2016 Davis Cup

2016 Davis Cup

Argentina won their first Davis Cup title
Details
Duration	2 March – 27 November 2016
Edition	105th
Champion
Winning nation	Argentina
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The 2016 Davis Cup was the 105th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas. From this season's tournament the deciding set of each match would be settled by a tiebreak at 6 games all rather than playing an advantage set until a player or a team were two games clear. ^{[1] [2]} Argentina won their first Davis Cup title, after 4 runner-up finishes, defeating Croatia in the final. Federico Delbonis defeated Ivo Karlović in the final match to give Argentina its first Davis Cup title, ^[3] after a comeback from Juan Martín del Potro against Marin Čilić in the fourth match. ^[4]

World Group

Main article: 2016 Davis Cup World Group

Participating teams
Argentina	Australia	Belgium	Canada
Croatia	Czech Republic	France	Germany
Great Britain	Italy	Japan	Kazakhstan
Poland	Serbia	Switzerland	United States

Seeds

1.   Great Britain (semifinals)
2.   Belgium (first round)
3.   Czech Republic (quarterfinals)
4.    Switzerland (first round)
5.   France (semifinals)
6.   Argentina (champions)
7.   Serbia (quarterfinals)
8.   Australia (first round)

Draw

	First round 4–6 March					Quarterfinals 15–17 July					Semifinals 16–18 September					Final 25–27 November
	Birmingham, Great Britain (indoor hard)
	1	Great Britain	3
						Belgrade, Serbia (clay)
		Japan	1
						1	Great Britain	3
	Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
						7	Serbia	2
	7	Serbia	3
											Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
		Kazakhstan	2
											1	Great Britain	2
	Pesaro, Italy (indoor clay)
											6	Argentina	3
	4	Switzerland	0
						Pesaro, Italy (clay)
		Italy	5
							Italy	1
	Gdańsk, Poland (indoor hard)
						6	Argentina	3
	6	Argentina	3
																Zagreb, Croatia (indoor hard)
		Poland	2
																6	Argentina	3
	Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France (clay)
																	Croatia	2
		Canada	0
						Třinec, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
	5	France	5
						5	France	3
	Hannover, Germany (indoor hard)
						3	Czech Republic	1
		Germany	2
											Zadar, Croatia (indoor hard)
	3	Czech Republic	3
											5	France	2
	Kooyong, Australia (grass)
												Croatia	3
		United States	3
						Portland, United States (hard)
	8	Australia	1
						United States		2
	Liège, Belgium (indoor clay)
						Croatia		3
		Croatia	3
	2	Belgium	2

Final

Croatia 2	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia [5] 25–27 November 2016 Hard (i)		Argentina 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marin Čilić Federico Delbonis 6 3 7 5 3 6 1 6 6 2   2 Ivo Karlović Juan Martín del Potro 4 6 78 66 3 6 5 7     3 Marin Čilić  /  Ivan Dodig Juan Martín del Potro  /  Leonardo Mayer 77 62 77 64 6 3       4 Marin Čilić Juan Martín del Potro 77 64 6 2 5 7 4 6 3 6   5 Ivo Karlović Federico Delbonis 3 6 4 6 2 6

World Group play-offs

Main article: 2016 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

Date: 16–18 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2017 World Group.

Seeded teams    Switzerland   Belgium   Australia   Canada   Kazakhstan   Spain   Germany   Japan

Unseeded teams   Brazil   Chile   India   Poland   Russia   Slovakia   Ukraine   Uzbekistan

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Uzbekistan	2–3	Switzerland	Tashkent	Olympic Tennis School	Outdoor	Clay
Belgium	4–0	Brazil	Ostend	Sleuyter Arena	Indoor	Hard
Australia	3–0	Slovakia	Sydney	NSW Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Grass
Canada	5–0	Chile	Halifax	Scotiabank Centre	Indoor	Hard
Russia	3–1	Kazakhstan	Moscow	National Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard
India	0–5	Spain	New Delhi	R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex	Outdoor	Hard
Germany	3–2	Poland	Berlin	Rot-Weiss Tennis Club	Outdoor	Clay
Japan	5–0	Ukraine	Osaka	Utsubo Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard

•   Australia,   Belgium,   Canada,   Germany,   Japan and    Switzerland will remain in the World Group in 2017.
•   Russia and   Spain are promoted to the World Group in 2017.
•   Brazil,   Chile,   India,   Slovakia,   Ukraine and   Uzbekistan will remain in Zonal Group I in 2017.
•   Kazakhstan and   Poland are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2017.

Americas Zone

Group I

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

Seeds: All seeds received a bye into the second round.   Brazil   Colombia

Remaining nations:   Barbados   Chile   Dominican Republic   Ecuador

Draw

This section is transcluded from 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I. (edit | history)

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Brazil

bye

Belo Horizonte, Brazil (indoor hard)

bye

1

Brazil

3

Barbados

Portoviejo, Ecuador (clay)

Ecuador

1

Barbados

0

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (hard)

Ecuador

5

Barbados

2

Dominican Republic

3

Santiago, Chile (clay)

Chile

5

Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (clay)

Dominican Republic

0

Iquique, Chile (clay)

Dominican Republic

1

Chile

3

2

Colombia

4

2

Colombia

1

bye

2

Colombia

•   Barbados relegated to Group II in 2017.
•   Brazil and   Chile advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II

Seeds:   Uruguay   Venezuela   Mexico   El Salvador

Remaining nations:   Guatemala   Paraguay   Peru   Puerto Rico

Draw

This section is transcluded from 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II. (edit | history)

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Lima, Peru (clay)
						1	Uruguay	2
	Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)						Peru	3			Lima, Peru (clay)
	1	Uruguay	1									Peru	4
		Guatemala	4			San Francisco de Campeche, MX (hard)					3	Mexico	1
						3	Mexico	3
							Guatemala	2								Lima, Peru (clay)
																	Peru	3
						Santa Tecla, El Salvador (hard)										2	Venezuela	2
							Puerto Rico	2
	Asunción, Paraguay (clay)					4	El Salvador	3			Santa Tecla, El Salvador (hard)
	Puerto Rico		0								4	El Salvador	2
	Paraguay		5			Valencia, Venezuela (hard)					2	Venezuela	3
							Paraguay	0
						2	Venezuela	5

•   Uruguay and   Puerto Rico relegated to Group III in 2017.
•   Peru promoted to Group I in 2017.

Group III

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

Date: 11–16 July

Location: La Paz, Bolivia (clay)

Confirmed teams:

•   Bahamas
•   Bermuda
•   Bolivia
•   Costa Rica
•   Cuba
•   Honduras
•   Jamaica
•   Panama
•   Trinidad and Tobago

Inactive teams:

•   Antigua and Barbuda
•   Aruba
• Eastern Caribbean
•   Haiti
•   Saint Lucia
•   U.S. Virgin Islands

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Americas Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Bolivia (72)   Bahamas (78)	Honduras (85)   Jamaica (88)	Cuba (89)   Costa Rica (91)	Panama (102)   Bermuda (114)   Trinidad and Tobago (115)

Group A

	Bolivia	Jamaica	Cuba	Panama	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Bolivia		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0	18–0	109–35	1
Jamaica	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	6–3	12–7	93–59	2
Cuba	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–2	3–6	7–12	68–79	3
Panama	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9	0–18	11–108	4

Group B

	Bahamas	Costa Rica	Honduras	Bermuda	Trinidad and Tobago	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Bahamas		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	10–2	21–6	149–94	1
Costa Rica	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	8–4	19–11	164–133	2
Honduras	1–2	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–2	7–5	17–13	144–127	3
Bermuda	0–3	1–2	0–3		2−1	1–3	3–9	8–20	106–149	4
Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	0–3	1–2	1−2		0–4	2–10	6–21	87–147	5

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Bolivia	2–0	Costa Rica
Promotional	Jamaica	0–2	Bahamas
5th–6th	Cuba	2–0	Honduras
7th–8th	Panama	0–3	Bermuda
9th	N/A	—	Trinidad and Tobago

  Bolivia and   Bahamas promoted to Group II in 2017.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I

Seeds: All seeds received a bye into the second round.   India   Uzbekistan

Remaining nations:   China   New Zealand   Pakistan   South Korea

Draw

This section is transcluded from 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. (edit | history)

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

India

bye

Chandigarh, India (grass)

bye

1

India

4

New Zealand

Seoul, South Korea (hard)

South Korea

1

New Zealand

1

Christchurch, New Zealand (indoor hard)

South Korea

3

New Zealand

5

Pakistan

0

Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)

Pakistan

0

China

5

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay)

Pakistan

China

2

bye

2

Uzbekistan

3

bye

2

Uzbekistan

•   Pakistan relegated to Group II in 2017.
•   India and   Uzbekistan advance to World Group play-off.

Group II

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II

Seeds:   Chinese Taipei   Thailand   Philippines   Indonesia

Remaining nations:   Kuwait   Malaysia   Sri Lanka   Vietnam

Draw

This section is transcluded from 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II. (edit | history)

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)
						1	Chinese Taipei	4
	Mishref, Kuwait City (hard)						Malaysia	1			Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
	Malaysia		1								1	Chinese Taipei	3
	Kuwait		4			Pasig, Philippines (indoor clay)					3	Philippines	1
						3	Philippines	5
							Kuwait	0								Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
																1	Chinese Taipei	3
						Surakarta, Indonesia (hard)										2	Thailand	2
							Vietnam	3
	Surakarta, Indonesia (hard)					4	Indonesia	2			Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
	4	Indonesia	5								Vietnam		0
		Sri Lanka	0			Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)					Thailand		5
							Sri Lanka	2
						2	Thailand	3

•   Malaysia and   Sri Lanka relegated to Group III in 2017.
•   Chinese Taipei promoted to Group I in 2017.

Group III

Davis cup in Tehran (15 July 2016)

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

Date: 11–16 July

Location: Tehran, Iran (clay)

Confirmed teams:

•   Cambodia
•   Hong Kong
•   Iran
•   Lebanon
•   Pacific Oceania
•   Qatar
•   Singapore
•   Syria
•   Turkmenistan

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Iran (87)   Syria (90)	Lebanon (93)   Turkmenistan (95)	Hong Kong (96)   Cambodia (97)	Pacific Oceania (99)   Qatar (100)   Singapore (103)

Group A

	Iran	Hong Kong	Pacific Oceania	Turkmenistan	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Iran		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1	16–2	108–60	1
Hong Kong	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–1	6–3	13–7	107–78	2
Pacific Oceania	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7	5–14	69–102	3
Turkmenistan	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	2–7	4–15	59–103	4

Group B

	Lebanon	Syria	Qatar	Cambodia	Singapore	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Lebanon		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	12–0	24–1	153–79	1
Syria	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	8–4	17–11	149–125	2
Qatar	0–3	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–2	7–5	17–13	161–158	3
Cambodia	0–3	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–3	2–10	7–20	111–153	4
Singapore	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–4	1–11	3–23	97–156	5

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Iran	2–1	Syria
Promotional	Hong Kong	2–1	Lebanon
5th	N/A	—	Qatar
Relegation	Pacific Oceania	3–0	Singapore
Relegation	Turkmenistan	2–1	Cambodia

  Iran and   Hong Kong promoted to Group II in 2017.

  Singapore and   Cambodia relegated to Group IV in 2017.

Group IV

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

Date: 13–16 July

Location: Amman, Jordan (clay)

Confirmed teams:

•   Bahrain
•   Iraq
•   Jordan
•   Mongolia
•   Myanmar
•   Oman
•   Saudi Arabia
•   Tajikistan
•   United Arab Emirates

Inactive teams:

•   Bangladesh
•   Brunei
•   Kyrgyzstan
•   Yemen

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United Arab Emirates (98)   Jordan (106)	Saudi Arabia (107)   Iraq (116)	Bahrain (117)   Oman (120)	Mongolia (121)   Myanmar (124)   Tajikistan (–)

Group A

	United Arab Emirates	Oman	Saudi Arabia	Myanmar	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
United Arab Emirates		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0	18–2	117–72	1
Oman	3–0		1–2	2–1	1–2	3–6	9–13	82–109	2
Saudi Arabia	0–3	2–1		1–2	1–2	3–6	8–14	99–105	3
Myanmar	0–3	1–2	2–1		1–2	3–6	8–14	97–109	4

Group B

	Jordan	Bahrain	Iraq	Tajikistan	Mongolia	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Jordan		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	12–0	24–1	149–54	1
Bahrain	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	7–5	15–12	132–111	2
Iraq	0–3	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–2	4–8	8–16	88–114	3
Tajikistan	0–3	1–2	1–2		3–0	1–3	5–7	11–15	100–127	4
Mongolia	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3		0–4	2–10	6–20	74–137	5

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Bahrain
Promotional	Oman	1–2	Jordan
5th–6th	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Iraq
7th–8th	Myanmar	2–1	Tajikistan
9th	N/A	—	Mongolia

  United Arab Emirates and   Jordan promoted to Group III in 2017.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Seeds:   Spain   Slovakia   Netherlands   Ukraine

Remaining nations:   Austria   Hungary   Israel   Portugal   Romania   Russia   Slovenia   Sweden

Draw

This section is transcluded from 2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. (edit | history)

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Spain

Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)

bye

bye

1

Spain

4

Arad, Romania (indoor hard)

Slovenia

Romania

1

Romania

4

Viana do Castelo, Portugal (clay)

Slovenia

1

Slovenia

0

Portugal

5

4

Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine (hard)

bye

bye

4

Ukraine

3

Guimarães, Portugal (indoor hard)

Portugal

Austria

2

Portugal

1

Austria

4

Kazan, Russia (indoor hard)

Russia

5

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Moscow, Russia (hard)

Sweden

0

Sweden

0

Russia

4

3

Netherlands

5

3

Netherlands

1

bye

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

3

Netherlands

Sweden

1

Budapest, Hungary (indoor clay)

Israel

3

Hungary

3

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

Israel

2

Israel

Hungary

0

bye

2

Slovakia

3

bye

2

Slovakia

•   Slovenia and   Sweden relegated to Group II in 20.
•   Spain,   Ukraine,   Russia, and   Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Seeds:   Lithuania   Denmark   Belarus   Bulgaria   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Latvia   Finland   South Africa

Remaining nations:   Egypt   Georgia   Luxembourg   Monaco   Norway   Tunisia   Turkey   Zimbabwe

Draw

This section is transcluded from 2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. (edit | history)

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
						1	Lithuania	3
	Capellen, Luxembourg (hard)										Kaunas, Lithuania (clay)
							Norway	2
	Norway		3								1	Lithuania	3
						Centurion, South Africa (hard)
	Luxembourg		2								8	South Africa	2
						8	South Africa	5
																Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard)
							Luxembourg	0
																1	Lithuania	0
						Ankara, Turkey (indoor hard)
																5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5
						4	Bulgaria	2
	Tunis, Tunisia (hard)										Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina (clay)
							Turkey	3
	4	Bulgaria	2									Turkey	1
						Zenica, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor carpet)
		Tunisia	3								5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
						5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
							Tunisia	1
						Daugavpils, Latvia (indoor hard)
							Monaco	2
	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Monaco (clay)										Minsk, Belarus (hard)
						6	Latvia	3
	Monaco		3								6	Latvia	1
						Cairo, Egypt (clay)
	Egypt		1								3	Belarus	4
							Egypt	1
																Minsk, Belarus (hard)
						3	Belarus	3
																3	Belarus	4
						Kittilä, Finland (indoor hard)
																2	Denmark	1
							Zimbabwe	1
	Tbilisi, Georgia (hard)										Kongens Lyngby, Den. (indoor carpet)
						7	Finland	4
	Zimbabwe		2								7	Finland	2
						Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)
	Georgia		3								2	Denmark	3
							Georgia	0
						2	Denmark	5

•   Luxembourg,   Bulgaria,   Egypt, and   Zimbabwe relegated to Group III in 2017.
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina and   Belarus promoted to Group I in 2017.

Group III Europe

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

Date: 2–5 March

Location: Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of four teams (Pools A, B, C and D). The winners of each pool play-off against each other 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 30 November 2015 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Moldova (52)   Ireland (64)   Cyprus (69)   Estonia (72)	Macedonia (84)   Montenegro (91)   Malta (95)   Greece (100)	Liechtenstein (107)   San Marino (109)   Armenia (117)   Iceland (118)	Albania (124)   Andorra (126)   Kosovo (–)

Groups:

Group A

	Moldova	Malta	San Marino	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Moldova		3–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	12–0	72–18	1
Malta	0–3		2–1	1–1	2–4	4–8	47–55	2
San Marino	0–3	1–2		0–2	1–5	2–10	26–72	3

Group B

	Ireland	Macedonia	Armenia	Albania	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Ireland		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1	17–2	108–39	1
Macedonia	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–1	7–2	14–5	100–61	2
Armenia	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7	5–14	58–94	3
Albania	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–3	1–8	2–17	36–108	4

Group C

	Cyprus	Montenegro	Andorra	Iceland	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Cyprus		3–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	8–1	17–3	115–52	1
Montenegro	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–1	4–5	8–12	89–100	2
Andorra	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–2	3–6	9–12	86–106	3
Iceland	1–2	1–2	1–2		0–3	3–6	6–13	67–99	4

Group D

	Estonia	Greece	Liechtenstein	Kosovo	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Estonia		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0	18–0	109–18	1
Greece	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	6–3	12–6	75–63	2
Liechtenstein	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–2	3–6	6–12	62–85	3
Kosovo	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9	0–18	28–108	4

Play-offs

Placing A Team Score D Team Promotional   Moldova 0–2   Estonia 5th–8th   Malta 1–2   Greece 9th–12th   San Marino 1–2   Liechtenstein 13th–15th N/A —   Kosovo

Placing B Team Score C Team Promotional   Ireland 0–2   Cyprus 5th–8th   Macedonia 2–0   Montenegro 9th–12th   Armenia 1–2   Andorra 13th–15th   Albania 0–3   Iceland

  Cyprus and   Estonia promoted to Group II in 2017.

Group III Africa

Further information: 2016 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

Date: 11–16 July

Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar (clay)

Confirmed teams:

•   Algeria
•   Benin
•   Botswana
•   Cameroon
•   Kenya
•   Madagascar
•   Morocco
•   Mozambique
•   Namibia
•   Nigeria

Inactive teams:

•   Angola
•   Burkina Faso
•   Congo
•   Djibouti
•   Ethiopia
•   Gabon
•   Ghana
•   Ivory Coast
•   Lesotho
•   Libya
•   Mali
•   Mauritius
•   Rwanda
•   Senegal
•   Sudan
•   Togo
•   Uganda
•   Zambia

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of five teams (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-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).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Morocco (68)   Algeria (80)	Benin (83)   Namibia (84)	Madagascar (101)   Mozambique (105)	Nigeria (113)   Botswana (119)	Cameroon (122)   Kenya (127)

Group A

	Morocco	Namibia	Nigeria	Cameroon	Mozambique	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Morocco		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	11–1	22–4	148–66	1
Namibia	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	8–4	16–10	127–105	2
Nigeria	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–2	8–4	17–8	125–105	3
Cameroon	0–3	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–3	3–9	9–18	118–134	4
Mozambique	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–4	0–12	0–24	36–144	5

Group B

	Madagascar	Benin	Kenya	Algeria	Botswana	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Madagascar		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	11–1	22–6	151–86	1
Benin	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	9–3	21–6	150–93	2
Kenya	0–3	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–2	6–6	14–14	127–129	3
Algeria	0–3	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–3	2–10	5–22	90–149	4
Botswana	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–4	2–10	6–20	82–143	5

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Morocco	2–0	Benin
Promotional	Namibia	0–2	Madagascar
5th–6th	Nigeria	2–1	Kenya
7th–8th	Cameroon	0–2	Algeria
9th–10th	Mozambique	0–2	Botswana

  Morocco and   Madagascar promoted to Group II in 2017.

References

1. "Davis Cup votes to use fifth-set tie-breaker beginning in 2016". skysports.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
2. "Davis Cup - Davis Cup set for fifth set tiebreak in 2016". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
3. "Delbonis defeats Karlovic to give Argentina first Davis Cup title". Tennis.com. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
4. Brady, James. "Del Potro, Argentina rally for Davis Cup title". SBNation.com. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
5. "Croatia v Argentina". daviscup.com.

External links

• Official website