2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Using the positions determined in their pools, the nine teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II. The top team advanced to Group I for the next year.

PlacingPool APool B
1 South Korea Kazakhstan
2 Philippines Singapore
3 Syria Turkmenistan
4 Sri Lanka
Main article: 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Promotional Play-Offs

The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the round advanced to Group I for 2009.

South Korea vs. Kazakhstan

South Korea
2		 National Tennis Development Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2 February 2008
Plexipave (outdoors)
Kazakhstan
0
1 2 3
1
Lee Jin-a
Madina Rakhim		 6
4		 4
1		    
retired
2
Lee Ye-ra
Amina Rakhim		 3
6 		6
2		 77
64		  
3
 
 		       not
played

[1]

Third to Fourth Play-Offs

The second-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the third and fourth placed teams.

Philippines vs. Singapore

Philippines
2		 National Tennis Development Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2 February 2008
Plexipave (outdoors)
Singapore
0
1 2 3
1
Dianne Kenneth Matias
Vanessa Boey		 6
0		 6
0		    
2
Denise Dy
Stefanie Tan		 6
2		 6
1		    
3
 
 		       not
played

[2]

Fifth to Sixth Play-Offs

The third-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the fifth and sixth placed teams.

Syria vs. Turkmenistan

Syria
1		 National Tennis Development Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2 February 2008
Plexipave (outdoors)
Turkmenistan
2
1 2 3
1
Kim Sadi
Marina Lidiya		 6
4		 6
0		    
2
Line al-Ghannam
Anastasiya Prenko		 0
6 		3
6 		   
3
Lara Alsamman / Ranim Mkahal
Jenneta Halliyeva / Anastasiya Prenko		 2
6 		2
6 		   

[3]

Seventh

As there was only three teams from Pool A as opposed to the four from Pool B, the last-placed team from Pool B ( Sri Lanka) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Sri Lankans were automatically allocated seventh place.

Final Placements
Placing Teams
Promoted  South Korea
Second  Kazakhstan
Third  Philippines
Fourth  Singapore
Fifth  Turkmenistan
Sixth  Syria
Seventh  Sri Lanka
  •  South Korea advanced to the 2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I, where they placed sixth.[4]

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "South Korea v Kazakhstan". fedcup.com.
  2. "Philippines v Singapore". fedcup.com.
  3. "Syria v Turkmenistan". fedcup.com.
  4. "Fed Cup Profile, South Korea". fedcup.com.
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