# 2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held on July 16–20, in Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras on outdoor hard courts.

## Format

Cuba withdrew from the tournament. They remained in Group III in 2009. The seven remaining 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 Americas Zone Group II in 2009. The remaining teams in each group from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were relegated to the Americas Zone Group IV in 2009.

## Pool A

| | Group A | BAR | JAM | HON |
| 1 | Barbados (2–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Jamaica (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Honduras (0–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | |

### Barbados vs. Honduras

| Barbados 3 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 16 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 16 July 2008 Hard | Honduras 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anthony Marshall Calton Álvarez 6 4 6 3     2 Haydn Lewis Keny Turcios 6 3 6 3     3 Russell Moseley / Michael Date Calton Álvarez / Keny Turcios 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 2 ||||

### Jamaica vs. Honduras

| Jamaica 3 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 17 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 17 July 2008 Hard | Honduras 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Damar Johnson Calton Álvarez 4 6 6 3 6 4   2 Dominic Pagon Keny Turcios 6 0 7 5     3 Damar Johnson / Damion Johnson Francklin García / Alejandro Obando 6 2 4 6 7$^8$ 6$^6$ ||||

### Jamaica vs. Barbados

| Jamaica 1 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 18 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 18 July 2008 Hard | Barbados 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Damar Johnson Anthony Marshall 3 6 6$^3$ 7$^7$     2 Dominic Pagon Haydn Lewis 6$^{10}$ 7$^{12}$ 4 6     3 Damar Johnson / Damion Johnson Russell Moseley / Michael Date 6 4 7 5 ||||

## Pool B

| | Group B | GUA | PUR | PAN | ARU |
| 1 | Guatemala (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Puerto Rico (2–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Panama (1–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Aruba (0–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |

### Puerto Rico vs. Aruba

| Puerto Rico 2 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 16 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 16 July 2008 Hard | Aruba 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eduardo Pavia Suárez Gian Hodgson 4 6 6 2 1 6   2 Alex Llompart Mitchell de Jong 6 0 6 0     3 Alex Llompart / Jose Emilio Sierra-Short Gian Hodgson / Abetti Thiel 6 2 6 4 ||||

### Guatemala vs. Panama

| Guatemala 3 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 16 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 16 July 2008 Hard | Panama 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sebastien Vidal Chadd Valdes 6 3 6 4     2 Cristian Paiz Alberto González 6 2 6 3     3 Manuel Chávez / Christian Saravia Carlos Silva / John Silva 6 2 5 7 6 3 ||||

### Puerto Rico vs. Guatemala

| Puerto Rico 0 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 17 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 17 July 2008 Hard | Guatemala 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 José Perdomo Sebastien Vidal 5 7 3 6     2 Alex Llompart Cristian Paiz 7 5 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 4 6   3 Eduardo Pavia Suárez / Jose Emilio Sierra-Short Manuel Chávez / Christian Saravia 3 6 0 6 ||||

### Panama vs. Aruba

| Panama 3 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 17 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 17 July 2008 Hard | Aruba 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Chadd Valdes Gian Hodgson 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$ 6 3     2 Alberto González Mitchell de Jong 6 0 6 1     3 Carlos Silva / John Silva Gian Hodgson / Abetti Thiel 6 4 6 1 ||||

### Puerto Rico vs. Panama

| Puerto Rico 3 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 18 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 18 July 2008 Hard | Panama 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 José Perdomo Chadd Valdes 6 2 3 6 6 4   2 Alex Llompart Alberto González 6 1 6 1     3 Eduardo Pavia Suárez / Jose Emilio Sierra-Short Carlos Silva / John Silva 6 4 6 2 ||||

### Guatemala vs. Aruba

| Guatemala 3 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 18 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 18 July 2008 Hard | Aruba 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Christian Saravia Abetti Thiel 6 1 6 2     2 Sebastien Vidal Gian Hodgson 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^3$     3 Manuel Chávez / Cristian Paiz Mitchell de Jong / Abetti Thiel 6 1 6 2 ||||

## 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 playoff | GUA | JAM | BAR | PUR |
| 1 | Guatemala (2–1) | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Jamaica (2–1) | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Barbados (1–2) | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
* Guatemala and Jamaica promoted to Group II in 2009.

### Barbados vs. Puerto Rico

| Barbados 1 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 19 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 19 July 2008 Hard | Puerto Rico 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anthony Marshall José Perdomo 1 6 4 6     2 Haydn Lewis Alex Llompart 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 2 6     3 Haydn Lewis / Russell Moseley Eduardo Pavia Suárez / Jose Emilio Sierra-Short 6 3 3 6 6 3 ||||

### Guatemala vs. Jamaica

| Guatemala 1 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 19 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 19 July 2008 Hard | Jamaica 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sebastien Vidal Damar Johnson 6 3 6 3     2 Cristian Paiz Dominic Pagon 3 6 6 2 6$^2$ 7$^7$   3 Manuel Chávez / Christian Saravia Damar Johnson / Damion Johnson 6 2 2 6 6$^6$ 7$^8$ ||||

### Barbados vs. Guatemala

| Barbados 1 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 20 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 20 July 2008 Hard | Guatemala 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anthony Marshall Sebastien Vidal 6 2 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$   2 Haydn Lewis Cristian Paiz 4 6 2 6     3 Haydn Lewis / Russell Moseley Manuel Chávez / Cristian Paiz 7$^{11}$ 6$^9$ 5 7 4 6 ||||

### Jamaica vs. Puerto Rico

| Jamaica 2 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 20 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 20 July 2008 Hard | Puerto Rico 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Damar Johnson José Perdomo 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 4   2 Dominic Pagon Alex Llompart 2 6 2 6     3 Damar Johnson / Damion Johnson Alex Llompart / Jose Emilio Sierra-Short 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^4$ ||||

## 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–7th playoff | HON | PAN | ARU |
| 1 | Honduras (2–0) | | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Panama (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Aruba (0–2) | 0–2 | 0–3 | |
* Aruba and Panama relegated to Group IV in 2009.

### Honduras vs. Panama

| Honduras 2 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 19 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 19 July 2008 Hard | Panama 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Calton Álvarez John Silva 6 1 6 1     2 Keny Turcios Alberto González 1 6 3 6     3 Calton Álvarez / Francklin García Alberto González / Carlos Silva 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Aruba vs. Honduras

| Aruba 0 | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 20 July 2008 Hard | Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 20 July 2008 Hard | Honduras 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abetti Thiel Calton Álvarez 2 6 1 6     2 Gian Hodgson Keny Turcios 4 6 2 6     3 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Guatemala |
| 2 | Jamaica |
| 3 | Barbados |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
| 5 | Honduras |
| 6 | Panama |
| 7 | Aruba |
* Cuba withdrew from the tournament. They remained in Group III in 2009.
* Guatemala and Jamaica promoted to Group II in 2009.
* Panama and Aruba relegated to Group IV in 2009.