2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone

Main article: 2008 Fed Cup

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

Group I

• Venue: Club Deportivo El Rodeo, Medellín, Colombia (outdoor clay)
• Date: 30 January – 2 February

The seven teams were divided into two pools, one pool of four teams and one of three. The top team of each pool played against one other to decide which nation progresses to the World Group II Play-offs. The four nations coming third in each pool then played-off to determine which team would join the fourth-placed team from the four-team pool in being relegated down to Group II for 2009.

Pools

	Pool A	BRA	PUR	PAR	URU
1	Brazil (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Puerto Rico (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Paraguay (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Uruguay (0–3)	1–2	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	COL	CAN	MEX
1	Colombia (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Canada (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Mexico (0–2)	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotion	Brazil	0–3	Colombia
3rd–4th	Puerto Rico	0–3	Canada
Relegation	Paraguay	3–0	Mexico
Relegation	Uruguay	N/A

•  Colombia advanced to 2008 World Group II Play-offs.^[1]
•  Mexico and  Uruguay was relegated to Group II for 2009.^[2][3]

Group II

• Venue: Country Club Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia (outdoor clay)
• Date: 23–26 April

The thirteen teams were divided into three pools of three teams and one pool of four. The top teams of each pool played-off against one other to decide which two nations progress to the Group I.

Pools

	Pool A	CHI	CUB	PAN
1	Chile (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Cuba (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Panama (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	BOL	ECU	HON
1	Bolivia (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Ecuador (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Honduras (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool C	VEN	GUA	BAR
1	Venezuela (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Guatemala (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Barbados (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool D	BAH	DOM	TRI	BER
1	Bahamas (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Dominican Republic (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Trinidad and Tobago (1–2)	1–2	0–3		3–0
4	Bermuda (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Play-offs

Placing A Team Score C Team Promotion  Chile 1–2  Venezuela 5th–8th  Cuba 2–1  Guatemala 9th–12th  Panama 2–1  Barbados

Placing B Team Score D Team Promotion  Bolivia 1–2  Bahamas 5th–8th  Ecuador 3–0  Dominican Republic 9th–12th  Honduras 2–1  Trinidad and Tobago 13th N/A  Bermuda

•  Venezuela and  Bahamas advanced to Group I for 2009.^[4][5]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "Belgium v Colombia". fedcup.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
2. "Mexico v Peru". fedcup.com.^{[dead link]}
3. "Fed Cup Profile, Uruguay". fedcup.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
4. "Puerto Rico v Bahamas". fedcup.com.^{[dead link]}
5. "Fed Cup Profile, Venezuela". fedcup.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2012-10-24.

• Fed Cup Profile, Brazil Archived 2016-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Chile Archived 2016-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Paraguay Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Puerto Rico Archived 2016-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Trinidad and Tobago Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Dominican Republic Archived 2016-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Colombia Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Honduras Archived 2016-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Bermuda Archived 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Canada Archived 2016-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Panama Archived 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Paraguay Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Fed Cup Profile, Venezuela Archived 2016-04-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Fed Cup website Archived 2014-01-07 at the Wayback Machine