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2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The European and African Zone was one of the three regional Davis Cup competition zones 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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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
1  Croatia
Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard)
bye
  Italy1  Croatia3
bye  Italy2
  Italy
Montecatini, Italy (clay)
bye
  Italy3
  Latvia2
4  Netherlands
Skopje, Macedonia (clay)
bye
bye4  Netherlands4
Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay)
  Latvia  Macedonia1
  Latvia1
  Macedonia4
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (indoor hard)
   Switzerland4
Minsk, Belarus (hard)Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
  Poland1
  Poland4   Switzerland4
3  Belarus13  Belarus1
bye
Minsk, Belarus (hard)
3  Belarus
3  Belarus3
  Georgia0
bye
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)
  Georgia
  Georgia  Georgia1
bye2  Slovakia4
bye
2  Slovakia
  • Latvia and Georgia relegated to Group II in 2009.
  • Croatia, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.

First Round Matches

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Latvia vs. Macedonia

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Latvia
1 		Jane Sandanski Hall, Skopje, Macedonia
8–10 February 2008
clay (indoor) 		 
Macedonia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ernests Gulbis
Lazar Magdinčev 		6
2 		4
6 		2
6 		6
1 		2
6 		 
2  
  		Andis Juška
Predrag Rusevski 		63
77 		3
6 		5
7 		     
3  
  		Andis Juška / Deniss Pavlovs
Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 		1
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
4  
  		Karlis Lejnieks
Ilija Martinoski 		3
6 		4
6 		       
5  
  		Deniss Pavlovs
Tomislav Jotovski 		6
2 		6
2 		       

Switzerland vs. Poland

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Switzerland
4 		Bodensee-Arena, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
8–10 February 2008
hard (indoor) 		 
Poland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Stéphane Bohli
Dawid Olejniczak 		6
4 		77
63 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Stanislas Wawrinka
Blazej Koniusz 		6
3 		77
65 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Yves Allegro / Michael Lammer
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 		6
4 		6
3 		2
6 		6
3 		   
4  
  		Michael Lammer
Dawid Olejniczak 		6
3 		2
2 		      retired
 
5  
  		Stéphane Bohli
Tomislav Jotovski 		2
1 		         
retired

Second Round Matches

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Croatia vs. Italy

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Croatia
3 		Sportska Dvorana, Dubrovnik, Croatia
11–13 April 2008
hard (indoor) 		 
Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ivo Karlović
Simone Bolelli 		67
79 		3
6 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Mario Ančić
Andreas Seppi 		6
2 		6
4 		7
5 		     
3  
  		Mario Ančić / Marin Čilić
Simone Bolelli / Potito Starace 		77
63 		6
4 		1
6 		6
3 		   
4  
  		Marin Čilić
Andreas Seppi 		79
67 		4
6 		4
6 		77
63 		1
6 		 
5  
  		Mario Ančić
Simone Bolelli 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		     

Netherlands vs. Macedonia

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Netherlands
4 		Tennis Club JUG, Skopje, Macedonia
11–13 April 2008
clay (outdoor) 		 
Macedonia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Robin Haase
Lazar Magdinčev 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Thiemo de Bakker
Predrag Rusevski 		5
7 		7
5 		6
1 		7
5 		   
3  
  		Robin Haase / Peter Wessels
Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 		7
5 		5
7 		66
78 		    retired
 
4  
  		Robin Haase
Predrag Rusevski 		6
4 		6
0 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Thiemo de Bakker
Ilija Martinoski 		77
63 		6
3 		       

Switzerland vs. Belarus

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Switzerland
4 		Football Manege, Minsk, Belarus
11–13 April 2008
carpter (indoor) 		 
Belarus
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Stéphane Bohli
Max Mirnyi 		6
4 		6
4 		77
65 		     
2  
  		Stanislas Wawrinka
Uladzimir Ignatik 		4
6 		6
1 		77
62 		6
2 		   
3  
  		Yves Allegro / Stanislas Wawrinka
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 		6
3 		3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Stanislas Wawrinka
Vladimir Voltchkov 		78
66 		4
6 		0
6 		7
5 		6
4 		 
5  
  		Yves Allegro
Uladzimir Ignatik 		77
65 		6
0 		       

Georgia vs. Slovakia

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Georgia
1 		Sibamac Arena, National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia
11–13 April 2008
clay (indoor) 		 
Slovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Irakli Labadze
Lukáš Lacko 		4
6 		78
66 		3
6 		6
3 		19
17 		 
2  
  		Nodar Itonishvili
Dominik Hrbatý 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Nodar Itonishvili / Irakli Labadze
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek 		3
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
4  
  		Nodar Itonishvili
Lukáš Lacko 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
5  
  		Revaz Osadze
Filip Polášek 		0
6 		4
6 		       

First Round Play-offs Matches

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Poland vs. Belarus

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Poland
4 		Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus
18–20 July 2008
hard (outdoor) 		 
Belarus
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Michał Przysiężny
Vladimir Voltchkov 		6
2 		4
6 		6
1 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Jerzy Janowicz
Max Mirnyi 		6
4 		7
5 		6
4 		     
3  
  		Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
Andrei Karatchenia / Pavel Katliarov 		6
4 		6
0 		6
2 		     
4  
  		Michał Przysiężny
Pavel Katliarov 		6
1 		6
2 		       
5  
  		Jerzy Janowicz
Andrei Karatchenia 		6
3 		2
6 		4
6 		     

Second Round Play-offs Matches

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Italy vs. Latvia

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Italy
3 		Sporting Club Montecatini, Montecatini, Italy
19–21 September 2008
clay (outdoor) 		 
Latvia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Fabio Fognini
Ernests Gulbis 		62
77 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Andreas Seppi
Andis Juška 		6
4 		6
2 		77
65 		     
3  
  		Andreas Seppi / Potito Starace
Ernests Gulbis / Andis Juška 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		   
4  
  		Andreas Seppi
Ernests Gulbis 		6
3 		7
5 		3
6 		63
77 		3
6 		 
5  
  		Potito Starace
Andis Juška 		6
3 		6
4 		77
63 		     

Belarus vs. Georgia

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Belarus
3 		Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus
18–20 July 2008
hard (outdoor) 		 
Georgia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Uladzimir Ignatik
Lado Chikhladze 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Andrei Karatchenia
Irakli Labadze 		77
65 		3
6 		2
6 		7
5 		5
3 		 
3  
  		Siarhei Betau / Max Mirnyi
Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze 		6
3 		3
0 		       
retired
4  
  		Uladzimir Ignatik
Nodar Itonishvili 		6
4 		        not
completed
5  
  		Siarhei Betau
George Khrikadze 		          not
played
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