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

•  Algeria
•  Cyprus
•  Denmark
•  Egypt
•  Finland
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Ireland
•  Luxembourg
•  Monaco
•  Morocco
•  Portugal
•  Slovenia
•  South Africa
•  Tunisia
•  Ukraine

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 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 Norby 1 6 3 6 0 6       4 Philippe Grandjean Rasmus Norby 3 6 1 6         5 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 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

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 Sebo Kiss 1 6 4 6 6 4 6 1 7 5   3 Lamine Ouahab / Slimane Saoudi Kornél Bardóczky / Robert 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 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 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

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

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

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

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