2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III were the final stages of the Group III zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seventeen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A (Tunis)	Pool B (Tunis)	Pool A (Ulcinj)	Pool B (Ulcinj)
1	Lithuania	Tunisia	South Africa	Malta
2	Armenia	Cyprus	Finland	Morocco
3	Macedonia	Algeria	Montenegro	Ireland
4	Iceland	Kosovo	Kenya	Uganda
5	N/A	Madagascar	N/A

Promotional play-offs[]

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winners advanced to Group II in 2019.

Lithuania vs. Tunisia[]

Lithuania 1	Cité Nationale Sportive, Tunis, Tunisia[1] 21 April Hard		Tunisia 2
1 2 3 1 Chiraz Bechri 5 7 2 6     2 Joana Eidukonytė Ons Jabeur 2 6 3 6     3  /   /  7 5 6 3

South Africa vs. Malta[]

South Africa 2	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[2] 19 April Clay		Malta 1
1 2 3 1 Katie Poluta Francesca Curmi 1 6 0 6     2 Chanel Simmonds Elaine Genovese 6 1 77 61     3 Madrie Le Roux / Chanel Simmonds Francesca Curmi / Elaine Genovese 6 1 6 1

3rd to 4th play-offs[]

The second placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal third and fourth placed teams.

Armenia vs. Cyprus[]

Armenia 2	Cité Nationale Sportive, Tunis, Tunisia[3] 21 April Hard		Cyprus 1
1 2 3 1 77 63 5 7 3 6   2 Ani Amiraghyan Eleni Louka 6 3 6 4     3 Ani Amiraghyan /  Eleni Louka /  6 1 6 4

Finland vs. Morocco[]

Finland 2	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[4] 19 April Clay		Morocco 1
1 2 3 1 Piia Suomalainen Rita Atik 2 6 4 6     2 Mia Eklund Diae El Jardi 6 1 6 0     3 Mia Eklund / Emma Laine Rita Atik / Diae El Jardi 6 4 6 0

5th to 6th play-offs[]

The third placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal fifth and sixth placed teams.

Macedonia vs. Algeria[]

North Macedonia 2	Cité Nationale Sportive, Tunis, Tunisia[5] 21 April Hard		Algeria 1
1 2 3 1 6 3 1 6 2 6   2 Amira Benaissa 6 3       retired 3  / Katarina Marinkovikj Amira Benaissa /  6 2 4 0     retired

Montenegro vs. Ireland[]

Montenegro 0	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[6] 19 April Clay		Ireland 3
1 2 3 1 5 7 4 6     2 0 1     retired   3  /  Amy Bowtell /  0 6 0 6

7th to 8th play-offs[]

The fourth placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the seventh and equal eighth placed teams.

Iceland vs. Kosovo[]

Iceland 2	Cité Nationale Sportive, Tunis, Tunisia[7] 21 April Hard		Kosovo 1
1 2 3 1 3 6 6 4 6 4   2 Arlinda Rushiti 1 6 1 6     3  /  Arlinda Rushiti /  4 6 6 3 6 4

Kenya vs. Uganda[]

Kenya 3	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[8] 19 April Clay		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 6 4 6 0     2 Angella Okutoyi 6 0 6 0     3  /   /  6 0 6 0

Final placements[]

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Tunisia	South Africa
Second	Lithuania	Malta
Third	Armenia	Finland
Fourth	Cyprus	Morocco
Fifth	Macedonia	Ireland
Sixth	Algeria	Montenegro
Seventh	Iceland	Kenya
Eighth	Kosovo	Uganda
Ninth	Madagascar

•  Tunisia and  South Africa were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019.

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website