Venue: Budapest, Hungary
Surface: Carpet (Gerflor Taraflex), indoors
Dates: 30th January - 2nd February
Format: Round-robin: 15 teams divided into four round-robin pools
Final Round-robin standings Pool A: 1. Netherlands, 2. Bulgaria, 3. Luxembourg, 4. Portugal Pool B: 1. Switzerland, 2. Hungary, 3. Denmark, 4. Great Britain Pool C: 1. Sweden, 2. Belarus, 3. Slovenia, 4. Georgia Pool D: 1. Serbia, 2. Romania, 3. Poland
Promotion Play-offs: Serbia d. Netherlands 2-0; Switzerland d. Sweden 2-1 Serbia and Switzerland advance to World Group play-offs on 26-27 April.
Relegation Play-offs: Great Britain d. Portugal 2-0; Poland d. Georgia 3-0 Georgia and Portugal relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2009. Other nations involved in play-offs for 5th-11th positions.
Final standings 1= Serbia, Switzerland, 3=Sweden, Netherlands, 5= Hungary, Romania, 7= Belarus, Bulgaria, 9= Denmark, Luxembourg, Slovenia, 12= Great Britain, Poland, 14= Georgia, Portugal.
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