The 2008 Fed Cup was the 46th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's
tennis
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The final took place at
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in
Madrid
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, Spain, on 13–14 September. The home team,
Spain
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, lost to the defending champion
Russia
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, 0–4, giving Russia their fourth title in five years.
World Group
Draw
World Group play-offs
The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (France, Germany, Israel and Italy), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Argentina, Czech Republic, Japan and Ukraine) entered the draw for the World Group play-offs.
Date: 26–27 April
World Group II
The World Group II is the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2008. Winners advanced to the World Group play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II play-offs.
Date: 2–3 February
World Group II play-offs
The four losing teams from World Group II (Croatia, Slovakia, Belgium and Austria) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Serbia and Switzerland), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Uzbekistan), and one team from the Americas Zone (Colombia).
Date: 26–27 April
Americas Zone
* Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
* Nations in ''italics'' were relegated down to a lower level of competition.
Group I
Venue:
Club Deportivo El Rodeo,
Medellín
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Colombia
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(outdoor clay)
Dates: 30 January – 2 February
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Group II
Venue:
Country Club Cochabamba,
Cochabamba
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Bolivia
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(outdoor clay)
Dates: 23–26 April
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Costa Rica
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Jamaica
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Peru
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Asia/Oceania Zone
Group I
Venue:
National Tennis Development Centre,
Bangkok
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Thailand
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Dates: 30 January – 2 February
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Group II
Venue:
National Tennis Development Centre,
Bangkok
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Thailand
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(outdoor hard)
Dates: 30 January – 2 February
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Jordan
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Europe/Africa Zone
Group I
Venue:
SYMA Sportközpont,
Budapest
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Hungary
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(indoor carpet)
Dates: 30 January – 2 February
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Group II
Venue:
Coral Tennis Club,
Tallinn
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Estonia
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Dates: 30 January – 2 February
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Group III
Venue:
Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club,
Yerevan
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Armenia
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(outdoor clay)
Dates: 22–26 April
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Liechtenstein
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Malta
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Rankings
The rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.
References
External links
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Billie Jean King Cups by year
Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...
2008 in women's tennis