2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Group I edit

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
1  Croatia
Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard)
bye
  Italy1  Croatia3
bye  Italy2
  Italy
Montecatini, Italy (clay)
bye
  Italy3
  Latvia2
4  Netherlands
Skopje, Macedonia (clay)
bye
bye4  Netherlands4
Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay)
  Latvia  Macedonia1
  Latvia1
  Macedonia4
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (indoor hard)
   Switzerland4
Minsk, Belarus (hard)Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
  Poland1
  Poland4   Switzerland4
3  Belarus13  Belarus1
bye
Minsk, Belarus (hard)
3  Belarus
3  Belarus3
  Georgia0
bye
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)
  Georgia
  Georgia  Georgia1
bye2  Slovakia4
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 edit

Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
1  Luxembourg0
Hanko, Finland (clay)Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
  Denmark5
1  Luxembourg2  Denmark0
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
7  Finland3  South Africa5
7  Finland1
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
  South Africa4
  South Africa3
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
5  Monaco2
3  Hungary2
Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
  Algeria3
3  Hungary5  Algeria0
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
  Greece05  Monaco5
5  Monaco3
  Greece2
Cherkasy, Ukraine (indoor hard)
  Egypt0
Cairo, Egypt (clay)Dublin, Ireland (grass)
6  Ukraine5
  Egypt36  Ukraine3
Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
4  Morocco2  Ireland2
  Ireland3
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
4  Morocco2
6  Ukraine5
Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
2  Portugal0
  Cyprus3
Tunis, Tunisia (clay)Porto, Portugal (clay)
8  Slovenia2
8  Slovenia4  Cyprus0
Estoril, Portugal (clay)
  Tunisia12  Portugal5
  Tunisia1
2  Portugal4
  • Luxembourg, Greece, Morocco, and Tunisia relegated to Group III in 2009.
  • South Africa and Ukraine promoted to Group I in 2009.

Group III edit

Venue 1 edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

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 edit