2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held April 9–13, in Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran, on outdoor clay courts.^[1]

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2009. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were demoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2009.^[1]

Pool A

	Group A	PAK	SYR	VIE	UAE
1	Pakistan (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Syria (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Vietnam (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	United Arab Emirates (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Pakistan vs. United Arab Emirates

Pakistan
3

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[2]
9 April 2008
Clay

United Arab Emirates
0

		1	2
1	Aqeel Khan Hamad Abbas Janahi	6 1	6 1
2	Aisam Qureshi Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi	6 3	6 3
3	Mohammadi Jibran Ahmed / Asim Shafik Khaled Al Hassani / Faisal Bastaki	6 1	6 3

Vietnam vs. Syria

Vietnam
1

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[3]
9 April 2008
Clay

Syria
2

		1	2
1	Đỗ Minh Quân Romain Radwan	6⁵ 7⁷	6⁵ 7⁷
2	Ngô Quang Huy Issam Haitham Taweel	5 7	2 6
3	Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim	6 4	7 5

Pakistan vs. Vietnam

Pakistan
3

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[4]
10 April 2008
Clay

Vietnam
0

		1	2
1	Aqeel Khan Đỗ Minh Quân	6 2	6 3
2	Aisam Qureshi Ngô Quang Huy	6 2	6 4
3	Mohammadi Jibran Ahmed / Asim Shafik Đỗ Minh Quân / Lê Quốc Khánh	6 2	6 2

United Arab Emirates vs. Syria

United Arab Emirates
0

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[5]
10 April 2008
Clay

Syria
3

		1	2
1	Hamad Abbas Janahi Romain Radwan	2 6	1 6
2	Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi Issam Haitham Taweel	4 6	2 6
3	Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi / Hamad Abbas Janahi Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim	2 6	3 6

Pakistan vs. Syria

Pakistan
3

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[6]
11 April 2008
Clay

Syria
0

		1	2	3
1	Aqeel Khan Romain Radwan	6 2	6 1
2	Aisam Qureshi Issam Haitham Taweel	6 1	6³ 7⁷	7⁷ 6⁴
3	Mohammadi Jibran Ahmed / Asim Shafik Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim	6 2	3 6	6 4

Vietnam vs. United Arab Emirates

Vietnam
3

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[7]
11 April 2008
Clay

United Arab Emirates
0

		1	2	3
1	Đỗ Minh Quân Hamad Abbas Janahi	6⁴ 7⁷	7 5	6 4
2	Ngô Quang Huy Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi	7⁷ 6¹	6 2
3	Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng Khaled Al Hassani / Faisal Bastaki	6 0	6 3

Pool B

	Group B	MAS	IRI	SRI	TJK
1	Malaysia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Iran (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Sri Lanka (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Tajikistan (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

Sri Lanka vs. Malaysia

Sri Lanka
1

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[8]
9 April 2008
Clay

Malaysia
2

		1	2	3
1	Rajeev Rajapakse Si Yew Ming	2 6	5 7
2	Harshana Godamanna Selvam Veerasingam	4 6	6 3	3 6
3	Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse Adam Jaya / Si Yew Ming	6 3	7⁷ 6⁵

Iran vs. Tajikistan

Iran
3

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[9]
9 April 2008
Clay

Tajikistan
0

		1	2	3
1	Rouzbeh Kamran Sergey Makashin	4 6	6 3	6 1
2	Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh Anvar Rakhmatov	6 3	6 0
3	Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh / Rouzbeh Kamran Anvar Rakhmatov / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev	6 4	6 1

Sri Lanka vs. Iran

Sri Lanka
1

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[10]
10 April 2008
Clay

Iran
2

		1	2	3
1	Rajeev Rajapakse Rouzbeh Kamran	1 6	5 7
2	Harshana Godamanna Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh	6 1	3 6	2 6
3	Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse Rouzbeh Kamran / Omid Souri	7 5	6 1

Malaysia vs. Tajikistan

Malaysia
2

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[11]
10 April 2008
Clay

Tajikistan
1

		1	2
1	Adam Jaya Sergey Makashin	3 6	3 6
2	Si Yew Ming Anvar Rakhmatov	6 2	6 4
3	Si Yew Ming / Selvam Veerasingam Sergey Makashin / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev	7 5	6 4

Sri Lanka vs. Tajikistan

Sri Lanka
2

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[12]
11 April 2008
Clay

Tajikistan
1

		1	2
1	Rajeev Rajapakse Mirkhusein Yakhyaev	6 2	6 0
2	Harshana Godamanna Sergey Makashin	6 1	6 0
3	Rajeev Rajapakse / Dinusha Wijesuriya Anvar Rakhmatov / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev	6⁴ 7⁷	4 6

Iran vs. Malaysia

Iran
1

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[13]
11 April 2008
Clay

Malaysia
2

		1	2	3
1	Rouzbeh Kamran Si Yew Ming	6 3	4 6	6⁷ 7⁹
2	Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh Selvam Veerasingam	7⁷ 6⁴	6 1
3	Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh / Rouzbeh Kamran Adam Jaya / Si Yew Ming	6⁴ 7⁷	2 6

Promotion pool

The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.^[1]

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

	1st–4th Play-off	PAK	MAS	SYR	IRI
1	Pakistan (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Malaysia (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	Syria (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Iran (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

Pakistan and Malaysia promoted to Group II in 2009.

Pakistan vs. Iran

Pakistan
3

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[14]
12 April 2008
Clay

Iran
0

		1	2	3
1	Aqeel Khan Rouzbeh Kamran	6 1	6 3
2	Aisam Qureshi Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh	6 2	7⁷ 6¹
3	Aqeel Khan / Aisam Qureshi Rouzbeh Kamran / Omid Souri	7 5	4 6	6 1

Malaysia vs. Syria

Malaysia
3

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[15]
12 April 2008
Clay

Syria
0

		1	2
1	Si Yew Ming Romain Radwan	7⁷ 6⁵	6 2
2	Selvam Veerasingam Issam Haitham Taweel	6 4	6 4
3	Adam Jaya / Razlan Rawi Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim	7 5	6 3

Pakistan vs. Malaysia

Pakistan
3

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[16]
13 April 2008
Clay

Malaysia
0

		1	2
1	Aqeel Khan Adam Jaya	7⁷ 6⁵	6 0
2	Aisam Qureshi Razlan Rawi	6 4	6 0
3	Mohammadi Jibran Ahmed / Asim Shafik Razlan Rawi / Si Yew Ming	7⁷ 6³	6 3

Iran vs. Syria

Iran
1

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[17]
13 April 2008
Clay

Syria
2

		1	2	3
1	Omid Souri Romain Radwan	3 6	4 6
2	Rouzbeh Kamran Issam Haitham Taweel	6 2	7 5
3	Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh / Rouzbeh Kamran Hayan Maarouf / Majdi Salim	4 6	6 4	6³ 7⁷

Relegation pool

The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.^[1]

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

	5th–8th Play-off	SRI	TJK	VIE	UAE
1	Sri Lanka (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Tajikistan (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Vietnam (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	United Arab Emirates (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

Vietnam and United Arab Emirates relegated to Group IV in 2009.

Sri Lanka vs. United Arab Emirates

Sri Lanka
3

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[18]
12 April 2008
Clay

United Arab Emirates
0

		1	2
1	Rajeev Rajapakse Faisal Bastaki	6 3	6 1
2	Harshana Godamanna Hamad Abbas Janahi	6 1	6 0
3	Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse Khaled Al Hassani / Faisal Bastaki	6 2	6 1

Vietnam vs. Tajikistan

Vietnam
0

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[19]
12 April 2008
Clay

Tajikistan
3

		1	2
1	Đỗ Minh Quân Sergey Makashin	2 6	0 6
2	Ngô Quang Huy Anvar Rakhmatov	4 6	6⁴ 7⁷
3	Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev	4 6	6⁶ 7⁸

Sri Lanka vs. Vietnam

Sri Lanka
3

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[20]
13 April 2008
Clay

Vietnam
0

		1	2
1	Rajeev Rajapakse Đỗ Minh Quân	6 3	7 5
2	Harshana Godamanna Ngô Quang Huy	6 4	6 3
3	Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng	6 1	6 2

United Arab Emirates vs. Tajikistan

United Arab Emirates
1

Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran^[21]
13 April 2008
Clay

Tajikistan
2

		1	2
1	Faisal Bastaki Sergey Makashin	0 6	1 6
2	Hamad Abbas Janahi Anvar Rakhmatov	6 3	6 2
3	Faisal Bastaki / Hamad Abbas Janahi Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev	4 6	0 6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Davis Cup – Draws & Results".
^ "Pakistan v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
^ "Vietnam v Syria". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Vietnam". daviscup.com.
^ "United Arab Emirates v Syria". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Syria". daviscup.com.
^ "Vietnam v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
^ "Sri Lanka v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
^ "Iran v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
^ "Sri Lanka v Iran". daviscup.com.
^ "Malaysia v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
^ "Sri Lanka v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
^ "Iran v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Iran". daviscup.com.
^ "Malaysia v Syria". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
^ "Iran v Syria". daviscup.com.
^ "Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
^ "Vietnam v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
^ "Sri Lanka v Vietnam". daviscup.com.
^ "United Arab Emirates v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.

[Davis-1] "Davis Cup – Draws & Results".

[2] "Pakistan v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.

[3] "Vietnam v Syria". daviscup.com.

[4] "Pakistan v Vietnam". daviscup.com.

[5] "United Arab Emirates v Syria". daviscup.com.

[6] "Pakistan v Syria". daviscup.com.

[7] "Vietnam v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.

[8] "Sri Lanka v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

[9] "Iran v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.

[10] "Sri Lanka v Iran". daviscup.com.

[11] "Malaysia v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.

[12] "Sri Lanka v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.

[13] "Iran v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

[14] "Pakistan v Iran". daviscup.com.

[15] "Malaysia v Syria". daviscup.com.

[16] "Pakistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

[17] "Iran v Syria". daviscup.com.

[18] "Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.

[19] "Vietnam v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.

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