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.

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 Nørby
1
6
3
6
0
6
     
4
Philippe Grandjean
Rasmus Nørby
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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