2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone

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

Main article: 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
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion Brazil0–3 Colombia
3rd–4th Puerto Rico0–3 Canada
Relegation Paraguay3–0 Mexico
Relegation UruguayN/A

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
PlacingA TeamScoreC Team
Promotion Chile1–2 Venezuela
5th–8th Cuba2–1 Guatemala
9th–12th Panama2–1 Barbados
PlacingB TeamScoreD Team
Promotion Bolivia1–2 Bahamas
5th–8th Ecuador3–0 Dominican Republic
9th–12th Honduras2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
13thN/A Bermuda

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Belgium v Colombia". fedcup.com.
  2. "Mexico v Peru". fedcup.com.
  3. "Fed Cup Profile, Uruguay". fedcup.com.
  4. "Puerto Rico v Bahamas". fedcup.com.
  5. "Fed Cup Profile, Venezuela". fedcup.com.
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