# 2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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

* Belarus
* Croatia
* Georgia
* Italy
* Latvia
* Macedonia
* Netherlands
* Slovakia
* Switzerland
* Poland

## Draw

| Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| | | | | | | 1 | Croatia | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Croatia | | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard) | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard) | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard) |
| | | | | | | | bye | | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard) | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard) | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard) |
| | | | Italy | Italy | | | bye | | 1 | Croatia | 3 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | Italy | 2 |
| | | | bye | bye | | Italy | Italy | | | Italy | 2 |
| Montecatini, Italy (clay) | Montecatini, Italy (clay) | Montecatini, Italy (clay) | | | | Italy | Italy | | | | |
| Montecatini, Italy (clay) | Montecatini, Italy (clay) | Montecatini, Italy (clay) | | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| Italy | Italy | 3 | | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 2 | | | | 4 | Netherlands | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Netherlands | | Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | Skopje, Macedonia (clay) |
| | | | | | | | bye | | Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | Skopje, Macedonia (clay) |
| | | | bye | bye | | | bye | | 4 | Netherlands | 4 |
| | | | bye | bye | | Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay) | Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay) | Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay) | 4 | Netherlands | 4 |
| | | | Latvia | Latvia | | Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay) | Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay) | Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay) | | Macedonia | 1 |
| | | | Latvia | Latvia | | Latvia | Latvia | 1 | | Macedonia | 1 |
| | | | | | | Macedonia | Macedonia | 4 | | |
| | | | | | | Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (indoor hard) | Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (indoor hard) | Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (indoor hard) | | | |
| | | | | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 4 | | |
| | | | Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Switzerland | Switzerland | 4 | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) |
| | | | Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Poland | Poland | 1 | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | Poland | 4 | Poland | Poland | 1 | | Switzerland | 4 |
| | | | 3 | Belarus | 1 | | | | 3 | Belarus | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Belarus | 1 | | bye | | 3 | Belarus | 1 |
| Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Minsk, Belarus (hard) | | | | | bye | | | | |
| Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Minsk, Belarus (hard) | | | | 3 | Belarus | | | | |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | | | | 3 | Belarus | | | | |
| | Georgia | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Georgia | 0 | | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| | | | | | | bye | bye | | Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay) | Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay) |
| | | | | | | Georgia | Georgia | | Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay) | Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay) |
| | | | Georgia | Georgia | | Georgia | Georgia | | | Georgia | 1 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | 2 | Slovakia | 4 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | bye | | 2 | Slovakia | 4 |
| | | | | | | 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
### Latvia vs. Macedonia

| Latvia 1 | Jane Sandanski Hall, Skopje, Macedonia 8–10 February 2008 clay (indoor) | 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 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 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

| Switzerland 4 | Bodensee-Arena, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland 8–10 February 2008 hard (indoor) | Bodensee-Arena, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland 8–10 February 2008 hard (indoor) | Poland 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Stéphane Bohli Dawid Olejniczak 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 4       2 Stanislas Wawrinka Blazej Koniusz 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 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
### Croatia vs. Italy

| Croatia 3 | Sportska Dvorana, Dubrovnik, Croatia 11–13 April 2008 hard (indoor) | Sportska Dvorana, Dubrovnik, Croatia 11–13 April 2008 hard (indoor) | Italy 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivo Karlović Simone Bolelli 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 3 6 4 6       2 Mario Ančić Andreas Seppi 6 2 6 4 7 5       3 Mario Ančić / Marin Čilić Simone Bolelli / Potito Starace 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 4 1 6 6 3     4 Marin Čilić Andreas Seppi 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 4 6 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 1 6   5 Mario Ančić Simone Bolelli 6 4 6 4 6 2 ||||

### Netherlands vs. Macedonia

| Netherlands 4 | Tennis Club JUG, Skopje, Macedonia 11–13 April 2008 clay (outdoor) | 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 6$^6$ 7$^8$     retired  4 Robin Haase Predrag Rusevski 6 4 6 0 6 3       5 Thiemo de Bakker Ilija Martinoski 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 3 ||||

### Switzerland vs. Belarus

| Switzerland 4 | Football Manege, Minsk, Belarus 11–13 April 2008 carpter (indoor) | 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 7$^7$ 6$^5$       2 Stanislas Wawrinka Uladzimir Ignatik 4 6 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 2     3 Yves Allegro / Stanislas Wawrinka Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 6 3 3 6 1 6 2 6     4 Stanislas Wawrinka Vladimir Voltchkov 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 4 6 0 6 7 5 6 4   5 Yves Allegro Uladzimir Ignatik 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 0 ||||

### Georgia vs. Slovakia

| Georgia 1 | Sibamac Arena, National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia 11–13 April 2008 clay (indoor) | 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 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 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
### Poland vs. Belarus

| Poland 4 | Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 18–20 July 2008 hard (outdoor) | 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
### Italy vs. Latvia

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

### Belarus vs. Georgia

| Belarus 3 | Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 18–20 July 2008 hard (outdoor) | 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 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 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 ||||