# 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.

## Format

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.

## Pool A

| | 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

| Pakistan 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 9 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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

| Vietnam 1 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 9 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 9 April 2008 Clay | Syria 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Đỗ Minh Quân Romain Radwan 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$     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

| Pakistan 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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

| United Arab Emirates 0 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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

| Pakistan 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$   3 Mohammadi Jibran Ahmed / Asim Shafik Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim 6 2 3 6 6 4 ||||

### Vietnam vs. United Arab Emirates

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

## Pool B

| | 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

| Sri Lanka 1 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 9 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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 7$^7$ 6$^5$ ||||

### Iran vs. Tajikistan

| Iran 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 9 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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

| Sri Lanka 1 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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

| Malaysia 2 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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

| Sri Lanka 2 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 4 6 ||||

### Iran vs. Malaysia

| Iran 1 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2008 Clay | Malaysia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rouzbeh Kamran Si Yew Ming 6 3 4 6 6$^7$ 7$^9$   2 Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh Selvam Veerasingam 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 1     3 Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh / Rouzbeh Kamran Adam Jaya / Si Yew Ming 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 2 6 ||||

## Promotion pool

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.
(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

| Pakistan 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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 7$^7$ 6$^1$     3 Aqeel Khan / Aisam Qureshi Rouzbeh Kamran / Omid Souri 7 5 4 6 6 1 ||||

### Malaysia vs. Syria

| Malaysia 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2008 Clay | Syria 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Si Yew Ming Romain Radwan 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 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

| Pakistan 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2008 Clay | Malaysia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aqeel Khan Adam Jaya 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 0     2 Aisam Qureshi Razlan Rawi 6 4 6 0     3 Mohammadi Jibran Ahmed / Asim Shafik Razlan Rawi / Si Yew Ming 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 3 ||||

### Iran vs. Syria

| Iran 1 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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 6$^3$ 7$^7$ ||||

## Relegation pool

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.
(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

| Sri Lanka 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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

| Vietnam 0 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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 6$^4$ 7$^7$     3 Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev 4 6 6$^6$ 7$^8$ ||||

### Sri Lanka vs. Vietnam

| Sri Lanka 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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

| United Arab Emirates 1 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2008 Clay | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 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 ||||