2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.

Group I

Second Round Play-offs 19–21 September

First Round Play-offs 18–20 July

First Round 8–10 February

Second Round 11–13 April

1

Croatia

bye

Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard)

Italy

1

Croatia

3

bye

Italy

2

Italy

Montecatini, Italy (clay)

bye

Italy

3

Latvia

2

4

Netherlands

bye

Skopje, Macedonia (clay)

bye

4

Netherlands

4

Latvia

Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay)

Macedonia

1

Latvia

1

Macedonia

4

Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (indoor hard)

Switzerland

4

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

Poland

1

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

Poland

4

Switzerland

4

3

Belarus

1

3

Belarus

1

bye

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

3

Belarus

3

Belarus

3

Georgia

0

bye

Georgia

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)

Georgia

Georgia

1

bye

2

Slovakia

4

bye

2

Slovakia

Latvia and Georgia relegated to Group II in 2009.

Croatia, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

	Play-offs 18–20 July					First Round 11–13 April					Second Round 18–20 July					Third Round 19–21 September
						Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
						1	Luxembourg	0
	Hanko, Finland (clay)						Denmark	5			Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
	1	Luxembourg	2									Denmark	0
	7	Finland	3			Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)						South Africa	5
						7	Finland	1
							South Africa	4								Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
																	South Africa	3
						Algiers, Algeria (clay)										5	Monaco	2
						3	Hungary	2
	Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)						Algeria	3			Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
	3	Hungary	5									Algeria	0
		Greece	0			Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)					5	Monaco	5
						5	Monaco	3
							Greece	2
						Cherkasy, Ukraine (indoor hard)
							Egypt	0
	Cairo, Egypt (clay)					6	Ukraine	5			Dublin, Ireland (grass)
		Egypt	3								6	Ukraine	3
	4	Morocco	2			Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)						Ireland	2
							Ireland	3
						4	Morocco	2								Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
																6	Ukraine	5
						Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)										2	Portugal	0
							Cyprus	3
	Tunis, Tunisia (clay)					8	Slovenia	2			Porto, Portugal (clay)
	8	Slovenia	4									Cyprus	0
		Tunisia	1			Estoril, Portugal (clay)					2	Portugal	5
							Tunisia	1
						2	Portugal	4
Luxembourg, Greece, Morocco, and Tunisia relegated to Group III in 2009.										South Africa and Ukraine promoted to Group I in 2009.

Group III

Venue 1

• Venue: Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)
• Date: 9–13 April
• Withdrawn: Botswana and Nigeria

	Venue 1	BUL	MNE	TUR	MAD	CIV	ZIM
1	Bulgaria (5-0)		3-0	3-0	2-1	3-0	3-0
2	Montenegro (4-1)	0-3		2-1	2-1	3-0	3-0
3	Turkey (3-2)	0-3	1-2		3-0	3-0	3-0
4	Madagascar (2-3)	1-2	1-2	0-3		3-0	3-0
5	Ivory Coast (1-4)	0-3	0-3	0-3	0-3		2-1
6	Zimbabwe (0-5)	0-3	0-3	0-3	0-3	1-2

• Bulgaria and Montenegro promoted to Group II in 2009.
• Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe relegated to Group IV in 2009.

Venue 2

• Venue: Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia (clay)
• Date: 7–11 May

	Pool A	MDA	NOR	ARM	AND
1	Moldova (3-0)		2-1	3-0	3-0
2	Norway (2-1)	1-2		3-0	3-0
3	Armenia (1-2)	0-3	0-3		2-1
4	Andorra (0-3)	0-3	0-3	1-2

	Pool B	BIH	LTU	EST	GHA
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2-1, 7R)		1-2	3-0	3-0
2	Lithuania (2-1, 6R)	2-1		1-2	3-0
3	Estonia (2-1, 5R)	0-3	2-1		3-0
4	Ghana (0-3)	0-3	0-3	0-3

Scores in italics carried over from pools.

	1st-4th Play-off	MDA	LTU	NOR	BIH
1	Moldova (3-0)		3-0	2-1	3-0
2	Lithuania (2-1)	0-3		2-1	2-1
3	Norway (1-2)	1-2	1-2		2-1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0-3)	0-3	1-2	1-2

	5th-8th Play-off	EST	AND	ARM	GHA
1	Estonia (3-0)		3-0	3-0	3-0
2	Andorra (1-2, 4R)	0-3		1-2	3-0
3	Armenia (1-2, 3R)	0-3	2-1		1-2
4	Ghana (1-2, 2R)	0-3	0-3	2-1

Note: Tie between Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lithuania, and Estonia (Pool B) broken on number of rubbers won. Tie between Andorra, Armenia, and Ghana (6th-8th) broken on number of rubbers won.

• Moldova and Lithuania promoted to Group II for 2009.
• Armenia and Ghana relegated to Group IV for 2009.

Group IV

• Venue: Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia (clay)
• Date: Week commencing 28 April
• Withdrawn: Libya, Malta, and Mauritius

		ISL	NAM	SMR	RWA
1	Iceland (3-0)		3-0	2-1	3-0
2	Namibia (2-1)	0-3		2-1	3-0
3	San Marino (1-2)	1-2	1-2		3-0
4	Rwanda (0-3)	0-3	0-3	0-3

• Iceland, Namibia, San Marino, and Rwanda promoted to Group III for 2009.

See also

• Davis Cup structure