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The 2008 Fed Cup was the 46th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis. 8 teams contested the World Group, and 85 teams competed in total. The final took place in Madrid, Spain, on 13-14 September, with Russia defeating Spain, 4-0, to retain the title.

[edit] World Group

For more details on this topic, see 2008 Fed Cup World Group.

Participating Teams
China	France	Germany	Israel
Italy	Russia	Spain	United States

[edit] Draw

	1st Round 2-3 February			Semifinals 26-27 April			Final 13-14 September

	Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
	1	Russia	4
		Israel	1	Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
				1	Russia	3
La Jolla, CA, United States (hard)				4	United States	2
	4	United States	4
		Germany	1				Madrid, Spain (clay)
							1	Russia	4
	Beijing, China (indoor hard)							Spain	0
		China	3
	3	France	2	Beijing, China (indoor hard)
					China	1
Naples, Italy (indoor hard)					Spain	4
		Spain	3
	2	Italy	2

[edit] Final

Spain
0

Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
13 September - 14 September 2008
Clay

Russia
4

		1	2	3
1	Anabel Medina Garrigues Vera Zvonareva	3 6	4 6
2	Carla Suárez-Navarro Svetlana Kuznetsova	3 6	1 6
3	Anabel Medina Garrigues Svetlana Kuznetsova	7 5	3 6	4 6
4	Carla Suárez-Navarro Vera Zvonareva				not played
5	Nuria Llagostera Vives / Virginia Ruano-Pascual Elena Vesnina / Ekaterina Makarova	2 6	1 6

[edit] World Group Play-offs

For more details on this topic, see 2008 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs.

The 4 losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Israel, France, Italy, and Germany), and 4 winners of the World Group II ties (Ukraine, Japan, Czech Republic, and Argentina) enter the draw for the World Group Play-offs. 4 seeded teams, based on the latest Fed Cup ranking, are drawn against 4 unseeded teams.

Date: 26-27 April

Venue (surface)	Winning team	Score	Losing team
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)	Czech Republic	3 - 2	Israel
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)	Argentina	3 - 2	Germany
Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)	France	4 - 1	Japan
Olbia, Italy (clay)	Italy	3 - 2	Ukraine

Czech Republic and Argentina promoted to World Group in 2009.
France and Italy remain in World Group in 2009.
Japan and Ukraine remain in World Group II in 2009.
Israel and Germany relegated to World Group II in 2009.

[edit] World Group II

For more details on this topic, see 2008 Fed Cup World Group II.

Date: 2-3 February

Venue (surface)	Winning team	Score	Losing team
Kharkov, Ukraine (indoor clay)	Ukraine	3 - 2	Belgium (1)
Miki-shi, Japan (indoor hard)	Japan (4)	4 - 1	Croatia
Brno, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)	Czech Republic (3)	3 - 2	Slovakia
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)	Argentina	4 - 1	Austria (2)

Japan, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Argentina advance to World Group Play-offs.
Croatia, Slovakia, Belgium and Austria to play in World Group II Play-offs.

[edit] World Group II Play-offs

For more details on this topic, see 2008 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs.

The four losing teams from World Group II (Croatia, Slovakia, Belgium and Austria) will play 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

Venue (surface)	Winning team	Score	Losing team
Zagreb, Croatia (indoor hard)	Serbia	3 - 2	Croatia
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)	Slovakia	5 - 0	Uzbekistan
Mons, Belgium (indoor hard)	Belgium	5 - 0	Colombia
Dornbirn, Austria (indoor hard)	Switzerland	3 - 2	Austria

Serbia and Switzerland promoted to World Group II in 2009.
Slovakia and Belgium remain in World Group II in 2009.
Colombia remain in Americas Zone in 2009, Uzbekistan remain in Asia/Oceania Zone in 2009.
Croatia and Austria relegated to Europe/Africa Zone in 2009.