World Group Play-offs
- Date: 19–21 September
The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs. Eight seeded teams, based on the Davis Cup rankings as of 14 April, were drawn against eight unseeded teams.
| Venue (surface) | Home Team | Score | Visiting Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antofagasta, Chile (clay) | Chile | 3–2 | Australia |
| Wimbledon, London, Great Britain (grass) | Great Britain | 2–3 | Austria |
| Lausanne, Switzerland (indoor hard) | Switzerland | 4–1 | Belgium |
| Zadar, Croatia (indoor hard) | Croatia | 4–1 | Brazil |
| Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Israel | 4–1 | Peru |
| Apeldoorn, Netherlands (indoor clay) | Netherlands | 3–2 | South Korea |
| Bucharest, Romania (clay) | Romania | 4–1 | India |
| Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard) | Slovakia | 1–4 | Serbia |
- Chile, Croatia, Netherlands, and Switzerland promoted to World Group in 2009.
- Austria, Israel, Romania, and Serbia remain in World Group in 2009.
- Australia (AO), Brazil (AM), India (AO), and Slovakia (EA) remain in Group I in 2009.
- Belgium (EA), Great Britain (EA), Peru (AM) and South Korea (AO) relegated to Group I in 2009.
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