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2008 Davis Cup
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The 2008 Davis Cup was the 97th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred others took part in different regional groups. The first matches were played on February 8–10. The final took place on November 21–23 at Estadio Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina, with Spain beating Argentina 3–1 to clinch their 3rd Davis Cup title.[1]

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Semifinal match between the future champion, Spain, and the USA in Las Ventas bullring.
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World Group

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Draw

First round
8–10 February
Quarterfinals
11–13 April
Semifinals
19–21 September
Final
21–23 November
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
1 Russia3
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
 Serbia2
1 Russia3
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
 Czech Republic2
8 Belgium2
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
 Czech Republic3
1 Russia2
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
3 Argentina3
3 Argentina4
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
 Great Britain1
3 Argentina4
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
6 Sweden1
6 Sweden3
Mar del Plata, Argentina (indoor hard)
 Israel2
3 Argentina1
Braunschweig, Germany (indoor clay)
5 Spain3
 South Korea2
Bremen, Germany (indoor hard)
4 Germany3
4 Germany1
Lima, Peru (clay)
5 Spain4
 Peru0
Madrid, Spain (clay)
5 Spain5
5 Spain4
Sibiu, Romania (indoor hard)
2 United States1
 Romania0
Winston-Salem, USA (indoor hard)
7 France5
7 France1
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
2 United States4
 Austria1
2 United States4

Final

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World Group play-offs

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  • Date: 19–21 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties entered the draw for the World Group play-offs. Eight seeded teams, based on the Davis Cup rankings as of 14 April, were drawn against eight unseeded teams.

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Americas Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1 Chile
byeSantiago, Chile (clay)
bye1 Chile3
 MexicoCalgary, Canada (indoor carpet) Canada2
 Mexico1
León, Mexico (indoor carpet) Canada4
 Mexico2
 Uruguay3Punta del Este, Uruguay (clay)
 Uruguay2
 Colombia3Sorocaba, Brazil (clay)
 Uruguay Colombia1
bye2 Brazil4
bye
2 Brazil
  • Mexico relegated to Group II in 2009.
  • Chile and Brazil advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 2009.[3]

Participating nations

Draw

  • Bolivia and El Salvador relegated to Group III in 2009.
  • Ecuador promoted to Group I in 2009.
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First round

Netherlands Antilles vs. Ecuador

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Bolivia vs. Dominican Republic

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Bahamas vs. Venezuela

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Paraguay vs. El Salvador

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Second round

Ecuador vs. Dominican Republic

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Bahamas vs. Paraguay

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Relegation play-offs

Netherlands Antilles vs. Bolivia

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Venezuela vs. El Salvador

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Third round

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Paraguay vs. Ecuador

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Group III

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
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

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
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
  • Cuba withdrew from the tournament. They remained in Group III in 2009.
  • Guatemala and Jamaica promoted to Group II in 2009
  • Aruba and Panama relegated to Group IV in 2009

Group IV

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The four teams in Group IV played in a single Round-robin tournament. The top two teams were promoted to the Americas Zone Group III in 2009. All other teams remained in Group IV.[13]

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Draw

CRC HAI BER ISV
1  Costa Rica (3–0) 2–1 3–0 2–0
2  Haiti (2–1) 1–2 2–0 2–1
3  Bermuda (1–2) 0–3 0–2 3–0
4  U.S. Virgin Islands (0–3) 0–2 1–2 0–3
  • Costa Rica and Haiti promoted to Group III in 2009.

Results

Bermuda vs. Costa Rica

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Haiti vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

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Bermuda vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

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Costa Rica vs. Haiti

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Bermuda vs. Haiti

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Costa Rica vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

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Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

Second-round play-offsFirst-round play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)
1 Australia4
Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard) Chinese Taipei1Townsville, Australia (indoor hard)
 Chinese Taipei31 Australia5
 Kazakhstan2Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)3 Thailand0
3 Thailand3
Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay) Kazakhstan2
 Kazakhstan5
 Philippines0New Delhi, India (grass)
 Uzbekistan2
Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)4 India3New Delhi, India (grass)
 Uzbekistan34 India3
 Philippines2Manila, Philippines (hard)2 Japan2
 Philippines0
2 Japan5

Group II

Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Beijing, China (indoor hard)
1 China5
Hong Kong, China (hard) Lebanon0Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)
 Lebanon21 China3
 Hong Kong3Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)3 Indonesia2
3 Indonesia3
 Hong Kong2New Plymouth, New Zealand (indoor hard)
1 China3
Muscat, Oman (hard)4 New Zealand2
 Oman0
Muscat, Oman (hard)4 New Zealand5Mishref, Kuwait (hard)
 Oman34 New Zealand5
 Pacific Oceania2Mishref, Kuwait (hard)2 Kuwait0
 Pacific Oceania1
2 Kuwait4
  • Lebanon and Pacific Oceania relegated to Group III in 2009.
  • China promoted to Group I in 2009.

Group III

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
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

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

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
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
  • Pakistan and Malaysia promoted to Group II in 2009.
  • Vietnam and United Arab Emirates relegated to Group IV in 2009.

Group IV

Pool A SIN MYA BHR IRQ BRU
1  Singapore (4–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Myanmar (3–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Bahrain (2–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0
4  Iraq (1–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–0
5  Brunei (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B KSA BAN JOR TKM MGL QAT
1  Saudi Arabia (5–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Bangladesh (4–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Jordan (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
4  Turkmenistan (2–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
5  Mongolia (1–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1
6  Qatar (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2
  • Singapore and Saudi Arabia promoted to Group III in 2009.
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Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
1 Croatia
Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard)
bye
 Italy1 Croatia3
bye Italy2
 Italy
Montecatini, Italy (clay)
bye
 Italy3
 Latvia2
4 Netherlands
Skopje, Macedonia (clay)
bye
bye4 Netherlands4
Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay)
 Latvia Macedonia1
 Latvia1
 Macedonia4
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (indoor hard)
  Switzerland4
Minsk, Belarus (hard)Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
 Poland1
 Poland4  Switzerland4
3 Belarus13 Belarus1
bye
Minsk, Belarus (hard)
3 Belarus
3 Belarus3
 Georgia0
bye
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)
 Georgia
 Georgia Georgia1
bye2 Slovakia4
bye
2 Slovakia
  • Latvia and Georgia relegated to Group II in 2009.
  • Croatia, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Play-offsFirst roundSecond roundThird round
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
1 Luxembourg0
Hanko, Finland (clay)Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
 Denmark5
1 Luxembourg2 Denmark0
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
7 Finland3 South Africa5
7 Finland1
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
 South Africa4
 South Africa3
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
5 Monaco2
3 Hungary2
Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
 Algeria3
3 Hungary5 Algeria0
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
 Greece05 Monaco5
5 Monaco3
 Greece2
Cherkasy, Ukraine (indoor hard)
 Egypt0
Cairo, Egypt (clay)Dublin, Ireland (grass)
6 Ukraine5
 Egypt36 Ukraine3
Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
4 Morocco2 Ireland2
 Ireland3
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
4 Morocco2
6 Ukraine5
Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
2 Portugal0
 Cyprus3
Tunis, Tunisia (clay)Porto, Portugal (clay)
8 Slovenia2
8 Slovenia4 Cyprus0
Estoril, Portugal (clay)
 Tunisia12 Portugal5
 Tunisia1
2 Portugal4
  • Luxembourg, Greece, Morocco, and Tunisia relegated to Group III in 2009.
  • South Africa and Ukraine promoted to Group I in 2009.

Group III

Zone A

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.[20]

Format

Botswana and Nigeria withdrew from the Plovdiv tournament. They remained in Group III in 2009. The six remaining teams in the Plovdiv tournament played in a round-robin format. The top two teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2009. The bottom two teams were demoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2009.[20]

Draw

Zone A BUL MNE TUR MAD CIV ZIM
1  Bulgaria (5–0) 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Montenegro (4–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Turkey (3–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
4  Madagascar (2–3) 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–0 3–0
5  Ivory Coast (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
6  Zimbabwe (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2

Results

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Bulgaria vs. Montenegro

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Ivory Coast vs. Madagascar

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Turkey vs. Zimbabwe

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Bulgaria vs. Ivory Coast

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Madagascar vs. Turkey

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Montenegro vs. Zimbabwe

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Bulgaria vs. Madagascar

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Ivory Coast vs. Zimbabwe

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Montenegro vs. Turkey

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Bulgaria vs. Turkey

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Ivory Coast vs. Montenegro

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Madagascar vs. Zimbabwe

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Bulgaria vs. Zimbabwe

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Ivory Coast vs. Turkey

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Madagascar vs. Montenegro

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Zone B

  • Venue: Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia (clay)
  • Date: 7–11 May
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
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

Scores in italics carried over from pools.

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
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 Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lithuania, and Estonia (Pool B) broken on number of rubbers won. Tie between Andorra, Armenia, and Ghana (6th–8th) broken on number of rubbers won.

  • Moldova and Lithuania promoted to Group II for 2009.
  • Armenia and Ghana relegated to Group IV for 2009.

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.[20]

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.[20]

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

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Armenia vs. Moldova

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Andorra vs. Armenia

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Moldova vs. Norway

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Andorra vs. Moldova

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Armenia vs. Norway

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Pool B

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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

More information Lithuania 1, Estonia 2 ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ghana

More information Bosnia and Herzegovina 3, Ghana 0 ...

Lithuania vs. Ghana

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Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Estonia

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Lithuania vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Ghana vs. Estonia

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Promotion pool

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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

More information Moldova 3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 ...

Lithuania vs. Norway

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Moldova vs. Lithuania

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Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Norway

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Relegation pool

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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

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Armenia vs. Ghana

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Estonia vs. Armenia

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Andorra vs. Ghana

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Final standings

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Group IV

ISL NAM SMR RWA
1  Iceland (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Namibia (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  San Marino (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4  Rwanda (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

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