2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2008 Fed Cup

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

Group I

Venue: SYMA Sportközpont, Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
Date: 30 January – 2 February

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations relegated to Group II in 2009.

Pools

	Pool A	NED	BUL	LUX	POR
1	Netherlands (3–0)		2–0	2–1	3–0
2	Bulgaria (2–1)	0–2		2–1	3–0
3	Luxembourg (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–0
4	Portugal (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–2

	Pool B	SUI	HUN	DEN	GBR
1	Switzerland (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Hungary (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Denmark (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Great Britain (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

	Pool C	SWE	BLR	SLO	GEO
1	Sweden (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Belarus (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Slovenia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–0
4	Georgia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–2

	Pool D	SRB	ROM	POL
1	Serbia (2–0)		2–1	2–1
2	Romania (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Poland (0–2)	1–2	0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B/D Team
Promotion	Netherlands	0–2	Serbia
5th–8th	Bulgaria	0–2	Hungary
9th	Luxembourg	N/A
9th		N/A	Denmark
Relegation	Portugal	0–2	Great Britain

Placing	C Team	Score	B/D Team
Promotion	Sweden	1–2	Switzerland
5th–8th	Belarus	0–2	Romania
9th	Slovenia	N/A
Relegation	Georgia	0–3	Poland

Serbia and Switzerland advanced to the 2008 World Group II play-offs.
Portugal and Georgia were relegated to Group II for 2009.

Group II

Venue: Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
Date: 30 January – 2 February

The seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one of four teams. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group I in 2009. The nations finishing third in their pools took part in play-offs with the losing nation relegated to Group II in 2009, along with the nation finishing fourth in the pool of four teams.

Pools

	Pool A	BIH	RSA	TUR
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	South Africa (1–1)	0–3		2–1
3	Turkey (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	EST	LTU	GRE	IRE
1	Estonia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Lithuania (2–1)	0–3		2–0	2–1
3	Greece (1–2)	0–3	0–2		2–1
4	Ireland (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotion	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	Lithuania
Promotion	South Africa	0–3	Estonia
Relegation	Turkey	2-1	Greece
Relegation		N/A	Ireland

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Estonia advanced to Group I for 2009.
Greece and Ireland were relegated to Group III for 2009.

Group III

Venue: Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia (outdoor clay)
Date: 22–26 April

The eleven teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of six. The top team of each pool progressed to Group II for 2009.

Pools

	Pool A	LAT	NOR	MRI	ISL	ZIM
1	Latvia (4–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Norway (3–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Mauritius (2–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0	3–0
4	Iceland (1–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3		3–0
5	Zimbabwe (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	MAR	ARM	FIN	EGY	MNE	MDA
1	Morocco (5–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Armenia (4–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0
3	Finland (3–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1
4	Egypt (2–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2		2–1	2–1
5	Montenegro (1–4)	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2		2–1
6	Moldova (0–5)	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2

Latvia and Morocco advanced to Group II for 2009.

References

"Croatia v Serbia". fedcup.com.
"Austria v Switzerland". fedcup.com.
"Portugal v Morocco". fedcup.com.
"Georgia v Turkey". fedcup.com.
Greece - Turkiye 1 - 2 (2008)
"Bosnia and Herzegovina v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
"Estonia v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
"Greece v Ireland". fedcup.com.
"Latvia v Morocco". fedcup.com.

External links

Fed Cup website

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