# 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 | Play-offs | Play-offs | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round |
| | | | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Luxembourg | 0 | | | | | | |
| Hanko, Finland (clay) | Hanko, Finland (clay) | Hanko, Finland (clay) | 1 | Luxembourg | 0 | Johannesburg, South Africa (hard) | | | | | |
| Hanko, Finland (clay) | Hanko, Finland (clay) | Hanko, Finland (clay) | | Denmark | 5 | Johannesburg, South Africa (hard) | | | | | |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 2 | | Denmark | 5 | Denmark | Denmark | 0 | | | |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 2 | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Denmark | Denmark | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Finland | 3 | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | | | |
| 7 | Finland | 3 | 7 | Finland | 1 | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | | | |
| | | | 7 | Finland | 1 | | | | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) |
| | | | | South Africa | 4 | | | | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) |
| | | | | South Africa | 4 | | | | | South Africa | 3 |
| | | | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | | | | | South Africa | 3 |
| | | | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | | | | 5 | Monaco | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Hungary | 2 | | | | 5 | Monaco | 2 |
| Thessaloniki, Greece (clay) | Thessaloniki, Greece (clay) | Thessaloniki, Greece (clay) | 3 | Hungary | 2 | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | | | |
| Thessaloniki, Greece (clay) | Thessaloniki, Greece (clay) | Thessaloniki, Greece (clay) | | Algeria | 3 | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | | | |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | | Algeria | 3 | | Algeria | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | | Algeria | 0 | | | |
| | Greece | 0 | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | 5 | Monaco | 5 | | | |
| | Greece | 0 | 5 | Monaco | 3 | 5 | Monaco | 5 | | | |
| | | | | Greece | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Cherkasy, Ukraine (indoor hard) | Cherkasy, Ukraine (indoor hard) | Cherkasy, Ukraine (indoor hard) | | | | | | |
| | | | | Egypt | 0 | | | | | | |
| Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | | Egypt | 0 | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | | | | | |
| Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | 6 | Ukraine | 5 | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | | | | | |
| | Egypt | 3 | 6 | Ukraine | 5 | 6 | Ukraine | 3 | | | |
| | Egypt | 3 | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | 6 | Ukraine | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Morocco | 2 | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | | Ireland | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Morocco | 2 | | Ireland | 3 | | Ireland | 2 | | | |
| | | | | Ireland | 3 | | | | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard) | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard) | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard) |
| | | | 4 | Morocco | 2 | | | | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard) | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard) | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard) |
| | | | 4 | Morocco | 2 | | | | 6 | Ukraine | 5 |
| | | | Nicosia, Cyprus (hard) | Nicosia, Cyprus (hard) | Nicosia, Cyprus (hard) | | | | 6 | Ukraine | 5 |
| | | | Nicosia, Cyprus (hard) | Nicosia, Cyprus (hard) | Nicosia, Cyprus (hard) | | | | 2 | Portugal | 0 |
| | | | | Cyprus | 3 | | | | 2 | Portugal | 0 |
| Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | | Cyprus | 3 | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | | | |
| Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | 8 | Slovenia | 2 | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | | | |
| 8 | Slovenia | 4 | 8 | Slovenia | 2 | | Cyprus | 0 | | | |
| 8 | Slovenia | 4 | Estoril, Portugal (clay) | Estoril, Portugal (clay) | Estoril, Portugal (clay) | | Cyprus | 0 | | | |
| | Tunisia | 1 | Estoril, Portugal (clay) | Estoril, Portugal (clay) | Estoril, Portugal (clay) | 2 | Portugal | 5 | | | |
| | Tunisia | 1 | | Tunisia | 1 | 2 | Portugal | 5 | | | |
| | | | 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) | 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 Nørby 1 6 3 6 0 6       4 Philippe Grandjean Rasmus Nørby 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) | 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 6$^5$ 7$^7$       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) | 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 Sebő Kiss 1 6 4 6 6 4 6 1 7 5   3 Lamine Ouahab / Slimane Saoudi Kornél Bardóczky / Róbert 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 Sebő Kiss 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 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) | 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 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 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 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 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) | 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 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 2 6 6 0     3 Sergey Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Karim Maamoun / Sherif Sabry 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 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) | 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 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 4 6   4 Louk Sorensen Younes El Aynaoui 3 6 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 4     5 Conor Niland Mounir El Aarej 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 1 6 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 3 6 0 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Slovenia

| Cyprus 3 | National Tennis Center, Nicosia, Cyprus 11–13 April 2008 hard (outdoors) | 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 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 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) | 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 ||||

## Play-offs
### Finland vs. Luxembourg

| Finland 3 | Hanko Tennis Stadion, Hanko, Finland 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Hanko Tennis Stadion, Hanko, Finland 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Luxembourg 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Timo Nieminen Gilles Müller 1 6 4 6 2 6       2 Jarkko Nieminen Philippe Grandjean 6 0 6 1 6 0       3 Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen Laurent Bram / Gilles Müller 6 2 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$       4 Harri Heliövaara Gilles Müller 4 6 5 7 1 6       5 Henri Kontinen Laurent Bram 6 1 6 3 6 3 ||||

### Greece vs. Hungary

| Greece 0 | Thessaloniki Tennis Club, Thessaloniki, Greece 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Thessaloniki Tennis Club, Thessaloniki, Greece 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Hungary 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Mikos Sebő Kiss 1 6 3 6 0 6       2 Charalampos Kapogiannis Kornél Bardóczky 2 6 2 6 4 6       3 Charalampos Kapogiannis / Konstantinos Mikos Kornél Bardóczky / Róbert Varga 1 6 1 6 1 6       4 Konstantinos Mikos Dénes Lukács 1 6 2 6         5 Charalampos Kapogiannis Sebő Kiss 1 6 2 6 ||||

### Egypt vs. Morocco

| Egypt 3 | Heliopolis Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Heliopolis Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Morocco 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sherif Sabry Talal Ouahabi 2 6 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 3 2      retired 2 Karim Maamoun Reda El Amrani 2 6 2 6 7$^{11}$ 6$^9$ 6 4 6 4   3 Karim Maamoun / Sherif Sabry Reda El Amrani / Mehdi Ziadi 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 7 5 4 6 5 7     4 Mohamed Mamoun Reda El Amrani 4 6 2 6 4 6       5 Karim Maamoun Mehdi Ziadi 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 6 3 ||||

### Tunisia vs. Slovenia

| Tunisia 1 | Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Slovenia 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Malek Jaziri Grega Žemlja 6 3 1 6 6 4 3 6 4 6   2 Walid Jallali Marko Tkalec 3 6 1 6 2 6       3 Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri Marko Tkalec / Grega Žemlja 3 6 7 5 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7 5     4 Haythem Abid Blaž Kavčič 3 6 6 3 6 3 5 7 2 6   5 Anis Ghorbel Janez Semrajc 3 6 3 6 ||||

## Second round matches
### South Africa vs. Denmark

| South Africa 5 | Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa 18–20 July 2008 Hard | Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa 18–20 July 2008 Hard | Denmark 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kevin Anderson Martin Pedersen 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7 5 6 2       2 Rik de Voest Frederik Nielsen 6 3 6 2 6 2       3 Jeff Coetzee / Rik de Voest Frederik Nielsen / Rasmus Nørby 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 7 5 4 6 7 5     4 Kevin Anderson Thomas Kromann 6 1 6 3         5 Izak van der Merwe Martin Pedersen 7$^{12}$ 6$^{10}$ 6 4 ||||

### Monaco vs. Algeria

| Monaco 5 | Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Algeria 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jean-René Lisnard Ouassel Hared 7$^{15}$ 6$^{13}$ 6 3 6 1       2 Benjamin Balleret Slimane Saoudi 3 6 6 3 6 2 6 4     3 Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard Abdelhak Hameurlaine / Slimane Saoudi 6 3 6 2 6 4       4 Clément Morel Slimane Saoudi 6 4 6 1         5 Benjamin Balleret Abdelhak Hameurlaine 6 2 6 4 ||||

### Ireland vs. Ukraine

| Ireland 2 | Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland 18–20 July 2008 Grass | Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland 18–20 July 2008 Grass | Ukraine 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Conor Niland Artem Smirnov 6 1 6 2 6 2       2 Colin O'Brien Sergiy Stakhovsky 3 6 3 6 1 6       3 James Cluskey / Eoin Heavey Sergey Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky 3 6 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 4 6       4 Conor Niland Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 4 6 4 4 6 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 5 7   5 Colin O'Brien Artem Smirnov 6 2 6 2 ||||

### Portugal vs. Cyprus

| Portugal 5 | Lawn Tennis Club da Foz, Porto, Portugal 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Lawn Tennis Club da Foz, Porto, Portugal 18–20 July 2008 Clay | Cyprus 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederico Gil George Kallis 6 1 6 1 6 0       2 Rui Machado Photos Kallias 6 4 6 4 7 5       3 Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares Photos Kallias / Demetrios Leontis 6 2 6 1 5 7 6 3     4 Frederico Gil Photos Kallias 6 3 6 2         5 João Sousa Eleftherios Christou 6 3 6 3 ||||

## Third round matches
### Monaco vs. South Africa

| Monaco 2 | Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France 19–21 September 2008 Clay | Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France 19–21 September 2008 Clay | South Africa 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Benjamin Balleret Kevin Anderson 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 2 6 6 2 3 6 0 6   2 Jean-René Lisnard Rik de Voest 6 4 4 6 5 7 6$^4$ 7$^7$     3 Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard Jeff Coetzee / Izak van der Merwe 6 2 3 6 6 4 6 4     4 Jean-René Lisnard Kevin Anderson 6 3 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^2$       5 Benjamin Balleret Rik de Voest 5 7 2 6 1 6 ||||

### Ukraine vs. Portugal

| Ukraine 5 | Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 19–21 September 2008 Hard (indoor) | Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 19–21 September 2008 Hard (indoor) | Portugal 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sergiy Stakhovsky Gastão Elias 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 4       2 Sergey Bubka Rui Machado 6 3 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 4     3 Sergey Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Gastão Elias / Leonardo Tavares 6 3 6 2 6 4       4 Illya Marchenko João Sousa 6 3 6 3         5 Ivan Sergeyev Leonardo Tavares 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 4 6 6 3 ||||