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Cote D’lvoire at the 2006 Davis Cup

Introduction

The Davis Cup is considered as the largest annual international tennis competition. It is contested in a knock-out format. The 2006 Davis Cup was the most important tournament in the world of men’s tennis. It was the 95th edition of this prestigious tournament. There were 16 teams in the World Group and a total of 125 nations in regional zones. They were Americas Zone, Asia/Oceania Zone and Europe/Africa Zone. The finals took place from 1st to 3rd December at Moscow, Russia. Cote D’lvoire at the 2006 Davis Cup competed with other teams in the Europe/Africa zone. This nation was included in the group III of this zone. Cote D’lvoire sent following players to participate in the tournament:

Claude N’Goran
Sylvain N’yabalavry
Charles Irie
Terence Nugent

Countries at the 2006 Davis Cup

A total of 16 nations took part in the group III of the Europe/Africa zone matches. However, the group was divided in to two venues. The first venue included teams like Andorra, Armenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Monaco and Turkey. The second venue comprised teams like Botswana, Cote D’lvoire, Denmark, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tunisia.

Participation and Performance of Cote D’lvoire in the 2006 Davis Cup

The teams in Venue 2 were divided into 2 groups. Cote D’lvoire at the 2006 Davis Cup was placed in Group B along with Nigeria, Ghana, and Botswana. Group A included Namibia, Denmark, Tunisia and Rwanda. The matches were played at BTA Centre (Notswane Courts), Gaborone, Botswana. The matches were held from 26th to 30th July. Cote D’lvoire played the matches against Botswana on 26th July. Players from Cote D’lvoire showed wonderful performance. They won all the three matches against Botswana. The matches between Cote D’lvoire and Nigeria were played on 27th July. Cote D’lvoire had to face disappointment in these matches. They lost in all three matches against Nigeria. Cote D’lvoire didn’t show good performance against Ghana. The matches were played on 28th July. Cote D’lvoire again lost all three matches. Cote D’lvoire advanced to the 5th to 8th Play-off. Cote D’lvoire played the matches against Tunisia on 29th July.

Cote D’lvoire again had to face disappointment. Cote D’lvoire lost 2 matches against Tunisia. They were able to win just single match. The matches between Cote D’lvoire and Rwanda were played on 30th July. Players from Cote D’lvoire played with great determination. They won all 3 matches against Rwanda. Cote D’lvoire got 6th position in the final ranking. On the whole, performance of Cote D’lvoire at the 2006 Davis Cup was disappointing.