2008 Fed Cup
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The 2008 Fed Cup is the 46th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis. The final will take place on 13-14 September.
World Group
Participating Teams | |||
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China |
France |
Germany |
Israel |
Italy |
Russia |
Spain |
United States |
Draw
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | |||||||||||||
1 | Russia | 2 | |||||||||||
Israel | 1 | ||||||||||||
La Jolla, CA, United States (hard) | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 1 | |||||||||||
Germany | 1 | ||||||||||||
Beijing, China (indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
China | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | France | 2 | |||||||||||
Naples, Italy (indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
Spain | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Italy | 0 | |||||||||||
World Group Play-offs
The 4 losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and 4 winners of the World Group II ties enter the draw for the World Group Play-offs. 4 seeded teams, based on the latest Fed Cup ranking, are drawn against 4 unseeded teams.
Date: 26-27 April
Venue (surface) | Home team | Score | Visiting team |
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Winning teams play in World Group in 2009. Losing teams play in World Group II in 2009.
World Group II
Date: 2-3 February
Venue (surface) | Home team | Score | Visiting team |
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Kharkov, Ukraine (indoor clay) | Ukraine | 1-1 | Belgium (1) |
Miki-shi, Japan (indoor hard) | Japan (4) | 4-1 | Croatia |
Brno, Czech Republic (indoor carpet) | Czech Republic (3) | 1-1 | Slovakia |
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Argentina | 1-1 | Austria (2) |
Japan advances to World Group Play-offs. Croatia to play in World Group II Play-offs.
World Group II Play-offs
The four losing teams from World Group II will play off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualify from Europe/Africa Zone, one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone, and one team from the Americas Zone.
Date: 26-27 April
Venue (surface) | Home team | Score | Visiting team |
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Winning teams play in World Group II in 2009. Losing teams play in Zonal Group I in 2009.
Americas Zone
Group I
- Participating Teams
Group II
- Participating Teams
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Panama
- Peru
- Trinidad and Tobago
Asia/Oceania Zone
Group I
- Participating Teams
Group II
- Participating Teams
Europe/Africa Zone
Group I
- Participating Teams
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
- Denmark
- Georgia
- Great Britain
- Hungary
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
Group II
- Participating Teams
Group III
- Participating Teams