2008 Davis Cup

Semifinal match between the future champion, Spain, and the USA in Las Ventas bullring.

The 2008 Davis Cup was the 97th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred others took part in different regional groups. The first matches were played on February 8–10. The final took place on November 21–23 at Estadio Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina, with Spain beating Argentina 3-1 to clinch their 3rd Davis Cup title.

World Group

Participating Teams
Argentina	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic
France	Great Britain	Germany	Israel
Peru	Romania	Russia	Serbia
South Korea	Spain	Sweden	United States

Draw

	First round 8–10 February					Quarterfinals 11–13 April					Semifinals 19–21 September					Final 21–23 November
	Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
	1	Russia	3
						Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
		Serbia	2
						1	Russia	3
	Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
							Czech Republic	2
	8	Belgium	2
											Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
		Czech Republic	3
											1	Russia	2
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
										3	Argentina	3
	3	Argentina	4
						Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
		Great Britain	1
						3	Argentina	4
	Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
						6	Sweden	1
	6	Sweden	3
																Mar del Plata, Argentina (indoor hard)
		Israel	2
																3	Argentina	1
	Braunschweig, Germany (indoor clay)
															5	Spain	3
		South Korea	2
						Bremen, Germany (indoor hard)
	4	Germany	3
						4	Germany	1
	Lima, Peru (clay)
						5	Spain	4
		Peru	0
											Madrid, Spain (clay)
	5	Spain	5
											5	Spain	4
	Sibiu, Romania (indoor hard)
										2	United States	1
		Romania	0
						Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA (indoor hard)
	7	France	5
						7	France	1
	Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
						2	United States	4
		Austria	1
	2	United States	4

Final

Argentina 1	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina November 21–23, 2008 (indoor hard)		Spain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 David Nalbandian David Ferrer 6 3 6 2 6 3       2 Juan Martín del Potro Feliciano López 6 4 62 77 64 77 3 6     3 Agustín Calleri / David Nalbandian Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco 7 5 5 7 65 77 3 6     4 José Acasuso Fernando Verdasco 3 6 77 63 6 4 3 6 1 6   5 David Nalbandian Feliciano López           not played

World Group Play-offs

• Date: 19–21 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs. Eight seeded teams, based on the Davis Cup rankings as of 14 April, were drawn against eight unseeded teams.

Venue (surface)	Home Team	Score	Visiting Team
Antofagasta, Chile (clay)	Chile	3–2	Australia (3)
Wimbledon, London, Great Britain (grass)	Great Britain	2–3	Austria (7)
Lausanne, Switzerland (indoor hard)	Switzerland	4–1	Belgium (4)
Zadar, Croatia (indoor hard)	Croatia (1)	4–1	Brazil
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)	Israel (8)	4–1	Peru
Apeldoorn, Netherlands (indoor clay)	Netherlands	3–2	South Korea (5)
Bucharest, Romania (clay)	Romania (6)	4–1	India
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)	Slovakia (2)	1–4	Serbia

• Chile, Croatia, Netherlands, and Switzerland promoted to World Group in 2009.
• Austria, Israel, Romania, and Serbia remain in World Group in 2009.
• Australia (AO), Brazil (AM), India (AO), and Slovakia (EA) remain in Group I in 2009.
• Belgium (EA), Great Britain (EA), Peru (AM) and South Korea (AO) relegated to Group I in 2009.

Americas Zone

Group I

Participating Teams

•  Brazil - advanced to World Group Play-offs
•  Canada
•  Chile - advanced to World Group Play-offs
•  Colombia
•  Mexico - relegated to Group II in 2009
•  Uruguay

Group II

Participating Teams

•  Bahamas
•  Bolivia - relegated to Group III in 2009
•  Dominican Republic
•  Ecuador - promoted to Group I in 2009
•  El Salvador - relegated to Group III in 2009
•  Netherlands Antilles
•  Paraguay
•  Venezuela

Group III

Participating Teams

•  Aruba - relegated to Group IV in 2009
•  Barbados
•  Guatemala - promoted to Group II in 2009
•  Honduras
•  Jamaica - promoted to Group II in 2009
•  Panama - relegated to Group IV in 2009
•  Puerto Rico
• Withdrawn: Cuba

Group IV

Participating Teams

•  Bermuda
•  Costa Rica - promoted to Group III in 2009
•  Haiti - promoted to Group III in 2009
•  U.S. Virgin Islands
• Withdrawn: Trinidad and Tobago

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Participating Teams

•  Australia - advanced to World Group Play-offs
•  Chinese Taipei
•  India - advanced to World Group Play-offs
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan
•  Philippines - relegated to Group II in 2009
•  Thailand
•  Uzbekistan

Group II

Participating Teams

•  China - promoted to Group I in 2009
•  Hong Kong
•  Indonesia
•  Kuwait
•  Lebanon - relegated to Group III in 2009
•  New Zealand
•  Oman
•  Pacific Oceania - relegated to Group III in 2009

Group III

Participating Teams

•  Iran
•  Malaysia - promoted to Group II in 2009
•  Pakistan - promoted to Group II in 2009
•  Sri Lanka
•  Syria
•  Tajikistan
•  United Arab Emirates - relegated to Group IV in 2009
•  Vietnam - relegated to Group IV in 2009

Group IV

Participating Teams

•  Bahrain
•  Bangladesh
•  Brunei
•  Iraq
•  Jordan
•  Mongolia
•  Myanmar
•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia - promoted to Group III in 2009
•  Singapore - promoted to Group III in 2009
•  Turkmenistan

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Participating Teams

•  Belarus
•  Croatia - advanced to World Group Play-offs
•  Georgia - relegated to Group II in 2009
•  Italy
•  Latvia - relegated to Group II in 2009
•  Macedonia
•  Netherlands - advanced to World Group Play-offs
•  Poland
•  Slovakia - advanced to World Group Play-offs
•  Switzerland - advanced to World Group Play-offs

Group II

Participating Teams

•  Algeria
•  Cyprus
•  Denmark
•  Egypt
•  Finland
•  Greece - relegated to Group III in 2009
•  Hungary
•  Ireland
•  Luxembourg - relegated to Group III in 2009
•  Monaco
•  Morocco - relegated to Group III in 2009
•  Portugal
•  Slovenia
•  South Africa - promoted to Group I in 2009
•  Tunisia - relegated to Group III in 2009
•  Ukraine - promoted to Group I in 2009

Group III

Venue 1

Participating Teams

•  Bulgaria - promoted to Group II in 2009
•  Côte d'Ivoire - relegated to Group IV in 2009
•  Madagascar
•  Montenegro - promoted to Group II in 2009
•  Turkey
•  Zimbabwe - relegated to Group IV in 2009
• Withdrawn: Botswana and Nigeria

Venue 2

Participating Teams

•  Andorra
•  Armenia - relegated to Group IV in 2009
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Estonia
•  Ghana - relegated to Group IV in 2009
•  Lithuania - promoted to Group II in 2009
•  Moldova - promoted to Group II in 2009
•  Norway

Group IV

Participating Teams

•  Iceland - promoted to Group III in 2009
•  Namibia - promoted to Group III in 2009
•  Rwanda - promoted to Group III in 2009
•  San Marino - promoted to Group III in 2009
• Withdrawn: Libya, Malta, and Mauritius

External links

• Davis Cup draw details

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