2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

Main article: 2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Group III tournament was held on July 16–20, in Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras on outdoor hard courts.^[1]

Format

 Cuba withdrew from the tournament. They remained in Group III in 2009. The seven remaining 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 Americas Zone Group II in 2009. The remaining teams in each group from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were relegated to the Americas Zone Group IV in 2009.

Pool A

	Group A	BAR	JAM	HON
1	Barbados (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Jamaica (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Honduras (0–2)	0–3	0–3

Barbados vs. Honduras

Barbados 3	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[2] 16 July 2008 Hard		Honduras 0
1 2 3 1 Anthony Marshall Calton Álvarez 6 4 6 3     2 Haydn Lewis Keny Turcios 6 3 6 3     3 Russell Moseley / Michael Date Calton Álvarez / Keny Turcios 4 6 77 63 6 2

Jamaica vs. Honduras

Jamaica 3	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[3] 17 July 2008 Hard		Honduras 0
1 2 3 1 Damar Johnson Calton Álvarez 4 6 6 3 6 4   2 Dominic Pagon Keny Turcios 6 0 7 5     3 Damar Johnson / Damion Johnson Francklin García / Alejandro Obando 6 2 4 6 78 66

Jamaica vs. Barbados

Jamaica 1	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[4] 18 July 2008 Hard		Barbados 2
1 2 3 1 Damar Johnson Anthony Marshall 3 6 63 77     2 Dominic Pagon Haydn Lewis 610 712 4 6     3 Damar Johnson / Damion Johnson Russell Moseley / Michael Date 6 4 7 5

Pool B

	Group B	GUA	PUR	PAN	ARU
1	Guatemala (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Puerto Rico (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	Panama (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Aruba (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

Puerto Rico vs. Aruba

Puerto Rico 2	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[5] 16 July 2008 Hard		Aruba 1
1 2 3 1 Eduardo Pavia Suárez Gian Hodgson 4 6 6 2 1 6   2 Alex Llompart Mitchell de Jong 6 0 6 0     3 Alex Llompart / Jose Emilio Sierra-Short Gian Hodgson / Abetti Thiel 6 2 6 4

Guatemala vs. Panama

Guatemala 3	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[6] 16 July 2008 Hard		Panama 0
1 2 3 1 Sebastien Vidal Chadd Valdes 6 3 6 4     2 Cristian Paiz Alberto González 6 2 6 3     3 Manuel Chávez / Christian Saravia Carlos Silva / John Silva 6 2 5 7 6 3

Puerto Rico vs. Guatemala

Puerto Rico 0	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[7] 17 July 2008 Hard		Guatemala 3
1 2 3 1 José Perdomo Sebastien Vidal 5 7 3 6     2 Alex Llompart Cristian Paiz 7 5 61 77 4 6   3 Eduardo Pavia Suárez / Jose Emilio Sierra-Short Manuel Chávez / Christian Saravia 3 6 0 6

Panama vs. Aruba

Panama 3	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[8] 17 July 2008 Hard		Aruba 0
1 2 3 1 Chadd Valdes Gian Hodgson 710 68 6 3     2 Alberto González Mitchell de Jong 6 0 6 1     3 Carlos Silva / John Silva Gian Hodgson / Abetti Thiel 6 4 6 1

Puerto Rico vs. Panama

Puerto Rico 3	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[9] 18 July 2008 Hard		Panama 0
1 2 3 1 José Perdomo Chadd Valdes 6 2 3 6 6 4   2 Alex Llompart Alberto González 6 1 6 1     3 Eduardo Pavia Suárez / Jose Emilio Sierra-Short Carlos Silva / John Silva 6 4 6 2

Guatemala vs. Aruba

Guatemala 3	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[10] 18 July 2008 Hard		Aruba 0
1 2 3 1 Christian Saravia Abetti Thiel 6 1 6 2     2 Sebastien Vidal Gian Hodgson 6 3 77 63     3 Manuel Chávez / Cristian Paiz Mitchell de Jong / Abetti Thiel 6 1 6 2

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 playoff	GUA	JAM	BAR	PUR
1	Guatemala (2–1)		1–2	2–1	3–0
2	Jamaica (2–1)	2–1		1–2	2–1
3	Barbados (1–2)	1–2	2–1		1–2
4	Puerto Rico (1–2)	0–3	1–2	2–1

• Guatemala and Jamaica promoted to Group II in 2009.

Barbados vs. Puerto Rico

Barbados 1	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[11] 19 July 2008 Hard		Puerto Rico 2
1 2 3 1 Anthony Marshall José Perdomo 1 6 4 6     2 Haydn Lewis Alex Llompart 65 77 2 6     3 Haydn Lewis / Russell Moseley Eduardo Pavia Suárez / Jose Emilio Sierra-Short 6 3 3 6 6 3

Guatemala vs. Jamaica

Guatemala 1	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[12] 19 July 2008 Hard		Jamaica 2
1 2 3 1 Sebastien Vidal Damar Johnson 6 3 6 3     2 Cristian Paiz Dominic Pagon 3 6 6 2 62 77   3 Manuel Chávez / Christian Saravia Damar Johnson / Damion Johnson 6 2 2 6 66 78

Barbados vs. Guatemala

Barbados 1	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[13] 20 July 2008 Hard		Guatemala 2
1 2 3 1 Anthony Marshall Sebastien Vidal 6 2 3 6 77 65   2 Haydn Lewis Cristian Paiz 4 6 2 6     3 Haydn Lewis / Russell Moseley Manuel Chávez / Cristian Paiz 711 69 5 7 4 6

Jamaica vs. Puerto Rico

Jamaica 2	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[14] 20 July 2008 Hard		Puerto Rico 1
1 2 3 1 Damar Johnson José Perdomo 3 6 77 65 6 4   2 Dominic Pagon Alex Llompart 2 6 2 6     3 Damar Johnson / Damion Johnson Alex Llompart / Jose Emilio Sierra-Short 6 3 77 64

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–7th playoff	HON	PAN	ARU
1	Honduras (2–0)		2–1	2–0
2	Panama (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Aruba (0–2)	0–2	0–3

• Aruba and Panama relegated to Group IV in 2009.

Honduras vs. Panama

Honduras 2	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[15] 19 July 2008 Hard		Panama 1
1 2 3 1 Calton Álvarez John Silva 6 1 6 1     2 Keny Turcios Alberto González 1 6 3 6     3 Calton Álvarez / Francklin García Alberto González / Carlos Silva 7 5 6 3

Aruba vs. Honduras

Aruba 0	Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[16] 20 July 2008 Hard		Honduras 2
1 2 3 1 Abetti Thiel Calton Álvarez 2 6 1 6     2 Gian Hodgson Keny Turcios 4 6 2 6     3

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Guatemala
2	Jamaica
3	Barbados
4	Puerto Rico
5	Honduras
6	Panama
7	Aruba

•  Cuba withdrew from the tournament. They remained in Group III in 2009.
•  Guatemala and  Jamaica promoted to Group II in 2009.
•  Panama and  Aruba relegated to Group IV in 2009.

References

1. "Davis Cup Result Archives". Retrieved 2024-10-27.
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