2018 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

The Europe Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2018. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in two different locations, Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Ulcinj, Montenegro, from 3 to 7 April 2018. The two winning nations won promotion to Group II, Europe/Africa Zone, for 2019.

Participating nations

Inactive nations

Draw

Date: 3–7 April

Location 1: Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)
Location 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four teams at each venue. The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which nation will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019. Two promoted – one from each venue.

Seeding

Pot Nation Rank1 Seed
1
 Bulgaria 59 1
 Monaco 70 2
 Latvia 71 3
 Moldova 76 4
2
 Macedonia 81 5
 Montenegro 84 6
 Malta 101 7
 Liechtenstein 101 8
3
 Cyprus 106 9
 Greece 107 10
 Iceland 108 11
 Andorra 116 12
4
 Armenia 117 13
 Albania 122 14
 San Marino 126 15
 Kosovo 132 16
  • 1Davis Cup Rankings as of 5 February 2018

Draw

Pool A (Plovdiv)


  BUL MKD ISL ALB RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
1  Bulgaria 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 18–0 (100%) 108–21 (84%) 1
5  Macedonia 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 10–8 (56%) 83–63 (57%) 2
11  Iceland 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 6–13 (32%) 63–95 (40%) 3
14  Albania 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–16 (16%) 33–108 (23%) 4

Pool B (Plovdiv)

  MON CYP AND SMR RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
2  Monaco 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 17–3 (85%) 111–37 (75%) 1
9  Cyprus 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 13–7 (65%) 99–60 (62%) 2
12  Andorra 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 4–14 (22%) 41–92 (31%) 3
15  San Marino 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 4–14 (22%) 36–98 (27%) 4

Pool A (Ulcinj)

  MNE GRE LAT ARM RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
6  Montenegro 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 14–4 (78%) 103–55 (65%) 1
10  Greece 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 12–6 (67%) 92–70 (57%) 2
3  Latvia 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 8–10 (44%) 79–83 (49%) 3
13  Armenia 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–16 (11%) 35–101 (26%) 4

Pool B (Ulcinj)

  MLT MDA LIE KOS RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
7  Malta 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 13–6 (68%) 97–61 (61%) 1
4  Moldova 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 13–7 (65%) 99–76 (57%) 2
8  Liechtenstein 2–1 0–3 3–0 2–1 10–10 (50%) 97–89 (52%) 3
16  Kosovo 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 4–17 (19%) 51–118 (30%) 4

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings

Playoffs

Placing (Plovdiv)A TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Bulgaria1–2 Monaco
3rd–4th Macedonia2–0 Cyprus
5th–6th Iceland3–0 Andorra
7th–8th Albania0–2 San Marino
Placing (Ulcinj)A TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Montenegro3–0 Malta
3rd–4th Greece3–0 Moldova
5th–6th Latvia3–0 Liechtenstein
7th–8th Armenia3–0 Kosovo

 Monaco and  Montenegro promoted to Group II in 2019.

Round Robin

Pool A (Plovdiv)

Bulgaria vs. Albania


Bulgaria
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[1]
4 April
Clay

Albania
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Albania
Adrian Andreev
Mario Zili
6
1
6
0
   
2 Bulgaria
Albania
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Elbi Mjeshtri
6
0
6
0
   
3 Bulgaria
Albania
Dimitar Kuzmanov / Vasko Mladenov
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja
6
0
6
0
   

Macedonia vs. Iceland


Macedonia
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[2]
4 April
Clay

Iceland
1
1 2 3
1 Republic of Macedonia
Iceland
Gorazd Srbljak
Egill Sigurðsson
6
0
6
2
   
2 Republic of Macedonia
Iceland
Dimitar Grabul
Birkir Gunnarsson
6
2
6
3
   
3 Republic of Macedonia
Iceland
Gjorgji Jankulovski / Stefan Micov
Anton Magnússon / Egill Sigurðsson
62
77
4
6
   

Bulgaria vs. Iceland


Bulgaria
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[3]
5 April
Clay

Iceland
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Iceland
Alexandar Lazov
Egill Sigurðsson
6
1
6
1
   
2 Bulgaria
Iceland
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Anton Magnússon
6
1
6
1
   
3 Bulgaria
Iceland
Dimitar Kuzmanov / Vasko Mladenov
Birkir Gunnarsson / Egill Sigurðsson
6
2
6
1
   

Macedonia vs. Albania


Macedonia
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[4]
5 April
Clay

Albania
0
1 2 3
1 Republic of Macedonia
Albania
Gorazd Srbljak
Arber Sulstarova
6
0
6
0
   
2 Republic of Macedonia
Albania
Dimitar Grabul
Mario Zili
6
3
6
0
   
3 Republic of Macedonia
Albania
Gjorgji Jankulovski / Stefan Micov
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja
6
2
6
2
   

Bulgaria vs. Macedonia


Bulgaria
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[5]
6 April
Clay

Macedonia
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Republic of Macedonia
Alexandar Lazov
Gorazd Srbljak
6
1
6
1
   
2 Bulgaria
Republic of Macedonia
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Grabul
6
2
6
2
   
3 Bulgaria
Republic of Macedonia
Adrian Andreev / Vasko Mladenov
Stefan Micov / Gorazd Srbljak
6
4
6
3
   

Iceland vs. Albania


Iceland
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[6]
6 April
Clay

Albania
1
1 2 3
1 Iceland
Albania
Egill Sigurðsson
Genajd Shypheja
6
1
6
1
   
2 Iceland
Albania
Birkir Gunnarsson
Elbi Mjeshtri
5
7
3
6
   
3 Iceland
Albania
Birkir Gunnarsson / Egill Sigurðsson
Genajd Shypheja / Mario Zili
6
2
4
6
6
2
 

Pool B (Plovdiv)

Monaco vs. San Marino


Monaco
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[7]
4 April
Clay

San Marino
0
1 2 3
1 Monaco
San Marino
Romain Arneodo
Filippo Tommesani
6
0
6
0
   
2 Monaco
San Marino
Lucas Catarina
Tommaso Simoncini
6
0
6
0
   
3 Monaco
San Marino
Benjamin Balleret / Thomas Oger
Antoine Barbieri / Tommaso Simoncini
6
0
6
0
   

Cyprus vs. Andorra


Cyprus
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[8]
4 April
Clay

Andorra
0
1 2 3
1 Cyprus
Andorra
Petros Chrysochos
Guillermo Jauregui
6
0
6
0
   
2 Cyprus
Andorra
Menelaos Efstathiou
Èric Cervós Noguer
6
0
6
0
   
3 Cyprus
Andorra
Nicholas Campbell / Eleftherios Neos
Èric Cervós Noguer / Guillermo Jauregui
6
2
6
3
   

Monaco vs. Andorra


Monaco
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[9]
5 April
Clay

Andorra
0
1 2 3
1 Monaco
Andorra
Romain Arneodo
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
6
3
6
1
   
2 Monaco
Andorra
Lucas Catarina
Guillermo Jauregui
6
0
6
1
   
3 Monaco
Andorra
Benjamin Balleret / Thomas Oger
Èric Cervós Noguer / Guillermo Jauregui
6
0
6
2
   

Cyprus vs. San Marino


Cyprus
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[10]
5 April
Clay

San Marino
1
1 2 3
1 Cyprus
San Marino
Petros Chrysochos
Antoine Barbieri
6
1
6
0
   
2 Cyprus
San Marino
Menelaos Efstathiou
Marco de Rossi
4
6
5
7
   
3 Cyprus
San Marino
Petros Chrysochos / Eleftherios Neos
Tommaso Simoncini / Filippo Tommesani
6
1
6
1
   

Monaco vs. Cyprus


Monaco
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[11]
6 April
Clay

Cyprus
1
1 2 3
1 Monaco
Cyprus
Romain Arneodo
Petros Chrysochos
6
3
1
6
3
6
 
2 Monaco
Cyprus
Lucas Catarina
Menelaos Efstathiou
5
7
6
1
6
2
 
3 Monaco
Cyprus
Romain Arneodo / Benjamin Balleret
Petros Chrysochos / Eleftherios Neos
6
2
6
3
   

Andorra vs. San Marino


Andorra
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[12]
6 April
Clay

San Marino
1
1 2 3
1 Andorra
San Marino
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Filippo Tommesani
6
1
6
0
   
2 Andorra
San Marino
Èric Cervós Noguer
Marco de Rossi
3
6
1
6
   
3 Andorra
San Marino
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc
Marco de Rossi / Filippo Tommesani
7
5
6
2
   

Pool A (Ulcinj)

Latvia vs. Greece


Latvia
1
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[13]
4 April
Clay

Greece
2
1 2 3
1 Latvia
Greece
Roberts Grīnvalds
Ioannis Stergiou
0
6
4
6
   
2 Latvia
Greece
Mārtiņš Podžus
Markos Kalovelonis
3
6
4
6
   
3 Latvia
Greece
Artūrs Lazdiņš / Mārtiņš Podžus
Markos Kalovelonis / Ioannis Stergiou
7
5
6
3
   

Montenegro vs. Armenia


Montenegro
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[14]
4 April
Clay

Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Armenia
Rrezart Cungu
Torgom Asatryan
6
3
6
0
   
2 Montenegro
Armenia
Ljubomir Čelebić
Sedrak Khachatryan
6
0
6
0
   
3 Montenegro
Armenia
Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu
Sedrak Khachatryan / Henrik Nikoghosyan
6
1
6
1
   

Latvia vs. Montenegro


Latvia
1
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[15]
5 April
Clay

Montenegro
2
1 2 3
1 Latvia
Montenegro
Artūrs Lazdiņš
Rrezart Cungu
3
6
1
6
   
2 Latvia
Montenegro
Mārtiņš Podžus
Ljubomir Čelebić
4
6
5
7
   
3 Latvia
Montenegro
Roberts Grīnvalds / Mārtiņš Rocēns
Stefan Dragović / Pavle Rogan
7
5
6
3
   

Greece vs. Armenia


Greece
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[16]
5 April
Clay

Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 Greece
Armenia
Alexandros Skorilas
Henrik Nikoghosyan
6
3
6
3
   
2 Greece
Armenia
Ioannis Stergiou
Sedrak Khachatryan
6
1
6
3
   
3 Greece
Armenia
Markos Kalovelonis / Petros Tsitsipas
Torgom Asatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan
6
1
6
1
   

Latvia vs. Armenia


Latvia
2
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[17]
6 April
Clay

Armenia
1
1 2 3
1 Latvia
Armenia
Mārtiņš Rocēns
Torgom Asatryan
6
3
6
1
   
2 Latvia
Armenia
Mārtiņš Podžus
Sedrak Khachatryan
6
0
6
1
   
3 Latvia
Armenia
Roberts Grīnvalds / Mārtiņš Rocēns
Sedrak Khachatryan / Henrik Nikoghosyan
5
3
    retired
 

Montenegro vs. Greece


Montenegro
2
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[18]
6 April
Clay

Greece
1
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Greece
Rrezart Cungu
Ioannis Stergiou
77
62
6
2
   
2 Montenegro
Greece
Ljubomir Čelebić
Markos Kalovelonis
6
2
6
1
   
3 Montenegro
Greece
Stefan Dragović / Pavle Rogan
Ioannis Stergiou / Petros Tsitsipas
5
7
4
6
   

Pool B (Ulcinj)

Moldova vs. Liechtenstein


Moldova
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[19]
4 April
Clay

Liechtenstein
0
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Liechtenstein
Egor Matvievici
Timo Kranz
77
64
6
2
   
2 Moldova
Liechtenstein
Vasilii Dontu
Vital Flurin Leuch
7
5
6
4
   
3 Moldova
Liechtenstein
Vasilii Dontu / Egor Matvievici
Robin Forster / Serafin Zünd
6
2
6
3
   

Malta vs. Kosovo


Malta
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[20]
4 April
Clay

Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Malta
Kosovo
Omar Sudzuka
Burim Bytyqi
6
4
6
1
   
2 Malta
Kosovo
Matthew Asciak
Granit Bajraliu
6
0
6
2
   
3 Malta
Kosovo
Matthew Asciak / Matthew Cassar Torregiani
Burim Bytyqi / Muhamed Zulji
6
0
6
0
   

Moldova vs. Malta


Moldova
1
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[21]
5 April
Clay

Malta
2
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Malta
Maxim Bulat
Omar Sudzuka
6
2
6
1
   
2 Moldova
Malta
Alexandr Vitcov
Matthew Asciak
1
6
2
6
   
3 Moldova
Malta
Vasilii Dontu / Egor Matvievici
Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka
3
6
2
6
   

Liechtenstein vs. Kosovo


Liechtenstein
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[22]
5 April
Clay

Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Liechtenstein
Kosovo
Timo Kranz
Burim Bytyqi
5
7
6
2
6
2
 
2 Liechtenstein
Kosovo
Vital Flurin Leuch
Granit Bajraliu
6
0
6
1
   
3 Liechtenstein
Kosovo
Robin Forster / Serafin Zünd
Burim Bytyqi / Muhamed Zulji
6
3
6
2
   

Moldova vs. Kosovo


Moldova
2
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[23]
6 April
Clay

Kosovo
1
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Kosovo
Vasilii Dontu
Granit Bajraliu
6
0
3
6
5
7
 
2 Moldova
Kosovo
Alexandr Vitcov
Genc Selita
6
1
3
6
6
1
 
3 Moldova
Kosovo
Vasilii Dontu / Egor Matvievici
Granit Bajraliu / Genc Selita
6
3
6
3
   

Malta vs. Liechtenstein


Malta
1
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[24]
6 April
Clay

Liechtenstein
2
1 2 3
1 Malta
Liechtenstein
Omar Sudzuka
Robin Forster
3
6
4
6
   
2 Malta
Liechtenstein
Matthew Asciak
Vital Flurin Leuch
77
63
6
1
   
3 Malta
Liechtenstein
Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka
Timo Kranz / Vital Flurin Leuch
6
3
4
6
4
6
 

Play-offs

Promotional play-offs

Bulgaria vs. Monaco


Bulgaria
1
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[25]
7 April
Clay

Monaco
2
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Monaco
Alexandar Lazov
Romain Arneodo
4
6
4
6
   
2 Bulgaria
Monaco
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Lucas Catarina
6
2
6
1
   
3 Bulgaria
Monaco
Dimitar Kuzmanov / Vasko Mladenov
Romain Arneodo / Benjamin Balleret
4
6
3
6
   

Montenegro vs. Malta


Montenegro
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[26]
7 April
Clay

Malta
0
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Malta
Rrezart Cungu
Denzil Agius
6
0
6
0
   
2 Montenegro
Malta
Ljubomir Čelebić
Matthew Asciak
6
2
6
2
   
3 Montenegro
Malta
Stefan Dragović / Pavle Rogan
Denzil Agius / Matthew Cassar Torregiani
6
3
6
2
   

3rd to 4th play-offs

Macedonia vs. Cyprus


Macedonia
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[27]
7 April
Clay

Cyprus
0
1 2 3
1 Republic of Macedonia
Cyprus
Gorazd Srbljak
Nicholas Campbell
6
1
6
2
   
2 Republic of Macedonia
Cyprus
Dimitar Grabul
Menelaos Efstathiou
6
1
5
7
77
65
 
3 Republic of Macedonia
Cyprus
Dimitar Grabul / Stefan Micov
Menelaos Efstathiou / Eleftherios Neos
      not
played

Greece vs. Moldova


Greece
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[28]
7 April
Clay

Moldova
0
1 2 3
1 Greece
Moldova
Petros Tsitsipas
Egor Matvievici
6
1
6
1
   
2 Greece
Moldova
Alexandros Skorilas
Maxim Bulat
6
1
6
4
   
3 Greece
Moldova
Alexandros Skorilas / Petros Tsitsipas
Maxim Bulat / Alexandr Vitcov
7
5
0
0
   
retired

5th to 6th play-offs

Iceland v Andorra


Iceland
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[29]
7 April
Clay

Andorra
0
1 2 3
1 Iceland
Andorra
Anton Magnússon
Guillermo Jauregui
6
3
6
0
   
2 Iceland
Andorra
Birkir Gunnarsson
Èric Cervós Noguer
2
6
6
2
6
3
 
3 Iceland
Andorra
Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson
Èric Cervós Noguer / Guillermo Jauregui
6
1
6
3
   

Latvia vs. Liechtenstein


Latvia
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[30]
7 April
Clay

Liechtenstein
0
1 2 3
1 Latvia
Liechtenstein
Roberts Grīnvalds
Serafin Zünd
6
0
6
0
   
2 Latvia
Liechtenstein
Mārtiņš Podžus
Vital Flurin Leuch
6
0
6
4
   
3 Latvia
Liechtenstein
Roberts Grīnvalds / Mārtiņš Podžus
Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch
6
1
6
3
   

7th to 8th play-offs

Albania vs. San Marino


Albania
0
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[31]
7 April
Clay

San Marino
2
1 2 3
1 Albania
San Marino
Genajd Shypheja
Filippo Tommesani
2
6
2
6
   
2 Albania
San Marino
Mario Zili
Antoine Barbieri
4
6
1
6
   
3 Albania
San Marino
Genajd Shypheja / Mario Zili
Marco de Rossi / Filippo Tommesani
      not
played

Armenia vs. Kosovo


Armenia
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[32]
7 April
Clay

Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Armenia
Kosovo
Henrik Nikoghosyan
Granit Bajraliu
6
1
711
69
   
2 Armenia
Kosovo
Sedrak Khachatryan
Genc Selita
6
2
6
1
   
3 Armenia
Kosovo
Torgom Asatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan
Granit Bajraliu / Burim Bytyqi
6
2
6
1
   

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  24. "Malta v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
  25. "Bulgaria v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  26. "Montenegro v Malta". daviscup.com.
  27. "Macedonia v Cyprus". daviscup.com.
  28. "Greece v Moldova". daviscup.com.
  29. "Iceland v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  30. "Latvia v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
  31. "Albania v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  32. "Armenia v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
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