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		 1st round
11–13 April		 2nd round
18–20 July		 3rd 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		 Roman Margoulis
Frederik Nielsen		 3
6		 1
6		 2
6		      
2 Luxembourg
Denmark		 Philippe Grandjean
Martin Pedersen		 5
7		 6
3		 1
6		 1
6		    
3 Luxembourg
Denmark		 Philippe Grandjean / Tom Maquel
Frederik Nielsen / Rasmus Norby		 1
6		 3
6		 0
6		      
4 Luxembourg
Denmark		 Philippe Grandjean
Rasmus Norby		 3
6		 1
6		        
5 Luxembourg
Denmark		 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 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
Sebo Kiss		 1
6		 4
6		 6
4		 6
1		 7
5		  
3 Algeria
Hungary		 Lamine Ouahab / Slimane Saoudi
Kornél Bardóczky / Robert 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
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 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
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 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		 Photos Kallias
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 / Photos Kallias
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		 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 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
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 Finland
Luxembourg		 Timo Nieminen
Gilles Müller		 1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2 Finland
Luxembourg		 Jarkko Nieminen
Philippe Grandjean		 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		 Konstantinos Mikos
Sebő Kiss		 1
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
2 Greece
Hungary		 Charalampos Kapogiannis
Kornél Bardóczky		 2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3 Greece
Hungary		 Charalampos Kapogiannis / Konstantinos Mikos
Kornél Bardóczky / Róbert Varga		 1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4 Greece
Hungary		 Konstantinos Mikos
Dénes Lukács		 1
6 		2
6 		       
5 Greece
Hungary		 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 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		 Mohamed Mamoun
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
Ouassel Hared		 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 / Eoin Heavey
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
George Kallis		 6
1		 6
1		 6
0		      
2 Portugal
Cyprus		 Rui Machado
Photos Kallias		 6
4		 6
4		 7
5		      
3 Portugal
Cyprus		 Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares
Photos Kallias / Demetrios Leontis		 6
2		 6
1		 5
7 		6
3		    
4 Portugal
Cyprus		 Frederico Gil
Photos Kallias		 6
3		 6
2		        
5 Portugal
Cyprus		 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 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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