In the 2000 Davis Cup total of 135 nations had participated. The zones were Americas Zone, Asia/Oceania Zone and Europe/Africa Zone. The World Group consisted of a four-round knockout tournament. Each of regional zones was divided into four groups. Group I and Group II played knockout tournaments. Group III and IV played round-robin tournaments with promotion and relegation. Djibouti at the 2000 Davis Cup competed in the Euro African Zone. It was included in Group IV. The team of Djibouti was as follows:
- Abdullah Aden
- Mohamed Yahya
- Kadar Mogueh
- Abdou-Rahman Aden
- Alla Moussa
Countries at the 2000 Davis Cup
The countries that participated in the Davis Cup along with Djibouti in the group IV of the Euro/African zone were as follows: Cyprus, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, San Marino, Uganda, Zambia, Algeria, Andorra Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Ghana, Liechtenstein, Mauritius and Sudan.
Participation and Performance of Djibouti in the 2000 Davis Cup
Djibouti at the 2000 Davis Cup played matches of the Round Robin. Three matches were organized in the Round Robin. On 20th January Djibouti played matches against Lesotho of the round robin. In this matches Djibouti could not show good performance. All the three matches were lost by the Djibouti. They were defeated from the Lesotho team by 3-0. On 21st January Djibouti team played matches against Uganda team. In these matches players of Djibouti could not win any the three matches. In these matches also Uganda team defeated Djibouti by 3-0 of the Round Robin. On 21st January Djibouti team was against Kenya. Players of the Djibouti could not win any of the three matches. Thus Kenya defeated Djibouti by the score 3-0 of the Round Robin matches.
On 22nd January Cyprus team was against Djibouti of the round robin matches. The details of the matches are as follows: In the first match C.Talianos of Cyprus defeated A.Aden of Djibouti. In the second match, M.Baghdatis of Cyprus defeated K.Mogueh of Djibouti in the sets by 6-0 and 6-0. The doubles match was won by the pair of G.Kalanov and C.Talianos of Cyprus defeating A.Aden and K.Mogueh of Djibouti in the straight sets of 6-1 and 6-0. Thus Cyprus defeated Djibouti by 3-0 in the Robin round matches.
Here’s a summary of the performance of Djibouti at the 2000 Davis Cup
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