2008 Fed Cup

2008 Fed Cup

Details
Duration	2 February – 14 September
Edition	46th
Achievements (singles)
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The 2008 Fed Cup was the 46th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis.

The final took place at the

, 0–4, giving Russia their fourth title in five years.

World Group

Participating Teams
China	France	Germany	Israel
Italy	Russia	Spain	United States

Draw

World Group play-offs

The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (France, Germany, Israel and Italy), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Argentina, Czech Republic, Japan and Ukraine) entered the draw for the World Group play-offs.

Date: 26–27 April

Venue	Surface	Home team	Score	Visiting team
Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Outdoor hard	Israel	2–3	Czech Republic
Buenos Aires, Argentina	Outdoor clay	Argentina	3–2	Germany
Tokyo, Japan	Indoor hard	Japan	1–4	France
Olbia, Italy	Outdoor clay	Italy	3–2	Ukraine

World Group II

The World Group II is the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2008. Winners advanced to the World Group play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II play-offs.

Date: 2–3 February

Venue	Surface	Home team	Score	Visiting team
Kharkiv, Ukraine	Indoor clay	Ukraine	3–2	Belgium (1)
Miki-shi, Japan	Indoor hard	Japan (4)	4–1	Croatia
Brno, Czech Republic	Indoor carpet	Czech Republic (3)	3–2	Slovakia
Buenos Aires, Argentina	Outdoor clay	Argentina	4–1	Austria (2)

World Group II play-offs

The four losing teams from World Group II (Croatia, Slovakia, Belgium and Austria) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Serbia and Switzerland), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Uzbekistan), and one team from the Americas Zone (Colombia).

Date: 26–27 April

Venue	Surface	Home team	Score	Visiting team
Zagreb, Croatia	Indoor hard	Croatia	2–3	Serbia
Bratislava, Slovakia	Indoor clay	Slovakia	5–0	Uzbekistan
Mons, Belgium	Indoor hard	Belgium	5–0	Colombia
Dornbirn, Austria	Indoor hard	Austria	2–3	Switzerland

Americas Zone

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
• Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

Group I

Venue: Club Deportivo El Rodeo, Medellín, Colombia (outdoor clay)

Dates: 30 January – 2 February

Participating Teams

Group II

Venue: Country Club Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia (outdoor clay)

Dates: 23–26 April

Participating Teams

• withdrawn:
  Peru

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Venue:

(outdoor hard)

Dates: 30 January – 2 February

Participating Teams

Group II

Venue:

(outdoor hard)

Dates: 30 January – 2 February

Participating Teams

• withdrawn:
  Jordan

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Venue: SYMA Sportközpont, Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)

Dates: 30 January – 2 February

Participating Teams

Group II

Venue: Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)

Dates: 30 January – 2 February

Participating Teams

Group III

Venue: Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia (outdoor clay)

Dates: 22–26 April

Participating Teams

• withdrawn:
  Malta

Rankings

The rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.^[1]

4 February Rank Nation Points[2] Move 1  Russia 36,050.0 2  Italy 23,202.5 3  France 11,397.5 4  Spain 10,452.5 2 5  United States 10,405.0 1 6  China 9,625.0 1 7  Belgium 7785.0 2 8  Germany 5,112.5 1 9  Israel 5,012.5 1 10  Japan 4,857.5 2

28 April Rank Nation Points[2] Move 1  Russia 36,050.0 2  Italy 21,687.5 3  Spain 15,032.5 1 4  United States 10,405.0 1 5  France 8,895.0 2 6  China 8,267.5 7  Belgium 6,795.0 8  Czech Republic 6,150.0 3 9  Argentina 5,442.5 4 10  Israel 4,225.0 1

15 September Rank Nation Points[2] Move 1  Russia 37,895.0 2  Italy 19,642.5 3  Spain 15,032.5 4  United States 10,405.0 5  France 8,895.0 6  China 8,267.5 7  Belgium 6,795.0 8  Czech Republic 6,150.0 9  Argentina 5,442.5 10  Israel 4,225.0

References

External links

• Fed Cup