2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I. The team that ended up placing first overall advanced to World Group II Play-offs, whilst those coming in sixth and seventh were relegated down to Group II for the next year.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Brazil	Colombia
2	Puerto Rico	Canada
3	Paraguay	Mexico
4	Uruguay

Promotional Play-Offs

The top team of each pool was placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the round advanced to World Group II for next year.

Brazil vs. Colombia

Brazil 0	Club Deportivo El Rodeo, Medellín, Colombia 2 February 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Colombia 3
1 2 3 1 Maria Fernanda Alves Mariana Duque Mariño 5 7 0 6     2 Teliana Pereira Catalina Castaño 2 6 7 5 3 6   3 Ana-Clara Duarte / Fernanda Hermenegildo Viky Núñez Fuentes / Mariana Duque Mariño 2 6 6 2 4 6

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Third to Fourth Play-off

The second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a ties. The winner of the tie was allocated third place in the Group while the loser was allocated fourth.

Puerto Rico vs. Canada

Puerto Rico 0	Club Deportivo El Rodeo, Medellín, Colombia 2 February 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Canada 3
1 2 3 1 Mónica Puig Ekaterina Shulaeva 2 6 4 6     2 Vilmarie Castellvi Aleksandra Wozniak 6 3 1 6 5 7   3 Mónica Puig / Jessica Roland Rosario Stéphanie Dubois / Aleksandra Wozniak 3 6 0 6

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Relegation Play-Offs

Because there was one extra player in Pool A, the last-placed team of that pool ( Uruguay) was automatically relegated down to Group II.^[3] The third-placed teams of each pool were then placed against each other in a tie, where the losing team would join the Uruguayans in relegation.

Paraguay vs. Mexico

Paraguay 3	Club Deportivo El Rodeo, Medellín, Colombia 2 February 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Mexico 0
1 2 3 1 Adriana Pereira Valeria Pulido Velasco 7 5 3 6 6 3   2 Rossana de los Ríos Daniela Múñoz Gallegos 6 0 6 3     3 Rossana de los Ríos / Adriana Pereira Daniela Múñoz Gallegos / Valeria Pulido Velasco       w/o

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Final Placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Colombia
Second	Brazil
Third	Canada
Fourth	Puerto Rico
Fifth	Paraguay
Relegated	Mexico
	Uruguay

•  Colombia advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, and were drawn against  Belgium, where they lost 0–5. The team thus fell back to Group I for the next year.^[5]
•  Mexico and  Uruguay were relegated down to Americas Zone Group II for the next year. The Mexicans placed second in their pool of four, while the Uruguayans did not compete.^[6][7]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website