2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Main article: 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
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
PlacingA TeamScoreD Team
Promotional Serbia1–2 Latvia
5th–8th Bulgaria0–2 Poland
9thN/A Turkey
Relegation Georgia2–1 Austria
PlacingB TeamScoreC Team
Promotional Great Britain2–0 Hungary
5th–8th Estonia2–1 Croatia
9thN/A Slovenia
Relegation Portugal0–2 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

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
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Greece2–1 Luxembourg
Promotional Denmark2–1 Israel
Relegation Egypt1–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
RelegationN/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

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 TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Lithuania1–2 Tunisia
3rd–4th Armenia2–1 Cyprus
5th–6th Macedonia2–1 Algeria
7th–8th Iceland2–1 Kosovo
9thN/A Madagascar
Placing (Ulcinj)A TeamScoreB Team
Promotional South Africa2–1 Malta
3rd–4th Finland2–1 Morocco
5th–6th Montenegro0–3 Ireland
7th–8th Kenya3–0 Uganda

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