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2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Main article: 2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

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Draw

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Play-offsFirst roundSecond roundThird round
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
1  Luxembourg0
Hanko, Finland (clay)Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
  Denmark5
1  Luxembourg2  Denmark0
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
7  Finland3  South Africa5
7  Finland1
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
  South Africa4
  South Africa3
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
5  Monaco2
3  Hungary2
Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
  Algeria3
3  Hungary5  Algeria0
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
  Greece05  Monaco5
5  Monaco3
  Greece2
Cherkasy, Ukraine (indoor hard)
  Egypt0
Cairo, Egypt (clay)Dublin, Ireland (grass)
6  Ukraine5
  Egypt36  Ukraine3
Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
4  Morocco2  Ireland2
  Ireland3
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
4  Morocco2
6  Ukraine5
Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
2  Portugal0
  Cyprus3
Tunis, Tunisia (clay)Porto, Portugal (clay)
8  Slovenia2
8  Slovenia4  Cyprus0
Estoril, Portugal (clay)
  Tunisia12  Portugal5
  Tunisia1
2  Portugal4
  • Luxembourg, Greece, Morocco, and Tunisia relegated to Group III in 2009.
  • South Africa and Ukraine promoted to Group I in 2009.

First round matches

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Luxembourg vs. Denmark

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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

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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

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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
Sebő 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
Sebő Kiss 		77
64 		4
6 		6
0 		6
3 		   

Monaco vs. Greece

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Finland vs. Luxembourg

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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

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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

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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

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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

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South Africa vs. Denmark

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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

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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  
  		Clément Morel
Slimane Saoudi 		6
4 		6
1 		       
5  
  		Benjamin Balleret
Abdelhak Hameurlaine 		6
2 		6
4 		       

Ireland vs. Ukraine

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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
Sergey 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

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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

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Monaco vs. South Africa

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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

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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  
  		Sergey Bubka
Rui Machado 		6
3 		3
6 		77
64 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Sergey 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

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  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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