3 1 Nouhoun Sangaré Solomon Koomsom 7 5 3 6 6 3   2 Charles Irie Samuel Fumi 77 65 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 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		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Christian Vitulli Donne-Dubert Radison 77 61 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.