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 Paulina Bakaitė Chiraz Bechri 5 7 2 6     2 Joana Eidukonytė Ons Jabeur 2 6 3 6     3 Iveta Daujotaitė / Gerda Zykutė Ferdaous Bahri / Mouna Bouzgarrou 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 7^7 6^1     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 Marina Davtyan Florentia Hadjigeorgiou 7^7 6^3 5 7 3 6   2 Ani Amiraghyan Eleni Louka 6 3 6 4     3 Ani Amiraghyan / Marina Davtyan Eleni Louka / Eleni Makride 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 Jana Tanevska Yassamine Boudjadi 6 3 1 6 2 6   2 Ana Ristevska Amira Benaissa 6 3       retired 3 Marija Elenova / Katarina Marinkovikj Amira Benaissa / Yassamine Boudjadi 6 2 4 0     retired

Montenegro vs. Ireland

Montenegro 0	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[6] 19 April Clay		Ireland 3
1 2 3 1 Divna Ratković Jane Fennelly 5 7 4 6     2 Anja Drašković Ruth Copas 0 1     retired   3 Ana Radović / Divna Ratković Amy Bowtell / Lauren Deegan 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 Sofia Sóley Jónasdóttir Blearta Ukëhaxhaj 3 6 6 4 6 4   2 Anna Soffía Grönholm Arlinda Rushiti 1 6 1 6     3 Anna Soffía Grönholm / Sofia Sóley Jónasdóttir Arlinda Rushiti / Blearta Ukëhaxhaj 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 Faith Nyabera Omurunga Patience Athieno 6 4 6 0     2 Angella Okutoyi Winnie Birungi 6 0 6 0     3 Judith Muraa / Faith Nyabera Omurunga Sandra Khissa / Daphine Namulinde Mukasa 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

1. "Lithuania v Tunisia". fedcup.com.
2. "South Africa v Malta". fedcup.com.
3. "Armenia v Cyprus". fedcup.com.
4. "Finland v Morocco". fedcup.com.
5. "Macedonia v Algeria". fedcup.com.
6. "Montenegro v Ireland". fedcup.com.
7. "Iceland v Kosovo". fedcup.com.
8. "Kenya v Uganda". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website