2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held April 9–13, in Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran, on outdoor clay courts.[1]

Format

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The eight teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2009. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were demoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2009.[1]

Pool A

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Group A PAK SYR VIE UAE
1   Pakistan (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Syria (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3   Vietnam (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4   United Arab Emirates (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Pakistan vs. United Arab Emirates

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Pakistan
3
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[2]
9 April 2008
Clay
 
United Arab Emirates
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Aqeel Khan
Hamad Abbas Janahi
6
1
6
1
   
2  
 
Aisam Qureshi
Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
6
3
6
3
   
3  
 
Mohammadi Jibran Ahmed / Asim Shafik
Khaled Al Hassani / Faisal Bastaki
6
1
6
3
   

Vietnam vs. Syria

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Vietnam
1
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[3]
9 April 2008
Clay
 
Syria
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Đỗ Minh Quân
Romain Radwan
65
77
65
77
   
2  
 
Ngô Quang Huy
Issam Haitham Taweel
5
7
2
6
   
3  
 
Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng
Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim
6
4
7
5
   

Pakistan vs. Vietnam

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Pakistan
3
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[4]
10 April 2008
Clay
 
Vietnam
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Aqeel Khan
Đỗ Minh Quân
6
2
6
3
   
2  
 
Aisam Qureshi
Ngô Quang Huy
6
2
6
4
   
3  
 
Mohammadi Jibran Ahmed / Asim Shafik
Đỗ Minh Quân / Lê Quốc Khánh
6
2
6
2
   

United Arab Emirates vs. Syria

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United Arab Emirates
0
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[5]
10 April 2008
Clay
 
Syria
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Hamad Abbas Janahi
Romain Radwan
2
6
1
6
   
2  
 
Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
Issam Haitham Taweel
4
6
2
6
   
3  
 
Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi / Hamad Abbas Janahi
Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim
2
6
3
6
   

Pakistan vs. Syria

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Pakistan
3
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[6]
11 April 2008
Clay
 
Syria
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Aqeel Khan
Romain Radwan
6
2
6
1
   
2  
 
Aisam Qureshi
Issam Haitham Taweel
6
1
63
77
77
64
 
3  
 
Mohammadi Jibran Ahmed / Asim Shafik
Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim
6
2
3
6
6
4
 

Vietnam vs. United Arab Emirates

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Vietnam
3
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[7]
11 April 2008
Clay
 
United Arab Emirates
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Đỗ Minh Quân
Hamad Abbas Janahi
64
77
7
5
6
4
 
2  
 
Ngô Quang Huy
Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
77
61
6
2
   
3  
 
Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng
Khaled Al Hassani / Faisal Bastaki
6
0
6
3
   

Pool B

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Group B MAS IRI SRI TJK
1   Malaysia (3–0) 2–1 2–1 2–1
2   Iran (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3   Sri Lanka (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4   Tajikistan (0–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2

Sri Lanka vs. Malaysia

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Sri Lanka
1
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[8]
9 April 2008
Clay
 
Malaysia
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Rajeev Rajapakse
Si Yew Ming
2
6
5
7
   
2  
 
Harshana Godamanna
Selvam Veerasingam
4
6
6
3
3
6
 
3  
 
Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse
Adam Jaya / Si Yew Ming
6
3
77
65
   

Iran vs. Tajikistan

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Iran
3
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[9]
9 April 2008
Clay
 
Tajikistan
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Rouzbeh Kamran
Sergey Makashin
4
6
6
3
6
1
 
2  
 
Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh
Anvar Rakhmatov
6
3
6
0
   
3  
 
Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh / Rouzbeh Kamran
Anvar Rakhmatov / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev
6
4
6
1
   

Sri Lanka vs. Iran

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Sri Lanka
1
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[10]
10 April 2008
Clay
 
Iran
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Rajeev Rajapakse
Rouzbeh Kamran
1
6
5
7
   
2  
 
Harshana Godamanna
Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh
6
1
3
6
2
6
 
3  
 
Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse
Rouzbeh Kamran / Omid Souri
7
5
6
1
   

Malaysia vs. Tajikistan

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Malaysia
2
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[11]
10 April 2008
Clay
 
Tajikistan
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Adam Jaya
Sergey Makashin
3
6
3
6
   
2  
 
Si Yew Ming
Anvar Rakhmatov
6
2
6
4
   
3  
 
Si Yew Ming / Selvam Veerasingam
Sergey Makashin / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev
7
5
6
4
   

Sri Lanka vs. Tajikistan

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Sri Lanka
2
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[12]
11 April 2008
Clay
 
Tajikistan
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Rajeev Rajapakse
Mirkhusein Yakhyaev
6
2
6
0
   
2  
 
Harshana Godamanna
Sergey Makashin
6
1
6
0
   
3  
 
Rajeev Rajapakse / Dinusha Wijesuriya
Anvar Rakhmatov / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev
64
77
4
6
   

Iran vs. Malaysia

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Iran
1
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[13]
11 April 2008
Clay
 
Malaysia
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Rouzbeh Kamran
Si Yew Ming
6
3
4
6
67
79
 
2  
 
Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh
Selvam Veerasingam
77
64
6
1
   
3  
 
Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh / Rouzbeh Kamran
Adam Jaya / Si Yew Ming
64
77
2
6
   

Promotion pool

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The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.[1]

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

1st–4th Play-off PAK MAS SYR IRI
1   Pakistan (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Malaysia (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3   Syria (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Iran (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2

Pakistan and Malaysia promoted to Group II in 2009.

Pakistan vs. Iran

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Pakistan
3
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[14]
12 April 2008
Clay
 
Iran
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Aqeel Khan
Rouzbeh Kamran
6
1
6
3
   
2  
 
Aisam Qureshi
Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh
6
2
77
61
   
3  
 
Aqeel Khan / Aisam Qureshi
Rouzbeh Kamran / Omid Souri
7
5
4
6
6
1
 

Malaysia vs. Syria

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Malaysia
3
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[15]
12 April 2008
Clay
 
Syria
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Si Yew Ming
Romain Radwan
77
65
6
2
   
2  
 
Selvam Veerasingam
Issam Haitham Taweel
6
4
6
4
   
3  
 
Adam Jaya / Razlan Rawi
Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim
7
5
6
3
   

Pakistan vs. Malaysia

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Pakistan
3
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[16]
13 April 2008
Clay
 
Malaysia
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Aqeel Khan
Adam Jaya
77
65
6
0
   
2  
 
Aisam Qureshi
Razlan Rawi
6
4
6
0
   
3  
 
Mohammadi Jibran Ahmed / Asim Shafik
Razlan Rawi / Si Yew Ming
77
63
6
3
   

Iran vs. Syria

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Iran
1
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[17]
13 April 2008
Clay
 
Syria
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Omid Souri
Romain Radwan
3
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Rouzbeh Kamran
Issam Haitham Taweel
6
2
7
5
   
3  
 
Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh / Rouzbeh Kamran
Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim
4
6
6
4
63
77
 

Relegation pool

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The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.[1]

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

5th–8th Play-off SRI TJK VIE UAE
1   Sri Lanka (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Tajikistan (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1
3   Vietnam (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4   United Arab Emirates (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

Vietnam and United Arab Emirates relegated to Group IV in 2009.

Sri Lanka vs. United Arab Emirates

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Sri Lanka
3
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[18]
12 April 2008
Clay
 
United Arab Emirates
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Rajeev Rajapakse
Faisal Bastaki
6
3
6
1
   
2  
 
Harshana Godamanna
Hamad Abbas Janahi
6
1
6
0
   
3  
 
Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse
Khaled Al Hassani / Faisal Bastaki
6
2
6
1
   

Vietnam vs. Tajikistan

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Vietnam
0
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[19]
12 April 2008
Clay
 
Tajikistan
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Đỗ Minh Quân
Sergey Makashin
2
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Ngô Quang Huy
Anvar Rakhmatov
4
6
64
77
   
3  
 
Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng
Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev
4
6
66
78
   

Sri Lanka vs. Vietnam

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Sri Lanka
3
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[20]
13 April 2008
Clay
 
Vietnam
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Rajeev Rajapakse
Đỗ Minh Quân
6
3
7
5
   
2  
 
Harshana Godamanna
Ngô Quang Huy
6
4
6
3
   
3  
 
Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse
Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng
6
1
6
2
   

United Arab Emirates vs. Tajikistan

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United Arab Emirates
1
Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran[21]
13 April 2008
Clay
 
Tajikistan
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Faisal Bastaki
Sergey Makashin
0
6
1
6
   
2  
 
Hamad Abbas Janahi
Anvar Rakhmatov
6
3
6
2
   
3  
 
Faisal Bastaki / Hamad Abbas Janahi
Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev
4
6
0
6
   

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Davis Cup – Draws & Results".
  2. ^ "Pakistan v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Vietnam v Syria". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Pakistan v Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "United Arab Emirates v Syria". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Pakistan v Syria". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Vietnam v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Sri Lanka v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Iran v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka v Iran". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Malaysia v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Sri Lanka v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Iran v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Pakistan v Iran". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Malaysia v Syria". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Pakistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Iran v Syria". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Vietnam v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Sri Lanka v Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "United Arab Emirates v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.