The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.
In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.
Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First round | Second round | |||||||||||||||
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Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Italy | 1 | Croatia | 3 | |||||||||||||||
bye | Italy | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
Montecatini, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Italy | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Latvia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
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bye | 4 | Netherlands | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Skopje, Macedonia (indoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
Latvia | Macedonia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Latvia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Macedonia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Minsk, Belarus (hard) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||||||
Poland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Poland | 4 | Switzerland | 4 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Belarus | 1 | 3 | Belarus | 1 | |||||||||||||
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Minsk, Belarus (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Belarus | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Belarus | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | Georgia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
bye | 2 | Slovakia | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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Latvia 1 | Jane Sandanski Hall, Skopje, Macedonia 8–10 February 2008 clay (indoor) | Macedonia 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Switzerland 4 | Bodensee-Arena, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland 8–10 February 2008 hard (indoor) | Poland 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Croatia 3 | Sportska Dvorana, Dubrovnik, Croatia 11–13 April 2008 hard (indoor) | Italy 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Netherlands 4 | Tennis Club JUG, Skopje, Macedonia 11–13 April 2008 clay (outdoor) | Macedonia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Switzerland 4 | Football Manege, Minsk, Belarus 11–13 April 2008 carpter (indoor) | Belarus 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georgia 1 | Sibamac Arena, National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia 11–13 April 2008 clay (indoor) | Slovakia 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Poland 4 | Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 18–20 July 2008 hard (outdoor) | Belarus 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Italy 3 | Sporting Club Montecatini, Montecatini, Italy 19–21 September 2008 clay (outdoor) | Latvia 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Belarus 3 | Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 18–20 July 2008 hard (outdoor) | Georgia 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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