2008 Davis Cup

2008 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	8 February – 23 November 2008
Edition	97th
Champion
Winning nation	Spain
← 2007 2009 →

Semifinal match between the future champion, Spain, and the USA in Las Ventas bullring.

The 2008 Davis Cup was the 97th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred others took part in different regional groups. The first matches were played on February 8–10. The final took place on November 21–23 at Estadio Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina, with Spain beating Argentina 3–1 to clinch their 3rd Davis Cup title.

World Group

Main article: 2008 Davis Cup World Group

Participating Teams
Argentina	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic
France	Great Britain	Germany	Israel
Peru	Romania	Russia	Serbia
South Korea	Spain	Sweden	United States

Draw

	First round 8–10 February					Quarterfinals 11–13 April					Semifinals 19–21 September					Final 21–23 November
	Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
	1	Russia	3
						Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
		Serbia	2
						1	Russia	3
	Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
							Czech Republic	2
	8	Belgium	2
											Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
		Czech Republic	3
											1	Russia	2
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
											3	Argentina	3
	3	Argentina	4
						Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
		Great Britain	1
						3	Argentina	4
	Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
						6	Sweden	1
	6	Sweden	3
																Mar del Plata, Argentina (indoor hard)
		Israel	2
																3	Argentina	1
	Braunschweig, Germany (indoor clay)
																5	Spain	3
		South Korea	2
						Bremen, Germany (indoor hard)
	4	Germany	3
						4	Germany	1
	Lima, Peru (clay)
						5	Spain	4
		Peru	0
											Madrid, Spain (clay)
	5	Spain	5
											5	Spain	4
	Sibiu, Romania (indoor hard)
											2	United States	1
		Romania	0
						Winston-Salem, USA (indoor hard)
	7	France	5
						7	France	1
	Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
						2	United States	4
		Austria	1
	2	United States	4

Final

Argentina 1	Estadio Polideportivo, Mar del Plata, Argentina 21–23 November 2008 Hard (i)		Spain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 David Nalbandian David Ferrer 6 3 6 2 6 3       2 Juan Martín del Potro Feliciano López 6 4 62 77 64 77 3 6     3 Agustín Calleri / David Nalbandian Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco 7 5 5 7 65 77 3 6     4 José Acasuso Fernando Verdasco 3 6 77 63 6 4 3 6 1 6   5 David Nalbandian Feliciano López           not played

World Group play-offs

Main article: 2008 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

• Date: 19–21 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties entered the draw for the World Group play-offs. Eight seeded teams, based on the Davis Cup rankings as of 14 April, were drawn against eight unseeded teams.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Chile	3–2	Australia	Antofagasta	Estadio Militar Antofagasta	Outdoor	Clay
Great Britain	2–3	Austria	Wimbledon, London	All England Lawn Tennis Club	Outdoor	Grass
Switzerland	4–1	Belgium	Lausanne	Centre Intercommunal de Glace Malley	Indoor	Hard
Croatia	4–1	Brazil	Zadar	Športski centar Višnjik	Indoor	Hard
Israel	4–1	Peru	Ramat HaSharon	Israel Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard
Netherlands	3–2	South Korea	Apeldoorn	Omnisport Apeldoorn	Indoor	Clay
Romania	4–1	India	Bucharest	Clubul Sportiv Progresul	Outdoor	Clay
Slovakia	1–4	Serbia	Bratislava	Sibamac Arena	Indoor	Hard

• Austria, Israel, Romania, and Serbia will remain in the World Group in 2009.
• Chile, Croatia, Netherlands and Switzerland are promoted to the World Group in 2009.
• Australia, Brazil, India and Slovakia will remain in Zonal Group I in 2009.
• Belgium, Great Britain, Peru and South Korea are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2009.

Americas Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Chile

bye

Santiago, Chile (clay)

bye

1

Chile

3

Mexico

Calgary, Canada (indoor carpet)

Canada

2

Mexico

1

León, Mexico (indoor carpet)

Canada

4

Mexico

2

Uruguay

3

Punta del Este, Uruguay (clay)

Uruguay

2

Colombia

3

Sorocaba, Brazil (clay)

Uruguay

Colombia

1

bye

2

Brazil

4

bye

2

Brazil

• Mexico relegated to Group II in 2009.
• Chile and Brazil advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 2009.

Participating nations

• Bahamas
• Bolivia
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Netherlands Antilles
• Paraguay
• Venezuela

Draw

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Emmastad, Curaçao (hard)
						1	Ecuador	4
	Emmastad, Curaçao (hard)						Netherlands Antilles	1			Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
	Netherlands Antilles		3								1	Ecuador	4
	Bolivia		2			Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (clay)					4	Dominican Republic	1
						4	Dominican Republic	5
							Bolivia	0								Lambaré, Paraguay (indoor hard)
																1	Ecuador	3
						Nassau, Bahamas (hard)										2	Paraguay	2
							Bahamas	4
	San Juan de los Morros, Ven. (hard)					3	Venezuela	1			Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
	3	Venezuela	4									Bahamas	1
		El Salvador	1			Lambaré, Paraguay (clay)					2	Paraguay	4
							El Salvador	2
						2	Paraguay	3

• Bolivia and El Salvador relegated to Group III in 2009.
• Ecuador promoted to Group I in 2009.

First round

Netherlands Antilles vs. Ecuador

Netherlands Antilles 1	S.O.V. Asiento, Emmastad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles 8–10 February 2008 Hard		Ecuador 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Romano Tatuhey Julio César Campozano 6 2 4 6 79 67 77 64     2 Alexander Blom Carlos Avellán 3 6 2 6 2 6       3 Alexander Blom / Romano Tatuhey Carlos Avellán / Iván Endara 77 64 64 77 1 6 64 77     4 Nick Van Rosberg Julio César Campozano 2 6 1 6 3 6       5 Jason Engelhardt Iván Endara 2 6 0 6

Bolivia vs. Dominican Republic

Bolivia 0	Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 8–10 February 2008 Clay		Dominican Republic 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mauricio Estívariz Jhonson García 4 6 4 6 6 3 6 4 2 6   2 José Roberto Velasco Víctor Estrella Burgos 2 6 6 4 2 6 4 6     3 Diego Camacho / José Roberto Velasco Víctor Estrella Burgos / Jhonson García 6 3 3 6 4 6 0 6     4 Mauricio Doria-Medina Víctor Estrella Burgos 2 6 3 6         5 Diego Camacho Henry Estrella 6 3 4 6 5 7

Bahamas vs. Venezuela

Bahamas 4	National Tennis Center, Nassau, Bahamas 8–10 February 2008 Hard		Venezuela 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Timothy Neilly Yohny Romero 4 6 0 6 610 712       2 Devin Mullings José de Armas 6 2 7 5 6 0       3 Mark Knowles / Marvin Rolle José de Armas / Piero Luisi 6 1 6 4 4 6 77 64     4 Devin Mullings Yohny Romero 2 6 6 4 79 67 6 3     5 Timothy Neilly Piero Luisi 6 1 6 4

Paraguay vs. El Salvador

Paraguay 3	Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo, Lambaré, Paraguay 8–10 February 2008 Clay		El Salvador 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ramón Delgado Marcelo Arévalo 6 1 6 0 6 2       2 Juan Carlos Ramírez Rafael Arévalo 3 6 0 6 0 6       3 Juan-Enrique Crosa / Ramón Delgado Rafael Arévalo / Marcelo Arévalo 63 77 5 7 3 6       4 Ramón Delgado Rafael Arévalo 6 2 4 6 6 1 2 6 6 4   5 Juan Carlos Ramírez Marcelo Arévalo 3 6 6 1 6 1 6 3

Second round

Ecuador vs. Dominican Republic

Ecuador 4	Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador 11–13 April 2008 Clay		Dominican Republic 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Julio César Campozano Víctor Estrella Burgos 711 69 3 6 65 77 6 3 6 4   2 Nicolás Lapentti Jhonson García 6 2 7 5 6 0       3 Carlos Avellán / Nicolás Lapentti Víctor Estrella Burgos / Jhonson García 6 3 6 2 3 6 6 1     4 Carlos Avellán Luis Delgado 6 1 6 0         5 Iván Endara Jhonson García 6 3 3 6 2 6

Bahamas vs. Paraguay

Bahamas 1	National Tennis Center, Nassau, Bahamas 11–13 April 2008 Hard		Paraguay 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Timothy Neilly Ramón Delgado 1 6 0 6 2 6       2 Devin Mullings Ricardo Mena 6 3 64 77 4 6 4 6     3 Mark Knowles / Marvin Rolle Juan-Enrique Crosa / Juan Carlos Ramírez 6 4 6 3 6 3       4 Devin Mullings Ramón Delgado 2 6 3 6 4 6       5 Marvin Rolle Juan Carlos Ramírez 6 0 4 6 2 6

Relegation play-offs

Netherlands Antilles vs. Bolivia

Netherlands Antilles 3	S.O.V. Asiento, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles 11–13 April 2008 Hard		Bolivia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Romano Tatuhey Mauricio Doria-Medina 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Alexander Blom José Roberto Velasco 4 6 2 6 6 0 6 0 7 5   3 Romano Tatuhey / Martijn van Haasteren Diego Camacho / Mauricio Estívariz 6 3 68 710 77 65 6 3     4 Alexander Blom Mauricio Doria-Medina 4 6 3 6         5 Nick Van Rosberg Mauricio Estívariz 1 6 62 77

Venezuela vs. El Salvador

Venezuela 4	Ciudad Olímpica de San Juan de Los Morros, San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela 11–13 April 2008 Hard		El Salvador 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Román Recarte Rafael Arévalo 3 6 4 6 3 6       2 Yohny Romero Marcelo Arévalo 4 6 6 2 6 4 2 4     retired 3 Piero Luisi / Roberto Maytín Rafael Arévalo / César Escobar Serrano 6 1 6 2 7 5       4 Yohny Romero Rafael Arévalo 6 1 6 4 3 6 6 3     5 Piero Luisi César Escobar Serrano 6 2 6 2

Third round

Paraguay vs. Ecuador

Paraguay 2	Polideportivo de la Cooperativa Lambaré, Lambaré, Paraguay 19–21 September 2008 Hard (indoors)		Ecuador 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Juan Carlos Ramírez Nicolás Lapentti 3 6 1 6 0 6       2 Ramón Delgado Julio César Campozano 6 3 6 1 6 1       3 Ramón Delgado / Gustavo Ramírez Carlos Avellán / Nicolás Lapentti 6 1 2 6 1 6 5 7     4 Ramón Delgado Nicolás Lapentti 6 3 6 4 62 77 64 77 4 6   5 Gustavo Ramírez Iván Endara 4 6 6 4 6 3

Group III

Further information: 2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

• Venue: Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (hard)
• Date: 16–20 July

	Group A	BAR	JAM	HON
1	Barbados (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Jamaica (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Honduras (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Group B	GUA	PUR	PAN	ARU
1	Guatemala (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Puerto Rico (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	Panama (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Aruba (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

Scores in italics carried over from groups

	1st–4th playoff	GUA	JAM	BAR	PUR
1	Guatemala (2–1)		1–2	2–1	3–0
2	Jamaica (2–1)	2–1		1–2	2–1
3	Barbados (1–2)	1–2	2–1		1–2
4	Puerto Rico (1–2)	0–3	1–2	2–1

	5th–7th playoff	HON	PAN	ARU
1	Honduras (2–0)		2–1	2–0
2	Panama (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Aruba (0–2)	0–2	0–3

• Cuba withdrew from the tournament. They remained in Group III in 2009.
• Guatemala and Jamaica promoted to Group II in 2009
• Aruba and Panama relegated to Group IV in 2009

Group IV

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The four teams in Group IV played in a single Round-robin tournament. The top two teams were promoted to the Americas Zone Group III in 2009. All other teams remained in Group IV.

Draw

• Venue: Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (hard)
• Date: 16–18 July
• Withdrawn: Trinidad and Tobago

		CRC	HAI	BER	ISV
1	Costa Rica (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–0
2	Haiti (2–1)	1–2		2–0	2–1
3	Bermuda (1–2)	0–3	0–2		3–0
4	U.S. Virgin Islands (0–3)	0–2	1–2	0–3

• Costa Rica and Haiti promoted to Group III in 2009.

Results

Bermuda vs. Costa Rica

Bermuda 0	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 16 July 2008 Hard		Costa Rica 3
1 2 3 1 Jenson Bascome Ignaci Roca 4 6 1 6     2 Gavin Manders Federico Chavarría 2 6 0 6     3 Jordan Talbot / David Thomas Federico Chavarría / Fernando Martínez Manrique 3 6 1 6

Haiti vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

Haiti 2	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 16 July 2008 Hard		U.S. Virgin Islands 1
1 2 3 1 Jean Marc Bazanne Kristepher Elien 62 77 2 6     2 Olivier Sajous Kevin Motta 6 4 6 1     3 Ronald Agénor / Olivier Sajous Kristepher Elien / Henry Christian Nelthropp 6 3 6 3

Bermuda vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

Bermuda 3	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 17 July 2008 Hard		U.S. Virgin Islands 0
1 2 3 1 Jenson Bascome Kristepher Elien 77 64 6 1     2 Gavin Manders Kevin Motta 6 0 6 1     3 Jordan Talbot / David Thomas Henry Christian Nelthropp / Alric Kevin Plaskett 6 3 7 5

Costa Rica vs. Haiti

Costa Rica 2	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 17 July 2008 Hard		Haiti 1
1 2 3 1 Ignaci Roca Jean Marc Bazanne 4 6 4 6     2 Federico Chavarría Olivier Sajous 6 2 6 3     3 Federico Chavarría / Fernando Martínez Manrique Jean Marc Bazanne / Olivier Sajous 77 62 2 6 6 2

Bermuda vs. Haiti

Bermuda 0	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 18 July 2008 Hard		Haiti 2
1 2 3 1 Jenson Bascome Jean Marc Bazanne 2 6 4 6     2 Gavin Manders Olivier Sajous 3 6 2 6     3

Costa Rica vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

Costa Rica 2	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 18 July 2008 Hard		U.S. Virgin Islands 0
1 2 3 1 Federico Chavarría Kristepher Elien 6 0 6 3     2 Pablo Núñez Kevin Motta 6 3 6 3     3

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

	Second-round play-offs					First-round play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)
											1	Australia	4
						Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)						Chinese Taipei	1			Townsville, Australia (indoor hard)
						Chinese Taipei		3								1	Australia	5
						Kazakhstan		2			Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)					3	Thailand	0
											3	Thailand	3
	Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)											Kazakhstan	2
	Kazakhstan		5
	Philippines		0								New Delhi, India (grass)
												Uzbekistan	2
						Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)					4	India	3			New Delhi, India (grass)
						Uzbekistan		3								4	India	3
						Philippines		2			Manila, Philippines (hard)					2	Japan	2
												Philippines	0
											2	Japan	5

• Philippines relegated to Group II in 2009.
• Australia and India advance to World Group play-off.

Group II

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Beijing, China (indoor hard)
						1	China	5
	Hong Kong, China (hard)						Lebanon	0			Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)
	Lebanon		2								1	China	3
	Hong Kong		3			Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)					3	Indonesia	2
						3	Indonesia	3
							Hong Kong	2								New Plymouth, New Zealand (indoor hard)
																1	China	3
						Muscat, Oman (hard)										4	New Zealand	2
							Oman	0
	Muscat, Oman (hard)					4	New Zealand	5			Mishref, Kuwait (hard)
	Oman		3								4	New Zealand	5
	Pacific Oceania		2			Mishref, Kuwait (hard)					2	Kuwait	0
							Pacific Oceania	1
						2	Kuwait	4

• Lebanon and Pacific Oceania relegated to Group III in 2009.
• China promoted to Group I in 2009.

Group III

Further information: 2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

• Venue: Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran (clay)
• Date: 9–13 April

	Group A	PAK	SYR	VIE	UAE
1	Pakistan (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Syria (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Vietnam (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	United Arab Emirates (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Group B	MAS	IRI	SRI	TJK
1	Malaysia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Iran (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Sri Lanka (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Tajikistan (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

	1st–4th Play-off	PAK	MAS	SYR	IRI
1	Pakistan (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Malaysia (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	Syria (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Iran (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	5th–8th Play-off	SRI	TJK	VIE	UAE
1	Sri Lanka (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Tajikistan (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Vietnam (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	United Arab Emirates (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

• Pakistan and Malaysia promoted to Group II in 2009.
• Vietnam and United Arab Emirates relegated to Group IV in 2009.

Group IV

Further information: 2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

• Venue: National Tennis Centre, Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (hard)
• Date: 9–13 April

	Pool A	SIN	MYA	BHR	IRQ	BRU
1	Singapore (4–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Myanmar (3–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0
3	Bahrain (2–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0
4	Iraq (1–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3		3–0
5	Brunei (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	KSA	BAN	JOR	TKM	MGL	QAT
1	Saudi Arabia (5–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Bangladesh (4–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Jordan (3–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0
4	Turkmenistan (2–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2		2–1	2–1
5	Mongolia (1–4)	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2		2–1
6	Qatar (0–5)	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2

• Singapore and Saudi Arabia promoted to Group III in 2009.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First round

Second round

1

Croatia

Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard)

bye

Italy

1

Croatia

3

bye

Italy

2

Italy

Montecatini, Italy (clay)

bye

Italy

3

Latvia

2

4

Netherlands

Skopje, Macedonia (clay)

bye

bye

4

Netherlands

4

Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay)

Latvia

Macedonia

1

Latvia

1

Macedonia

4

Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (indoor hard)

Switzerland

4

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

Poland

1

Poland

4

Switzerland

4

3

Belarus

1

3

Belarus

1

bye

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

3

Belarus

3

Belarus

3

Georgia

0

bye

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)

Georgia

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					First round					Second round					Third round
						Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
						1	Luxembourg	0
	Hanko, Finland (clay)										Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
							Denmark	5
	1	Luxembourg	2								Denmark		0
						Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
	7	Finland	3								South Africa		5
						7	Finland	1
																Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
							South Africa	4
																	South Africa	3
						Algiers, Algeria (clay)
																5	Monaco	2
						3	Hungary	2
	Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)										Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
							Algeria	3
	3	Hungary	5									Algeria	0
						Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
		Greece	0								5	Monaco	5
						5	Monaco	3
							Greece	2
						Cherkasy, Ukraine (indoor hard)
							Egypt	0
	Cairo, Egypt (clay)										Dublin, Ireland (grass)
						6	Ukraine	5
		Egypt	3								6	Ukraine	3
						Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
	4	Morocco	2									Ireland	2
							Ireland	3
																Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
						4	Morocco	2
																6	Ukraine	5
						Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
																2	Portugal	0
							Cyprus	3
	Tunis, Tunisia (clay)										Porto, Portugal (clay)
						8	Slovenia	2
	8	Slovenia	4									Cyprus	0
						Estoril, Portugal (clay)
		Tunisia	1								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

Zone A

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

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, April 9–13, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia, May 7–11, also on outdoor clay courts.

Format

Botswana and Nigeria withdrew from the Plovdiv tournament. They remained in Group III in 2009. The six remaining teams in the Plovdiv tournament played in a round-robin format. The top two teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2009. The bottom two teams were demoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2009.

Draw

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

	Zone A	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.
• Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe relegated to Group IV in 2009.

Results

Bulgaria vs. Montenegro

Bulgaria 3	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 8 April 2008 Clay		Montenegro 0
1 2 3 1 Grigor Dimitrov Daniel Danilović 7 5 6 4     2 Todor Enev Goran Tošić 6 4 6 0     3 Tihomir Grozdanov / Simeon Ivanov Daniel Danilović / Nemanja Kontić 77 62 6 4

Ivory Coast vs. Madagascar

Ivory Coast 0	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 8 April 2008 Clay		Madagascar 3
1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Jacob Rasolondrazana 7 5 2 6 4 6   2 Valentin Sanon Tony Rajaobelina 77 65 1 6 0 6   3 Claude N'Goran / Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba Tony Rajaobelina / Germain Rasolondrazana 4 6 6 2 3 6

Turkey vs. Zimbabwe

Turkey 3	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 8 April 2008 Clay		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Takanyi Garanganga 6 3 6 2     2 Marsel İlhan Mlandeli Ndlela 6 0 6 1     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Ergün Zorlu Mark Fynn / Mlandeli Ndlela 6 3 7 5

Bulgaria vs. Ivory Coast

Bulgaria 3	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 9 April 2008 Clay		Ivory Coast 0
1 2 3 1 Grigor Dimitrov Charles Irie 6 1 6 1     2 Todor Enev Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba 6 1 6 2     3 Tihomir Grozdanov / Simeon Ivanov Charles Irie / Claude N'Goran 4 6 6 2 6 0

Madagascar vs. Turkey

Madagascar 0	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 9 April 2008 Clay		Turkey 3
1 2 3 1 Jacob Rasolondrazana Haluk Akkoyun 77 63 1 6 0 6   2 Tony Rajaobelina Marsel İlhan 6 4 2 6 1 6   3 Germain Rasolondrazana / Jacob Rasolondrazana Serkan-Akın Dilek / Ergün Zorlu 6 2 3 6 4 6

Montenegro vs. Zimbabwe

Montenegro 3	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 9 April 2008 Clay		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 1 Marko Begović Takanyi Garanganga 710 68 6 1     2 Goran Tošić Mlandeli Ndlela 6 1 6 3     3 Daniel Danilović / Nemanja Kontić Mark Fynn / Mlandeli Ndlela 6 4 6 2

Bulgaria vs. Madagascar

Bulgaria 2	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10 April 2008 Clay		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Grigor Dimitrov Jacob Rasolondrazana 6 3 6 3     2 Todor Enev Tony Rajaobelina 3 6 2 6     3 Grigor Dimitrov / Todor Enev Tony Rajaobelina / Germain Rasolondrazana 6 1 6 3

Ivory Coast vs. Zimbabwe

Ivory Coast 2	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10 April 2008 Clay		Zimbabwe 1
1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Mark Fynn 7 5 6 2     2 Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba Mlandeli Ndlela 5 7 6 1 77 63   3 Charles Irie / Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba Mark Fynn / Mlandeli Ndlela 4 6 5 7

Montenegro vs. Turkey

Montenegro 2	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10 April 2008 Clay		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Daniel Danilović Haluk Akkoyun 6 4 67 79 7 5   2 Goran Tošić Marsel İlhan 5 7 611 713     3 Daniel Danilović / Goran Tošić Marsel İlhan / Ergün Zorlu 6 4 79 67

Bulgaria vs. Turkey

Bulgaria 3	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 11 April 2008 Clay		Turkey 0
1 2 3 1 Grigor Dimitrov Ergün Zorlu 6 0 6 3     2 Todor Enev Marsel İlhan 6 2 6 3     3 Tihomir Grozdanov / Simeon Ivanov Haluk Akkoyun / Ergün Zorlu 6 3 77 65

Ivory Coast vs. Montenegro

Ivory Coast 0	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 11 April 2008 Clay		Montenegro 3
1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Daniel Danilović 1 6 4 6     2 Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba Goran Tošić 3 6 0 6     3 Charles Irie / Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba Daniel Danilović / Goran Tošić 1 6 3 6

Madagascar vs. Zimbabwe

Madagascar 3	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 11 April 2008 Clay		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 1 Thierry Rajaobelina Mark Fynn 6 2 6 1     2 Jacob Rasolondrazana Mlandeli Ndlela 6 2 6 2     3 Thierry Rajaobelina / Germain Rasolondrazana Mark Fynn / Takanyi Garanganga 6 1 7 5

Bulgaria vs. Zimbabwe

Bulgaria 3	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 12 April 2008 Clay		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 1 Grigor Dimitrov Takanyi Garanganga 6 3 6 2     2 Simeon Ivanov Mlandeli Ndlela 6 1 6 2     3 Tihomir Grozdanov / Simeon Ivanov Mark Fynn / Mlandeli Ndlela 6 4 6 1

Ivory Coast vs. Turkey

Ivory Coast 0	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 12 April 2008 Clay		Turkey 3
1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Haluk Akkoyun 3 6 7 5 4 6   2 Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba Marsel İlhan 4 6 67 79     3 Charles Irie / Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba Haluk Akkoyun / Ergün Zorlu 77 65 2 6 3 6

Madagascar vs. Montenegro

Madagascar 1	Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 12 April 2008 Clay		Montenegro 2
1 2 3 1 Thierry Rajaobelina Daniel Danilović 2 6 65 77     2 Jacob Rasolondrazana Goran Tošić 1 6 2 6     3 Thierry Rajaobelina / Germain Rasolondrazana Marko Begović / Nemanja Kontić 77 63 6 4

Zone B

Further information: 2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B

• 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.

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

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, April 9–13, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia, May 7–11, also on outdoor clay courts.

Format

The eight teams in the Yerevan tournament were split into two pools and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2009. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were demoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2009.

Pool A

	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

Andorra vs. Norway

Andorra 0	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay		Norway 3
1 2 3 1 Jordi Vila-Vila Frederik Sletting-Johnsen 5 7 4 6     2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Stian Boretti 6 3 5 7 1 2   3 Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Jordi Vila-Vila Stian Boretti / Philip Riise-Hansen 1 6 0 6

Armenia vs. Moldova

Armenia 0	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay		Moldova 3
1 2 3 1 Hovhannes Davtyan Andrei Gorban 2 6 2 6     2 Harutyun Sofyan Roman Borvanov 2 6 4 6     3 Harutyun Sofyan / Hayk Zohranyan Andrei Ciumac / Andrei Gorban 5 7 4 6

Andorra vs. Armenia

Andorra 1	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay		Armenia 2
1 2 3 1 Jordi Vila-Vila Hovhannes Davtyan 4 6 6 4 6 4   2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Harutyun Sofyan 5 7 65 77     3 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Jordi Vila-Vila Harutyun Sofyan / Hayk Zohranyan 4 6 2 6

Moldova vs. Norway

Moldova 2	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Andrei Gorban Philip Riise-Hansen 6 4 6 1     2 Roman Borvanov Stian Boretti 3 6 3 6     3 Roman Borvanov / Andrei Ciumac Stian Boretti / Philip Riise-Hansen 6 3 64 77 6 3

Andorra vs. Moldova

Andorra 0	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay		Moldova 3
1 2 3 1 Hector Hormigo-Herrera Andrei Gorban 1 6 2 6     2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Roman Borvanov 3 4     retired   3 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Jordi Vila-Vila Radu Albot / Andrei Gorban         w/o

Armenia vs. Norway

Armenia 0	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay		Norway 3
1 2 3 1 Hayk Zohranyan Philip Riise-Hansen 0 6 0 6     2 Harutyun Sofyan Stian Boretti 3 6 3 6     3 Hovhannes Davtyan / Roman Yedigaryan Fredrik Ask / Frederik Sletting-Johnsen 3 6 3 6

Pool B

	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

Note: Tie between Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lithuania, and Estonia broken on number of rubbers won.

Lithuania vs. Estonia

Lithuania 1	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Laurynas Grigelis Vladimir Ivanov 2 6 65 77     2 Gvidas Sabeckis Mait Künnap 3 6 3 6     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp 6 4 77 64

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ghana

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1 Aleksandar Marić Emmanuel Mensah 3 6 6 3 6 4   2 Aldin Šetkić Mohammed Salifu 6 3 3 6 6 3   3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Emmanuel Mensah / Mohammed Salifu 6 4 78 66

Lithuania vs. Ghana

Lithuania 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Emmanuel Mensah 6 4 6 0     2 Gvidas Sabeckis Mohammed Salifu 6 3 6 4     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Menford Owusu / Mohammed Salifu 6 2 4 6 6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Estonia

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Aleksandar Marić Jürgen Zopp 6 2 6 4     2 Aldin Šetkić Mait Künnap 6 1 6 4     3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp 7 5 77 62

Lithuania vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lithuania 2	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Aleksandar Marić 6 4 3 6 6 4   2 Gvidas Sabeckis Aldin Šetkić 6 4 7 5     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 3 6 77 65 3 6

Ghana vs. Estonia

Ghana 0	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay		Estonia 3
1 2 3 1 Menford Owusu Jürgen Zopp 2 6 0 6     2 Mohammed Salifu Vladimir Ivanov 4 6 6 4 2 6   3 Emmanuel Mensah / Mohammed Salifu Mikk Irdoja / Mait Künnap 1 6 2 6

Promotion pool

The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

	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

Moldova and Lithuania promoted to Group II for 2009.

Moldova vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Moldova 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
1 2 3 1 Andrei Gorban Mirza Bašić 6 1 6 0     2 Roman Borvanov Aldin Šetkić 6 2 7 5     3 Roman Borvanov / Andrei Ciumac Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 77 64 2 6 6 3

Lithuania vs. Norway

Lithuania 2	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Philip Riise-Hansen 7 5 1 6 7 5   2 Gvidas Sabeckis Stian Boretti 3 6 2 6     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Stian Boretti / Frederik Sletting-Johnsen 63 77 6 3 78 66

Moldova vs. Lithuania

Moldova 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay		Lithuania 0
1 2 3 1 Radu Albot Mindaugas Čeledinas 6 4 6 2     2 Andrei Gorban Laurynas Grigelis 6 1 6 2     3 Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac Mindaugas Čeledinas / Laurynas Grigelis 6 3 6 2

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Norway

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay		Norway 2
1 2 3 1 Tomislav Brkić Philip Riise-Hansen 4 6 6 4 2 6   2 Mirza Bašić Stian Boretti 5 7 2 6     3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Fredrik Ask / Frederik Sletting-Johnsen 77 63 6 4

Relegation pool

The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

	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 Andorra, Armenia, and Ghana broken on number of rubbers won.

Armenia and Ghana relegated to Group IV for 2009.

Estonia vs. Andorra

Estonia 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay		Andorra 0
1 2 3 1 Jürgen Zopp Jordi Vila-Vila 6 1 6 4     2 Vladimir Ivanov Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 7 5 7 5     3 Mikk Irdoja / Mait Künnap Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 4 6 6 2 6 2

Armenia vs. Ghana

Armenia 1	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay		Ghana 2
1 2 3 1 Roman Yedigaryan Emmanuel Mensah 4 6 1 6     2 Harutyun Sofyan Mohammed Salifu 77 65 1 6 2 6   3 Hovhannes Davtyan / Hayk Zohranyan Menford Owusu / Mohammed Salifu 6 1 61 77 6 4

Estonia vs. Armenia

Estonia 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Jürgen Zopp Hovhannes Davtyan 77 65 6 4     2 Vladimir Ivanov Harutyun Sofyan 6 1 6 2     3 Mikk Irdoja / Mait Künnap Hovhannes Davtyan / Hayk Zohranyan 6 2 6 4

Andorra vs. Ghana

Andorra 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1 Jordi Vila-Vila Emmanuel Mensah 6 3 6 2     2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Mohammed Salifu 4 6 6 3 6 3   3 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Jordi Vila-Vila Albert Arthur / Menford Owusu 5 7 6 1 6 4

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Moldova
2	Lithuania
3	Norway
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5	Estonia
6	Andorra
7	Armenia
8	Ghana

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

Group IV

• Venue: Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia (clay)
• Date: 30 April–2 May
• 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 in 2009.

See also

• 2008 Fed Cup – Women's
• 2008 Hopman Cup

External links

• Davis Cup draw details