2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Group I

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  • 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Group II

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  • 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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