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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 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

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

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