2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the sixteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the next year.

Placing Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1  Netherlands   Switzerland  Sweden  Serbia
2  Bulgaria  Hungary  Belarus  Romania
3  Luxembourg  Denmark  Slovenia  Poland
4  Portugal  Great Britain  Georgia

Promotional play-offs

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The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.

Netherlands vs. Serbia

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Netherlands
0
SYMA Sportközpont, Budapest, Hungary
2 February 2008
Taraflex carpet (indoors)
 
Serbia
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Renée Reinhard
Ana Ivanovic
2
6
6
3
3
6
 
2  
 
Arantxa Rus
Jelena Janković
4
6
67
79
   
3  
 
 
 
      not
played

[1]

Switzerland vs. Sweden

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Switzerland
2
SYMA Sportközpont, Budapest, Hungary
2 February 2008
Taraflex carpet (indoors)
 
Sweden
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Johanna Larsson
6
4
5
7
6
4
 
2  
 
Patty Schnyder
Sofia Arvidsson
2
6
6
3
3
6
 
3  
 
Emmanuelle Gagliardi / Patty Schnyder
Sofia Arvidsson / Johanna Larsson
2
6
6
3
77
63
 

[2]

Fifth to seventh play-off

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The second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The winner of each tie was allocated fifth place in the Group while the losers were allocated seventh.

Bulgaria vs. Hungary

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Bulgaria
0
SYMA Sportközpont, Budapest, Hungary
2 February 2008
Taraflex carpet (indoors)
 
Hungary
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Elitsa Kostova
Gréta Arn
2
6
1
6
   
2  
 
Dia Evtimova
Ágnes Szávay
0
6
0
6
   
3  
 
 
 
      not
played

[3]

Belarus vs. Romania

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Belarus
0
SYMA Sportközpont, Budapest, Hungary
2 February 2008
Taraflex carpet (indoors)
 
Romania
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Ima Bohush
Monica Niculescu
0
6
3
6
   
2  
 
Olga Govortsova
Sorana Cîrstea
2
6
63
77
   
3  
 
 
 
      not
played

[4]

Ninth

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Due to the fact that there were an odd number of teams in Pool D (three), as opposed to the four teams in the other pools, all the teams that placed third in the pools with four teams (  Luxembourg,   Denmark and   Slovenia) were allocated ninth place.[5]

Relegation play-offs

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The last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group II for next year.

Portugal vs. Great Britain

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Portugal
0
SYMA Sportközpont, Budapest, Hungary
2 February 2008
Taraflex carpet (indoors)
 
Great Britain
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Ana Catarina Nogueira
Anne Keothavong
1
6
61
77
   
2  
 
Magali de Lattre
Katie O'Brien
4
6
2
6
   
3  
 
 
 
      not
played

[6]

Georgia vs. Poland

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Georgia
0
SYMA Sportközpont, Budapest, Hungary
2 February 2008
Taraflex carpet (indoors)
 
Poland
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Tatia Mikadze
Urszula Radwańska
1
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Oksana Kalashnikova
Agnieszka Radwańska
4
6
3
6
   
3  
 
Ekaterine Gorgodze / Sofia Kvatsabaia
Klaudia Jans / Alicja Rosolska
1
6
1
6
   

[7]

Final placements

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Placing Teams
Promoted   Serbia
   Switzerland
Third   Netherlands
  Sweden
Fifth   Hungary
  Romania
Seventh   Bulgaria
  Belarus
Ninth   Luxembourg
  Denmark
  Slovenia
Twelfth   Great Britain
  Poland
Relegated   Portugal
  Georgia

References

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  1. ^ "Netherlands v Serbia". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Switzerland v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Bulgaria v Hungary". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Belarus v Romania". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2008". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Portugal v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Georgia v Poland". fedcup.com.
  8. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Serbia". fedcup.com.
  9. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Switzerland". fedcup.com.
  10. ^ "Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 2009". fedcup.com.
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