2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the thirteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I for next year.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Chile	Bolivia	Venezuela	Bahamas
2	Cuba	Ecuador	Guatemala	Dominican Republic
3	Panama	Honduras	Barbados	Trinidad and Tobago
4				Bermuda

Promotional Play-Offs[]

The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I for 2009.

Chile vs. Venezuela[]

Chile 1	, Cochabamba, Bolivia 26 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Venezuela 2
1 2 3 1 Melisa Miranda Marina Giral Lores 3 6 6 4 6 3   2 Andrea Koch-Benvenuto Milagros Sequera 65 77 2 6     3 Andrea Koch-Benvenuto / Melisa Miranda Mariana Muci / Milagros Sequera 3 6 3 6

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Bolivia vs. Bahamas[]

Bolivia 1	, Cochabamba, Bolivia 26 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Bahamas 2
1 2 3 1 Nikkita Fountain 7 5 6 4     2 Larikah Russell 2 6 4 6     3  /  Nikkita Fountain / Larikah Russell 5 7 2 6

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Fifth to Seventh Play-Offs[]

The second-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the fifth and seventh placed teams.

Cuba vs. Guatemala[]

Cuba 2	, Cochabamba, Bolivia 26 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Guatemala 1
1 2 3 1 Yanet Núñez Mojarena 6 2 6 3     2 Yamile Fors Guerra Jessica Lehnhoff 6 1 2 6 1 6   3 Yamile Fors Guerra / Yanet Núñez Mojarena  / Jessica Lehnhoff 77 62 7 5

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Ecuador vs. Dominican Republic[]

Ecuador 3	, Cochabamba, Bolivia 26 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Dominican Republic 0
1 2 3 1 6 3 6 2     2 Francesca Segarelli 6 4 6 2     3  /   / Francesca Segarelli 6 3 6 2

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Ninth and Eleventh Play-Offs[]

The third-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the ninth and eleventh placed teams.

Panama vs. Barbados[]

Panama 2	, Cochabamba, Bolivia 26 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Barbados 1
1 2 3 1 6 3 7 5     2 6 2 6 2     3  /   /  6 4 1 6 3 6

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Honduras vs. Trinidad and Tobago[]

Honduras 2	, Cochabamba, Bolivia 26 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Trinidad and Tobago 1
1 2 3 1 77 62 7 5     2 6 0 7 5     3  /   /  5 7 0 4   retired

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Thirteenth[]

As there was only three teams from Pools A, B and C as opposed to the four from Pool D, the last-placed team from Pool D ( Bermuda) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Bermudians were automatically allocated thirteenth place.

Final Placements[]

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Venezuela	Bahamas
Third	Chile	Bolivia
Fifth	Cuba	Ecuador
Seventh	Guatemala	Dominican Republic
Ninth	Panama	Honduras
Eleventh	Barbados	Trinidad and Tobago
Thirteenth	Bermuda

•  Venezuela and  Bahamas advanced to the Americas Zone Group I for the next year. The Bahamians placed fifth overall, meaning that they were relegated back to Group II for 2010, while the Venezuelans did not compete.^[7][8]

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website