2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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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 Luxembourg
Denmark
Frederik Nielsen 		3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2 Luxembourg
Denmark
Martin Pedersen 		5
7 		6
3 		1
6 		1
6 		   
3 Luxembourg
Denmark 		 / 
Frederik Nielsen / Rasmus Nørby 		1
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
4 Luxembourg
Denmark
Rasmus Nørby 		3
6 		1
6 		       
5 Luxembourg
Denmark
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 Finland
South Africa 		Juho Paukku
Kevin Anderson 		0
6 		4
6 		65
77 		     
2 Finland
South Africa 		Jarkko Nieminen
Rik de Voest 		6
4 		6
3 		7
5 		     
3 Finland
South Africa 		Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen
Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie 		6
4 		1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		   
4 Finland
South Africa 		Jarkko Nieminen
Kevin Anderson 		6
4 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   
5 Finland
South Africa 		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 Algeria
Hungary 		Slimane Saoudi
Kornél Bardóczky 		1
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
2 Algeria
Hungary 		Lamine Ouahab
Sebő Kiss 		1
6 		4
6 		6
4 		6
1 		7
5 		 
3 Algeria
Hungary 		Lamine Ouahab / Slimane Saoudi
Kornél Bardóczky / Róbert Varga 		4
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
4 Algeria
Hungary 		Lamine Ouahab
Kornél Bardóczky 		6
1 		4
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		 
5 Algeria
Hungary 		Slimane Saoudi
Sebő 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 Monaco
Greece 		Jean-René Lisnard
Alexandros Jakupovic 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     
2 Monaco
Greece 		Benjamin Balleret
Konstantinos Economidis 		6
3 		3
6 		61
77 		5
7 		   
3 Monaco
Greece 		Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard
Konstantinos Economidis / Alexandros Jakupovic 		3
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
4 Monaco
Greece 		Jean-René Lisnard
Konstantinos Economidis 		2
6 		4
6 		77
64 		6
0 		6
0 		 
5 Monaco
Greece 		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 Ukraine
Egypt 		Sergiy Stakhovsky
Karim Maamoun 		6
1 		6
3 		6
1 		     
2 Ukraine
Egypt 		Sergey Bubka
Sherif Sabry 		6
1 		77
64 		2
6 		6
0 		   
3 Ukraine
Egypt 		Sergey Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Karim Maamoun / Sherif Sabry 		64
77 		6
1 		6
4 		6
2 		   
4 Ukraine
Egypt 		Artem Smirnov
Sherif Sabry 		6
3 		6
3 		       
5 Ukraine
Egypt 		Ivan Sergeyev
 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 Republic of Ireland
Morocco 		Louk Sorensen
Mounir El Aarej 		6
3 		2
6 		6
4 		6
2 		   
2 Republic of Ireland
Morocco 		Conor Niland
Younes El Aynaoui 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3 Republic of Ireland
Morocco 		James Cluskey / Colin O'Brien
Rabie Chaki / Reda El Amrani 		6
1 		5
7 		6
2 		64
77 		4
6 		 
4 Republic of Ireland
Morocco 		Louk Sorensen
Younes El Aynaoui 		3
6 		6
4 		77
65 		6
4 		   
5 Republic of Ireland
Morocco 		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 Cyprus
Slovenia
Marko Tkalec 		3
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2 Cyprus
Slovenia 		Marcos Baghdatis
Blaž Kavčič 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3 Cyprus
Slovenia 		Marcos Baghdatis / 
Luka Gregorc / Grega Žemlja 		77
64 		4
6 		6
2 		4
6 		6
1 		 
4 Cyprus
Slovenia 		Marcos Baghdatis
Marko Tkalec 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5 Cyprus
Slovenia
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 Portugal
Tunisia 		Rui Machado
Walid Jallali 		6
1 		6
1 		7
5 		     
2 Portugal
Tunisia 		Frederico Gil
Malek Jaziri 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3 Portugal
Tunisia 		Gastão Elias / Leonardo Tavares
Walid Jallali / Malek Jaziri 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		     
4 Portugal
Tunisia 		Gastão Elias
Walid Jallali 		5
7 		2
6 		       
5 Portugal
Tunisia 		Leonardo Tavares
 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 Finland
Luxembourg 		Timo Nieminen
Gilles Müller 		1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2 Finland
Luxembourg 		Jarkko Nieminen
 6
0 		6
1 		6
0 		     
3 Finland
Luxembourg 		Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen
Laurent Bram / Gilles Müller 		6
2 		79
67 		77
64 		     
4 Finland
Luxembourg 		Harri Heliövaara
Gilles Müller 		4
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
5 Finland
Luxembourg 		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 Greece
Hungary
Sebő Kiss 		1
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
2 Greece
Hungary
Kornél Bardóczky 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3 Greece
Hungary 		 / 
Kornél Bardóczky / Róbert Varga 		1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4 Greece
Hungary
Dénes Lukács 		1
6 		2
6 		       
5 Greece
Hungary
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 Egypt
Morocco 		Sherif Sabry
Talal Ouahabi 		2
6 		62
77 		3
2 		     
retired
2 Egypt
Morocco 		Karim Maamoun
Reda El Amrani 		2
6 		2
6 		711
69 		6
4 		6
4 		 
3 Egypt
Morocco 		Karim Maamoun / Sherif Sabry
Reda El Amrani / Mehdi Ziadi 		67
79 		7
5 		4
6 		5
7 		   
4 Egypt
Morocco
Reda El Amrani 		4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5 Egypt
Morocco 		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 Tunisia
Slovenia 		Malek Jaziri
Grega Žemlja 		6
3 		1
6 		6
4 		3
6 		4
6 		 
2 Tunisia
Slovenia 		Walid Jallali
Marko Tkalec 		3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3 Tunisia
Slovenia 		Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri
Marko Tkalec / Grega Žemlja 		3
6 		7
5 		77
65 		7
5 		   
4 Tunisia
Slovenia 		Haythem Abid
Blaž Kavčič 		3
6 		6
3 		6
3 		5
7 		2
6 		 
5 Tunisia
Slovenia 		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 South Africa
Denmark 		Kevin Anderson
Martin Pedersen 		77
65 		7
5 		6
2 		     
2 South Africa
Denmark 		Rik de Voest
Frederik Nielsen 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3 South Africa
Denmark 		Jeff Coetzee / Rik de Voest
Frederik Nielsen / Rasmus Nørby 		77
63 		7
5 		4
6 		7
5 		   
4 South Africa
Denmark 		Kevin Anderson
Thomas Kromann 		6
1 		6
3 		       
5 South Africa
Denmark 		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 Monaco
Algeria 		Jean-René Lisnard
 715
613 		6
3 		6
1 		     
2 Monaco
Algeria 		Benjamin Balleret
Slimane Saoudi 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		   
3 Monaco
Algeria 		Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard
Abdelhak Hameurlaine / Slimane Saoudi 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
4 Monaco
Algeria 		Clement Morel
Slimane Saoudi 		6
4 		6
1 		       
5 Monaco
Algeria 		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 Republic of Ireland
Ukraine 		Conor Niland
Artem Smirnov 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2 Republic of Ireland
Ukraine 		Colin O'Brien
Sergiy Stakhovsky 		3
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
3 Republic of Ireland
Ukraine 		James Cluskey / 
Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky 		3
6 		66
78 		4
6 		     
4 Republic of Ireland
Ukraine 		Conor Niland
Sergiy Stakhovsky 		6
4 		6
4 		4
6 		67
79 		5
7 		 
5 Republic of Ireland
Ukraine 		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 Portugal
Cyprus 		Frederico Gil
 6
1 		6
1 		6
0 		     
2 Portugal
Cyprus 		Rui Machado
 6
4 		6
4 		7
5 		     
3 Portugal
Cyprus 		Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares
 /  		6
2 		6
1 		5
7 		6
3 		   
4 Portugal
Cyprus 		Frederico Gil
 6
3 		6
2 		       
5 Portugal
Cyprus 		João Sousa
 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 Monaco
South Africa 		Benjamin Balleret
Kevin Anderson 		79
67 		2
6 		6
2 		3
6 		0
6 		 
2 Monaco
South Africa 		Jean-René Lisnard
Rik de Voest 		6
4 		4
6 		5
7 		64
77 		   
3 Monaco
South Africa 		Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard
Jeff Coetzee / Izak van der Merwe 		6
2 		3
6 		6
4 		6
4 		   
4 Monaco
South Africa 		Jean-René Lisnard
Kevin Anderson 		6
3 		6
4 		77
62 		     
5 Monaco
South Africa 		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 Ukraine
Portugal 		Sergiy Stakhovsky
Gastão Elias 		6
4 		77
65 		6
4 		     
2 Ukraine
Portugal 		Sergei Bubka
Rui Machado 		6
3 		3
6 		77
64 		6
4 		   
3 Ukraine
Portugal 		Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Gastão Elias / Leonardo Tavares 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
4 Ukraine
Portugal 		Illya Marchenko
João Sousa 		6
3 		6
3 		       
5 Ukraine
Portugal 		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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