2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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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]