# 2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, April 9–13, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia, May 7–11, also on outdoor clay courts.

## Format

The eight teams in the Yerevan tournament were split into two pools and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa 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 Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2009.

## Pool A

| | Pool A | MDA | NOR | ARM | AND |
| 1 | Moldova (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Norway (2–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Armenia (1–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Andorra (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

### Andorra vs. Norway

| Andorra 0 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay | Norway 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jordi Vila-Vila Frederik Sletting-Johnsen 5 7 4 6     2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Stian Boretti 6 3 5 7 1 2   3 Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Jordi Vila-Vila Stian Boretti / Philip Riise-Hansen 1 6 0 6 ||||

### Armenia vs. Moldova

| Armenia 0 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay | Moldova 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hovhannes Davtyan Andrei Gorban 2 6 2 6     2 Harutyun Sofyan Roman Borvanov 2 6 4 6     3 Harutyun Sofyan / Hayk Zohranyan Andrei Ciumac / Andrei Gorban 5 7 4 6 ||||

### Andorra vs. Armenia

| Andorra 1 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay | Armenia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jordi Vila-Vila Hovhannes Davtyan 4 6 6 4 6 4   2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Harutyun Sofyan 5 7 6$^5$ 7$^7$     3 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Jordi Vila-Vila Harutyun Sofyan / Hayk Zohranyan 4 6 2 6 ||||

### Moldova vs. Norway

| Moldova 2 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay | Norway 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andrei Gorban Philip Riise-Hansen 6 4 6 1     2 Roman Borvanov Stian Boretti 3 6 3 6     3 Roman Borvanov / Andrei Ciumac Stian Boretti / Philip Riise-Hansen 6 3 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6 3 ||||

### Andorra vs. Moldova

| Andorra 0 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay | Moldova 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hector Hormigo-Herrera Andrei Gorban 1 6 2 6     2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Roman Borvanov 3 4     retired  3 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Jordi Vila-Vila Radu Albot / Andrei Gorban        w/o ||||

### Armenia vs. Norway

| Armenia 0 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay | Norway 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hayk Zohranyan Philip Riise-Hansen 0 6 0 6     2 Harutyun Sofyan Stian Boretti 3 6 3 6     3 Hovhannes Davtyan / Roman Yedigaryan Fredrik Ask / Frederik Sletting-Johnsen 3 6 3 6 ||||

## Pool B

| | Pool B | BIH | LTU | EST | GHA |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1, 7R) | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Lithuania (2–1, 6R) | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Estonia (2–1, 5R) | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Ghana (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
Note: Tie between Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lithuania, and Estonia broken on number of rubbers won.

### Lithuania vs. Estonia

| Lithuania 1 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay | Estonia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Laurynas Grigelis Vladimir Ivanov 2 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     2 Gvidas Sabeckis Mait Künnap 3 6 3 6     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^4$ ||||

### Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ghana

| Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 7 May 2008 Clay | Ghana 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aleksandar Marić Emmanuel Mensah 3 6 6 3 6 4   2 Aldin Šetkić Mohammed Salifu 6 3 3 6 6 3   3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Emmanuel Mensah / Mohammed Salifu 6 4 7$^8$ 6$^6$ ||||

### Lithuania vs. Ghana

| Lithuania 3 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay | Ghana 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Emmanuel Mensah 6 4 6 0     2 Gvidas Sabeckis Mohammed Salifu 6 3 6 4     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Menford Owusu / Mohammed Salifu 6 2 4 6 6 3 ||||

### Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Estonia

| Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 8 May 2008 Clay | Estonia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aleksandar Marić Jürgen Zopp 6 2 6 4     2 Aldin Šetkić Mait Künnap 6 1 6 4     3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp 7 5 7$^7$ 6$^2$ ||||

### Lithuania vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Lithuania 2 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay | Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Aleksandar Marić 6 4 3 6 6 4   2 Gvidas Sabeckis Aldin Šetkić 6 4 7 5     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 3 6 ||||

### Ghana vs. Estonia

| Ghana 0 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 9 May 2008 Clay | Estonia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Menford Owusu Jürgen Zopp 2 6 0 6     2 Mohammed Salifu Vladimir Ivanov 4 6 6 4 2 6   3 Emmanuel Mensah / Mohammed Salifu Mikk Irdoja / Mait Künnap 1 6 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 | MDA | LTU | NOR | BIH |
| 1 | Moldova (3–0) | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Lithuania (2–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Norway (1–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
Moldova and Lithuania promoted to Group II for 2009.

### Moldova vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Moldova 3 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay | Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andrei Gorban Mirza Bašić 6 1 6 0     2 Roman Borvanov Aldin Šetkić 6 2 7 5     3 Roman Borvanov / Andrei Ciumac Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 2 6 6 3 ||||

### Lithuania vs. Norway

| Lithuania 2 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay | Norway 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Philip Riise-Hansen 7 5 1 6 7 5   2 Gvidas Sabeckis Stian Boretti 3 6 2 6     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Stian Boretti / Frederik Sletting-Johnsen 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 3 7$^8$ 6$^6$ ||||

### Moldova vs. Lithuania

| Moldova 3 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay | Lithuania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Radu Albot Mindaugas Čeledinas 6 4 6 2     2 Andrei Gorban Laurynas Grigelis 6 1 6 2     3 Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac Mindaugas Čeledinas / Laurynas Grigelis 6 3 6 2 ||||

### Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Norway

| Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay | Norway 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tomislav Brkić Philip Riise-Hansen 4 6 6 4 2 6   2 Mirza Bašić Stian Boretti 5 7 2 6     3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Fredrik Ask / Frederik Sletting-Johnsen 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 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–8th Play-off | EST | AND | ARM | GHA |
| 1 | Estonia (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Andorra (1–2, 4R) | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Armenia (1–2, 3R) | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 1–2 |
| 4 | Ghana (1–2, 2R) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
Note: Tie between Andorra, Armenia, and Ghana broken on number of rubbers won.
Armenia and Ghana relegated to Group IV for 2009.

### Estonia vs. Andorra

| Estonia 3 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay | Andorra 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jürgen Zopp Jordi Vila-Vila 6 1 6 4     2 Vladimir Ivanov Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 7 5 7 5     3 Mikk Irdoja / Mait Künnap Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 4 6 6 2 6 2 ||||

### Armenia vs. Ghana

| Armenia 1 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 10 May 2008 Clay | Ghana 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Roman Yedigaryan Emmanuel Mensah 4 6 1 6     2 Harutyun Sofyan Mohammed Salifu 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 1 6 2 6   3 Hovhannes Davtyan / Hayk Zohranyan Menford Owusu / Mohammed Salifu 6 1 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 6 4 ||||

### Estonia vs. Armenia

| Estonia 3 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay | Armenia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jürgen Zopp Hovhannes Davtyan 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 4     2 Vladimir Ivanov Harutyun Sofyan 6 1 6 2     3 Mikk Irdoja / Mait Künnap Hovhannes Davtyan / Hayk Zohranyan 6 2 6 4 ||||

### Andorra vs. Ghana

| Andorra 3 | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay | Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 11 May 2008 Clay | Ghana 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jordi Vila-Vila Emmanuel Mensah 6 3 6 2     2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Mohammed Salifu 4 6 6 3 6 3   3 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Jordi Vila-Vila Albert Arthur / Menford Owusu 5 7 6 1 6 4 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Moldova |
| 2 | Lithuania |
| 3 | Norway |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 5 | Estonia |
| 6 | Andorra |
| 7 | Armenia |
| 8 | Ghana |
* Moldova and Lithuania promoted to Group II in 2009.
* Armenia and Ghana relegated to Group IV in 2009.