2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.

Main article: 2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

Draw
  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.

First Round Matches

Luxembourg vs. Denmark

Luxembourg
0		 National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
11–13 April 2008
hard (indoors)
Denmark
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roman Margoulis
Frederik Nielsen		 3
6		 1
6		 2
6		      
2
Philippe Grandjean
Martin Pedersen		 5
7		 6
3		 1
6		 1
6		    
3
Philippe Grandjean / Tom Maquel
Frederik Nielsen / Rasmus Norby		 1
6		 3
6		 0
6		      
4
Philippe Grandjean
Rasmus Norby		 3
6		 1
6		        
5
Roman Margoulis
Martin Pedersen		 2
6		 2
6		        

Finland vs. South Africa

Finland
1		 Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland
11–13 April 2008
hard (indoors)
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Juho Paukku
Kevin Anderson		 0
6		 4
6		 65
77		      
2
Jarkko Nieminen
Rik de Voest		 6
4		 6
3		 7
5		      
3
Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen
Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie		 6
4		 1
6		 4
6		 2
6		    
4
Jarkko Nieminen
Kevin Anderson		 6
4		 3
6		 1
6		 3
6		    
5
Henri Kontinen
Rik de Voest		 6
4		 4
6		 3
6		      

Algeria vs. Hungary

Algeria
3		 Office du Complexe Olympique Mohamed Boudiaf Tennis Club, Algiers, Algeria
11–13 April 2008
clay (outdoors)
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Slimane Saoudi
Kornél Bardóczky		 1
6		 4
6		 3
6		      
2
Lamine Ouahab
Sebo Kiss		 1
6		 4
6		 6
4		 6
1		 7
5		  
3
Lamine Ouahab / Slimane Saoudi
Kornél Bardóczky / Róbert Varga		 4
6		 3
6		 5
7		      
4
Lamine Ouahab
Kornél Bardóczky		 6
1		 4
6		 3
6		 6
3		 6
2		  
5
Slimane Saoudi
Sebo Kiss		 77
64		 4
6		 6
0		 6
3		    

Monaco vs. Greece

Monaco
3		 Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune Cap Martin, France
11–13 April 2008
clay (outdoors)
Greece
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jean-René Lisnard
Alexandros Jakupovic		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      
2
Benjamin Balleret
Konstantinos Economidis		 6
3		 3
6		 61
77		 5
7		    
3
Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard
Konstantinos Economidis / Alexandros Jakupovic		 3
6		 5
7		 3
6		      
4
Jean-René Lisnard
Konstantinos Economidis		 2
6		 4
6		 77
64		 6
0		 6
0		  
5
Benjamin Balleret
Alexandros Jakupovic		 6
3		 6
1		 7
5		      

Ukraine vs. Egypt

Ukraine
5		 Selena Tennis Club, Cherkasy, Ukraine
11–13 April 2008
hard (indoors)
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Karim Maamoun		 6
1		 6
3		 6
1		      
2
Sergey Bubka
Sherif Sabry		 6
1		 77
64		 2
6		 6
0		    
3
Sergey Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Karim Maamoun / Sherif Sabry		 64
77		 6
1		 6
4		 6
2		    
4
Artem Smirnov
Sherif Sabry		 6
3		 6
3		        
5
Ivan Sergeyev
Mahmoud Ezz		 6
3		 6
4		        

Ireland vs. Morocco

Ireland
3		 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland
11–13 April 2008
carpet (indoors)
Morocco
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Louk Sorensen
Mounir El Aarej		 6
3		 2
6		 6
4		 6
2		    
2
Conor Niland
Younes El Aynaoui		 4
6		 4
6		 2
6		      
3
James Cluskey / Colin O'Brien
Rabie Chaki / Reda El Amrani		 6
1		 5
7		 6
2		 64
77		 4
6 		 
4
Louk Sorensen
Younes El Aynaoui		 3
6		 6
4		 77
65		 6
4		    
5
Conor Niland
Mounir El Aarej		 77
64		 1
6		 66
78		 6
3		 6
0		  

Cyprus vs. Slovenia

Cyprus
3		 National Tennis Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
11–13 April 2008
hard (outdoors)
Slovenia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Photos Kallias
Marko Tkalec		 3
6		 3
6		 1
6		      
2
Marcos Baghdatis
Blaž Kavčič		 6
4		 6
3		 6
4		      
3
Marcos Baghdatis / Photos Kallias
Luka Gregorc / Grega Žemlja		 77
64		 4
6		 6
2		 4
6		 6
1		  
4
Marcos Baghdatis
Marko Tkalec		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
5
Photos Kallias
Blaž Kavčič		 1
6		 1
6		        

Portugal vs. Tunisia

Portugal
4		 Clube de Tenis do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal
11–13 April 2008
clay (outdoors)
Tunisia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rui Machado
Walid Jallali		 6
1		 6
1		 7
5		      
2
Frederico Gil
Malek Jaziri		 6
3		 6
4		 6
3		      
3
Gastão Elias / Leonardo Tavares
Walid Jallali / Malek Jaziri		 6
3		 6
3		 6
3		      
4
Gastão Elias
Walid Jallali		 5
7		 2
6		        
5
Leonardo Tavares
Slah Mbarek		 6
2		 6
4		        

Play-offs

Finland vs. Luxembourg

Finland
3		 Hanko Tennis Stadion, Hanko, Finland[1]
18 – 20 July 2008
Clay
Luxembourg
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Timo Nieminen
Gilles Müller		 1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2
Jarkko Nieminen
Philippe Grandjean		 6
0		 6
1		 6
0		      
3
Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen
Laurent Bram / Gilles Müller		 6
2		 79
67		 77
64		      
4
Harri Heliövaara
Gilles Müller		 4
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
5
Henri Kontinen
Laurent Bram		 6
1		 6
3		 6
3		      

Greece vs. Hungary

Greece
0		 Thessaloniki Tennis Club, Thessaloniki, Greece[2]
18 – 20 July 2008
Clay
Hungary
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Konstantinos Mikos
Sebő Kiss		 1
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
2
Charalampos Kapogiannis
Kornél Bardóczky		 2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3
Charalampos Kapogiannis / Konstantinos Mikos
Kornél Bardóczky / Róbert Varga		 1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4
Konstantinos Mikos
Dénes Lukács		 1
6 		2
6 		       
5
Charalampos Kapogiannis
Sebő Kiss		 1
6 		2
6 		       

Egypt vs. Morocco

Egypt
3		 Heliopolis Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[3]
18 – 20 July 2008
Clay
Morocco
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Sherif Sabry
Talal Ouahabi		 2
6 		62
77		 3
2		      
retired
2
Karim Maamoun
Reda El Amrani		 2
6 		2
6 		711
69		 6
4		 6
4		  
3
Karim Maamoun / Sherif Sabry
Reda El Amrani / Mehdi Ziadi		 67
79		 7
5		 4
6 		5
7 		   
4
Mohamed Mamoun
Reda El Amrani		 4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5
Karim Maamoun
Mehdi Ziadi		 6
4		 77
61		 6
3		      

Tunisia vs. Slovenia

Tunisia
1		 Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia[4]
18 – 20 July 2008
Clay
Slovenia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Malek Jaziri
Grega Žemlja		 6
3		 1
6 		6
4		 3
6 		4
6 		 
2
Walid Jallali
Marko Tkalec		 3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3
Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri
Marko Tkalec / Grega Žemlja		 3
6 		7
5		 77
65		 7
5		    
4
Haythem Abid
Blaž Kavčič		 3
6 		6
3		 6
3		 5
7 		2
6 		 
5
Anis Ghorbel
Janez Semrajc		 3
6 		3
6 		       

Second Round Matches

South Africa vs. Denmark

South Africa
5		 Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa[5]
18 – 20 July 2008
Hard
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kevin Anderson
Martin Pedersen		 77
65		 7
5		 6
2		      
2
Rik de Voest
Frederik Nielsen		 6
3		 6
2		 6
2		      
3
Jeff Coetzee / Rik de Voest
Frederik Nielsen / Rasmus Nørby		 77
63		 7
5		 4
6 		7
5		    
4
Kevin Anderson
Thomas Kromann		 6
1		 6
3		        
5
Izak van der Merwe
Martin Pedersen		 712
610		 6
4		        

Monaco vs. Algeria

Monaco
5		 Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France[6]
18 – 20 July 2008
Clay
Algeria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jean-René Lisnard
Ouassel Hared		 715
613		 6
3		 6
1		      
2
Benjamin Balleret
Slimane Saoudi		 3
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
4		    
3
Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard
Abdelhak Hameurlaine / Slimane Saoudi		 6
3		 6
2		 6
4		      
4
Clement Morel
Slimane Saoudi		 6
4		 6
1		        
5
Benjamin Balleret
Abdelhak Hameurlaine		 6
2		 6
4		        

Ireland vs. Ukraine

Ireland
2		 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[7]
18 – 20 July 2008
Grass
Ukraine
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Conor Niland
Artem Smirnov		 6
1		 6
2		 6
2		      
2
Colin O'Brien
Sergiy Stakhovsky		 3
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
3
James Cluskey / Eoin Heavey
Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky		 3
6 		66
78		 4
6 		     
4
Conor Niland
Sergiy Stakhovsky		 6
4		 6
4		 4
6 		67
79		 5
7 		 
5
Colin O'Brien
Artem Smirnov		 6
2		 6
2		        

Portugal vs. Cyprus

Portugal
5		 Lawn Tennis Club da Foz, Porto, Portugal[8]
18 – 20 July 2008
Clay
Cyprus
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Frederico Gil
George Kallis		 6
1		 6
1		 6
0		      
2
Rui Machado
Photos Kallias		 6
4		 6
4		 7
5		      
3
Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares
Photos Kallias / Demetrios Leontis		 6
2		 6
1		 5
7 		6
3		    
4
Frederico Gil
Photos Kallias		 6
3		 6
2		        
5
João Sousa
Eleftherios Christou		 6
3		 6
3		        

Third Round Matches

Monaco vs. South Africa

Monaco
2		 Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France[9]
19 – 21 September 2008
Clay
South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Benjamin Balleret
Kevin Anderson		 79
67		 2
6 		6
2		 3
6 		0
6 		 
2
Jean-René Lisnard
Rik de Voest		 6
4		 4
6 		5
7 		64
77		    
3
Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard
Jeff Coetzee / Izak van der Merwe		 6
2		 3
6 		6
4		 6
4		    
4
Jean-René Lisnard
Kevin Anderson		 6
3		 6
4		 77
62		      
5
Benjamin Balleret
Rik de Voest		 5
7 		2
6 		1
6 		     

Ukraine vs. Portugal

Ukraine
5		 Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine[10]
19 – 21 September 2008
Hard (indoor)
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Gastão Elias		 6
4		 77
65		 6
4		      
2
Sergei Bubka
Rui Machado		 6
3		 3
6 		77
64		 6
4		    
3
Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Gastão Elias / Leonardo Tavares		 6
3		 6
2		 6
4		      
4
Illya Marchenko
João Sousa		 6
3		 6
3		        
5
Ivan Sergeyev
Leonardo Tavares		 78
66		 4
6 		6
3		      

References
  1. "Finland v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  2. "Greece v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  3. "Egypt v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  4. "Tunisia v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
  5. "South Africa v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  6. "Monaco v Algeria". daviscup.com.
  7. "Ireland v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
  8. "Portugal v Cyprus". daviscup.com.
  9. "Monaco v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  10. "Ukraine v Portugal". daviscup.com.
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