{"id":47348,"date":"2023-07-13T16:45:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T16:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs"},"modified":"2023-07-13T16:55:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T16:55:16","slug":"davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs","title":{"rendered":"Davis Cup: Teams announce squads for Africa Group IV champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Alexis Kayinamura<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>All eight countries that will take part in the forthcoming 2023 Davis Cup Africa Group IV championship have confirmed their squads that they will bring in Kigali ahead of the continental tennis tournament due from July 26-29.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition will attract eight countries including Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria and host nation Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Rwanda who announced the squad on Monday, the remaining seven countries have also released their final list of players who will represent them.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda hosted the 2022 edition which left Togo crowned champions after beating the hosts in the final. They were hence promoted to Africa Group III.<\/p>\n<p>The teams will be divided into two pool two pools with four teams in each. The groups stages will be played in a round robin format throughout three days.<\/p>\n<p>The top two in each group cross over in a promotional playoff (A1 v B2, B1 v A2) which will determine two nations that will compete in Africa Group III in 2024. Meanwhile, the bottom two teams in each group will cross over in relegation playoffs (A3 v B4, B3 v A4) where the last two nations will be relegated in Group V.<\/p>\n<p>All games will take place at Kigali Ecology Tennis Club.<\/p>\n<p>Final squads<\/p>\n<p>Angola: Chris Lukanu Andre, Danilson Bento, Fernando Andre, Zidario Quitomina and Captain Garcia Nkiambi.<\/p>\n<p>Botswana: Denzel Seetso, Batsomi Marobela, Mark Nawa, Esi Molefe, Seabo Saleshando, Captain Petrus Molefe.<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon: Cliford Wuyum Nkwain, Blaise Nkwenti, Okala Hagoua Valentin Brayan Alexis, Boriss Kamdem, captain Bruno Nguemi.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana: Abraham Asaba, Isaac Nortey, Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi, Herman Abban, Desmond Ayaaba, Captain Frederick Egyir.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya: Ismael Mzai, Ibrahim Kibet Yego, Kael Shalin Shah, Keean Shah, Derick Ominde, Captain George Oyoo.<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique: Ricardo Jorge Jacinto, Edilson Rosa, Luca Figueiredo, Jaime Sigauque, Armando Sigauque, Captain Bruno Figueiredo.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria: Christopher Bulus, Wilson Oswalele Igbinovia, Uchenna Oparaoji, David Ekpenyong, Peter Lawal, Captain Benson Achie Ishicheli.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda: Etienne Niyigena, Ernest Habiyambere, Junior Hakizumwami, Joshua Muhire and Claude Ishimwe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexis Kayinamura Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. All eight countries that will take part in the forthcoming 2023 Davis Cup Africa Group IV championship have confirmed their squads that they will bring in Kigali ahead of the continental tennis tournament due from July 26-29. This year\u2019s edition will attract eight countries including Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-47348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Davis Cup: Teams announce squads for Africa Group IV champs - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All eight countries that will take part in the forthcoming 2023 Davis Cup Africa Group IV championship have confirmed th ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Davis Cup: Teams announce squads for Africa Group IV champs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All eight countries that will take part in the forthcoming 2023 Davis Cup Africa Group IV championship have confirmed th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-13T16:45:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-13T16:55:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/07\/sm_1689254672.645286.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"579\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Davis Cup: Teams announce squads for Africa Group IV champs\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-13T16:45:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-13T16:55:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/07\/sm_1689254672.645286.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/davis-cup-teams-announce-squads-for-africa-group-iv-champs\",\"name\":\"Davis Cup: Teams announce squads for Africa Group IV champs - 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