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 promotion 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

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

	Pool B	GBR	EST	POR
1	Great Britain (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Estonia (1–1)	0–3		2–1
3	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 —   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 —   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

	Pool A	GRE	DEN	EGY
1	Greece (2–0)		2–1	2–1
2	Denmark (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	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	—		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 —   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