2018 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III explained

See main article: 2018 Davis Cup.

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 nation

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

PotNationRank1Seed
1591
702
713
764
2815
846
1017
1018
31069
10710
10811
11612
411713
12214
12615
13216

Draw

Pool B (Ulcinj)

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 1–2
3rd–4th 2–0
5th–6th 3–0
7th–8th 0–2
Placing (Ulcinj)A TeamScoreB Team
Promotional 3–0
3rd–4th 3–0
5th–6th 3–0
7th–8th 3–0

and promoted to Group II in 2019.

Round Robin

Pool A (Plovdiv)

Iceland vs. Albania

Pool B (Plovdiv)

Andorra vs. San Marino

Pool A (Ulcinj)

Montenegro vs. Greece

Pool B (Ulcinj)

Malta vs. Liechtenstein

Play-offs

Promotional play-offs

Montenegro vs. Malta

3rd to 4th play-offs

Greece vs. Moldova

5th to 6th play-offs

Latvia vs. Liechtenstein

7th to 8th play-offs

Armenia vs. Kosovo

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