2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

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

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.

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 9 April 2008 Clay		United Arab Emirates 0
1 2 3 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 9 April 2008 Clay		Syria 2
1 2 3 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 10 April 2008 Clay		Vietnam 0
1 2 3 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 10 April 2008 Clay		Syria 3
1 2 3 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 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 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 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 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 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 10 April 2008 Clay		Tajikistan 1
1 2 3 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 11 April 2008 Clay		Tajikistan 1
1 2 3 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 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.

(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 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 12 April 2008 Clay		Syria 0
1 2 3 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 13 April 2008 Clay		Malaysia 0
1 2 3 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 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.

(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 12 April 2008 Clay		United Arab Emirates 0
1 2 3 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 12 April 2008 Clay		Tajikistan 3
1 2 3 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 13 April 2008 Clay		Vietnam 0
1 2 3 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 13 April 2008 Clay		Tajikistan 2
1 2 3 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