2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Group I

*Venue: SYMA Sportközpont, Budapest, Hungary (carpet)
*Date: Week of 28 January

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

8TeamRR-2Group
title-a=Pool A
team-1a-abbrev=NED
team-1a=fed|NED (3-0)
team-2a-abbrev=BUL
team-2a=fed|BUL (2-1)
team-3a-abbrev=LUX
team-3a=fed|LUX (1-2)
team-4a-abbrev=POR
team-4a=fed|POR (0-3)
color-row-1a= | 1v2a=2-0 |1v3a=2-1 |1v4a=3-0
color-row-2a= |2v1a=0-2 | 2v3a=2-1 |2v4a=3-0
color-row-3a= |3v1a=1-2 |3v2a=1-2 | 3v4a=2-0
color-row-4a= |4v1a=0-3 |4v2a=0-3 |4v3a=0-2
title-b=Pool B
team-1b-abbrev=SUI
team-1b=fed|SUI (3-0)
team-2b-abbrev=HUN
team-2b=fed|HUN (2-1)
team-3b-abbrev=DEN
team-3b=fed|DEN (1-2)
team-4b-abbrev=GBR
team-4b=fed|GBR (0-3)
color-row-1b= | 1v2b=2-1 |1v3b=3-0 |1v4b=2-1
color-row-2b= |2v1b=1-2 | 2v3b=3-0 |2v4b=2-1
color-row-3b= |3v1b=0-3 |3v2b=0-3 | 3v4b=2-1
color-row-4b= |4v1b=1-2 |4v2b=1-2 |4v3b=1-27TeamRR-2Group43
title-a=Pool C
team-1a-abbrev=SWE
team-1a=fed|SWE (3-0)
team-2a-abbrev=BLR
team-2a=fed|BLR (2-1)
team-3a-abbrev=SLO
team-3a=fed|SLO (1-2)
team-4a-abbrev=GEO
team-4a=fed|GEO (0-3)
color-row-1a= | 1v2a=2-1 |1v3a=3-0 |1v4a=3-0
color-row-2a= |2v1a=1-2 | 2v3a=3-0 |2v4a=3-0
color-row-3a= |3v1a=0-3 |3v2a=0-3 | 3v4a=2-0
color-row-4a= |4v1a=0-3 |4v2a=0-3 |4v3a=0-2
title-b=Pool D
team-1b-abbrev=SRB
team-1b=fed|SRB (2-0)
team-2b-abbrev=ROM
team-2b=fed|ROM (1-1)
team-3b-abbrev=POL
team-3b=fed|POL (0-2)
color-row-1b= | 1v2b=2-1 |1v3b=2-1
color-row-2b= |2v1b=1-2 | 2v3b=3-0
color-row-3b= |3v1b=1-2 |3v2b=0-3

Play-offs

*Serbia and Switzerland advance to World Group II play-offs.
*Georgia and Portugal relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2009.

Group II

*Venue: Coral Club, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
*Date: Week of 28 January

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 will 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

7TeamRR-2Group34
title-a=Pool A
team-1a-abbrev=BIH
team-1a=fed|BIH (2-0)
team-2a-abbrev=RSA
team-2a=fed|RSA (1-1)
team-3a-abbrev=TUR
team-3a=fed|TUR (0-2)
color-row-1a= | 1v2a=3-0 |1v3a=3-0
color-row-2a= |2v1a=0-3 | 2v3a=2-1
color-row-3a= |3v1a=0-3 |3v2a=1-2 |
title-b=Pool B
team-1b-abbrev=EST
team-1b=fed|EST (3-0)
team-2b-abbrev=LTU
team-2b=fed|LTU (2-1)
team-3b-abbrev=GRE
team-3b=fed|GRE (1-2)
team-4b-abbrev=IRE
team-4b="'fed|IRE (0-3)
color-row-1b= | 1v2b=3-0 |1v3b=3-0 |1v4b=3-0
color-row-2b= |2v1b=0-3 | 2v3b=2-0 |2v4b=2-1
color-row-3b= |3v1b=0-3 |3v2b=0-2 | 3v4b=2-1
color-row-4b= |4v1b=0-3 |4v2b=1-2 |4v3b=1-2

Play-offs

*Bosnia/Herzegovina and Estonia promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2009
*Greece and Ireland relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2009.

Group III

*Venue: Master Class Tennis & Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia (clay)
*Date:22-26 April

5TeamRR
title=Group A
team-1-abbrev=LAT
team-1=fed|LAT (4-0)
team-2-abbrev=NOR
team-2=fed|NOR (3-1)
team-3-abbrev=MRI
team-3=fed|MRI (2-2)
team-4-abbrev=ISL
team-4=fed|ISL (1-3)
team-5-abbrev=ZIM
team-5=fed|ZIM (0-4)
color-row-1= | 1v2=2-1 |1v3=3-0 |1v4=3-0 |1v5=3-0
color-row-2= |2v1=1-2 | 2v3=2-1 |2v4=3-0 |2v5=3-0
color-row-3= |3v1=0-3 |3v2=1-2 | 3v4=3-0 |3v5=3-0
color-row-4= |4v1=0-3 |4v2=0-3 |4v3=0-3 | 4v5=3-0
color-row-5= |5v1=0-3 |5v2=0-3 |5v3=0-3 |5v4=0-3

6TeamRR
title=Group B
team-1-abbrev=MAR
team-1=fed|MAR (5-0)
team-2-abbrev=ARM
team-2=fed|ARM (4-1)
team-3-abbrev=FIN
team-3=fed|FIN (3-2)
team-4-abbrev=EGY
team-4=fed|EGY (2-3)
team-5-abbrev=MNE
team-5=fed|MNE (1-4)
team-6-abbrev=MDA
team-6=fed|MDA (0-5)
color-row-1= | 1v2=2-1 |1v3=2-1 |1v4=3-0 |1v5=3-0 |1v6=3-0
color-row-2= |2v1=1-2 | 2v3=2-1 |2v4=3-0 |2v5=2-1 |2v6=3-0
color-row-3= |3v1=1-2 |3v2=1-2 | 3v4=2-1 |3v5=2-1 |3v6=2-1
color-row-4= |4v1=0-3 |4v2=0-3 |4v3=1-2 |4v5=2-1 |4v6=2-1
color-row-5= |5v1=0-3 |5v2=1-2 |5v3=1-2 |5v4=1-2 |5v6=2-1
color-row-6= |6v1=0-3 |6v2=0-3 |6v3=1-2 |6v4=1-2 |6v5=1-2

*Latvia and Morocco promoted to Group II in 2009.

ee also

*Fed Cup structure