2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2018 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2018 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
• Date: 7–10 February

The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four teams. The four pool winners took part in promotional play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2019.

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank1	Seed
1	Serbia	17	1
	Great Britain	18	2
	Croatia	24	3
	Poland	26	4
2	Hungary	28	5
	Turkey	31	6
	Georgia	36	7
	Estonia	37	8
3	Austria	39	9
	Latvia	42	10
	Bulgaria	44	11
	Portugal	50	12
	Sweden	52	13
	Slovenia	54	14

• ¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 13 November 2017

Pools

		SRB	BUL	GEO
	Serbia (2–0)		2–1	2–1
	Bulgaria (1–1)	1–2		2–1
	Georgia (0–2)	1–2	1–2

		GBR	EST	POR
	Great Britain (2–0)		3–0	3–0
	Estonia (1–1)	0–3		2–1
	Portugal (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool C	HUN	CRO	SLO	SWE
1	Hungary (2–1)		3–0	2–1	1–2
2	Croatia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Slovenia (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Sweden (1–2)	2–1	1–2	0–3

	Pool D	LAT	POL	TUR	AUT
1	Latvia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Poland (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Turkey (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Austria (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

Placing A Team Score D Team Promotional Serbia 1–2 Latvia 5th–8th Bulgaria 0–2 Poland 9th N/A Turkey Relegation Georgia 2–1 Austria

Placing B Team Score C Team Promotional Great Britain 2–0 Hungary 5th–8th Estonia 2–1 Croatia 9th N/A Slovenia Relegation Portugal 0–2 Sweden

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Latvia	Great Britain
Third	Serbia	Hungary
Fifth	Poland	Estonia
Seventh	Bulgaria	Croatia
Ninth	Turkey	Slovenia
Eleventh	Georgia	Sweden
Relegated/Thirteenth	Austria	Portugal

• Great Britain and Latvia were promoted to 2018 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs
• Austria and Portugal were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019

Group II

• Venue: Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece (clay)
• Date: 18–21 April

The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four teams. The four nations finishing first and second took part in a play-off to determine the nations advancing to Group I in 2019. The two nations finishing last (Pool A) and second last (Pool B) in their pools took part in a relegation play-off. The nation finishing last in Pool B was automatically relegated alongside the losing nation of the play-off to Group II for 2019. Moldova withdrew before the event.

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank1	Seed
1	Denmark	51	1
	Norway	58	2
2	Egypt	61	3
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62	4
3	Greece	63	5
	Israel	67	6
	Luxembourg	71	7

• ¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 12 February 2018

Pools

		GRE	DEN	EGY
	Greece (2–0)		2–1	2–1
	Denmark (1–1)	1–2		3–0
	Egypt (0–2)	1–2	0–3

	Pool B	ISR	LUX	BIH	NOR
1	Israel (2–1)		2–1	2–1	1–2
2	Luxembourg (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Norway (1–2)	2–1	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Greece	2–1	Luxembourg
Promotional	Denmark	2–1	Israel
Relegation	Egypt	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegation	N/A		Norway

• Greece and Denmark were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2019.
• Egypt and Norway were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2019.

Group III

• Venue 1: Cité Nationale Sportive, Tunis, Tunisia (hard)
• Venue 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)
• Date: 16–21 April

The seventeen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of five teams. The four nations finishing first and second took part in a play-off to determine the nations advancing to Group I in 2019. One nation will be promoted from each venue.

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank1	Seed
1	Lithuania	65	1
	Cyprus	73	2
	Finland	74	3
	Macedonia	75	4
2	Morocco	80	5
	South Africa	82	6
	Ireland	83	7
	Tunisia	86	8
3	Montenegro	88	9
	Algeria	89	10
	Armenia	90	11
	Madagascar	91	12
4	Malta	92	13
	Kenya	95	14
	Kosovo	96	15
	Iceland	103	16
	Uganda	NR	17

• ¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 12 February 2018

Pools

	Pool A (Tunis)	LTU	ARM	MKD	ISL
1	Lithuania (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Armenia (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Macedonia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Iceland (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B (Tunis)	TUN	CYP	ALG	KOS	MAD
1	Tunisia (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Cyprus (3–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–1
3	Algeria (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	2–1
4	Kosovo (1–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2		2–1
5	Madagascar (0–4)	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2

	Pool A (Ulcinj)	RSA	FIN	MNE	KEN
1	South Africa (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Finland (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Montenegro (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Kenya (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B (Ulcinj)	MLT	MAR	IRL	UGA
1	Malta (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Morocco (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Ireland (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Uganda (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

Placing (Tunis) A Team Score B Team Promotional Lithuania 1–2 Tunisia 3rd–4th Armenia 2–1 Cyprus 5th–6th Macedonia 2–1 Algeria 7th–8th Iceland 2–1 Kosovo 9th N/A Madagascar

Placing (Ulcinj) A Team Score B Team Promotional South Africa 2–1 Malta 3rd–4th Finland 2–1 Morocco 5th–6th Montenegro 0–3 Ireland 7th–8th Kenya 3–0 Uganda

• Tunisia and South Africa were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019.

References

• Fed Cup Result, 2018 Europe/Africa Group I
• Fed Cup Result, 2018 Europe/Africa Group II
• Fed Cup Result, 2018 Europe/Africa Group III

External links

• Fed Cup website