2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Main article: 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
PlacingA TeamScoreB/D Team
Promotion Netherlands0–2 Serbia
5th–8th Bulgaria0–2 Hungary
9th LuxembourgN/A
9thN/A Denmark
Relegation Portugal0–2 Great Britain
PlacingC TeamScoreB/D Team
Promotion Sweden1–2  Switzerland
5th–8th Belarus0–2 Romania
9th SloveniaN/A
Relegation Georgia0–3 Poland

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
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion Bosnia and Herzegovina2–0 Lithuania
Promotion South Africa0–3 Estonia
Relegation Turkey3–0 Greece
RelegationN/A Ireland

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
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See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Croatia v Serbia". fedcup.com.
  2. "Austria v Switzerland". fedcup.com.
  3. "Portugal v Morocco". fedcup.com.
  4. "Georgia v Turkey". fedcup.com.
  5. "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  6. "Estonia v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  7. "Greece v Ireland". fedcup.com.
  8. "Latvia v Morocco". fedcup.com.
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