2008 Davis Cup

Image:España-EEUU Copa Davis.PNG|thumb|Semifinal match between the future champion, Spanish [Davis Cup Team|Spain], and the USA in Las Ventas bullring.
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.

World Group play-offs

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.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
'	3–2		Antofagasta	Estadio Militar Antofagasta	Outdoor	Clay
	2–3	'	Wimbledon, London	All England Lawn Tennis Club	Outdoor	Grass
'	4–1		Lausanne	Centre Intercommunal de Glace Malley	Indoor	Hard
'	4–1		Zadar	Športski centar Višnjik	Indoor	Hard
'	4–1		Ramat HaSharon	Israel Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard
'	3–2		Apeldoorn	Omnisport Apeldoorn	Indoor	Clay
'	4–1		Bucharest	Clubul Sportiv Progresul	Outdoor	Clay
	1–4	'	Bratislava	Sibamac Arena	Indoor	Hard

,,, and will remain in the World Group in 2009.
,, and are promoted to the World Group in 2009.
,, and will remain in Zonal Group I in 2009.
,, and are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2009.

Americas Zone

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.

Participating nations

Draw

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

Third round

Group III

Venue: Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Date: 16–20 July

Scores in italics carried over from groups

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.

Draw

Venue: Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Date: 16–18 July
Withdrawn:
Costa Rica and Haiti promoted to Group III in 2009.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group III

Venue: Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran
Date: 9–13 April

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.

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

Group IV

Venue: National Tennis Centre, Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Date: 9–13 April
Singapore and Saudi Arabia promoted to Group III in 2009.

Europe/Africa Zone

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.

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.

Draw

Venue: Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Date: 9–13 April
Withdrawn: and
and promoted to Group II in 2009.
and relegated to Group IV in 2009.

Results

Ivory Coast vs. Zimbabwe

Madagascar vs. Montenegro

Zone B

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

Scores in italics carried over from pools.
Note: Tie between Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lithuania, and Estonia broken on number of rubbers won. Tie between Andorra, Armenia, and Ghana broken on number of rubbers won.

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

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 B

Note: Tie between Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lithuania, and Estonia broken on number of rubbers won.

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.
Moldova and Lithuania promoted to Group II for 2009.

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.
Note: Tie between Andorra, Armenia, and Ghana broken on number of rubbers won.
Armenia and Ghana relegated to Group IV for 2009.

Final standings

and promoted to Group II in 2009.
and relegated to Group IV in 2009.