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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

Pot Nation Rank 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
  • Davis 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 Team Score B Team
Promotional  Bulgaria 1–2  Monaco
3rd–4th  Macedonia 2–0  Cyprus
5th–6th  Iceland 3–0  Andorra
7th–8th  Albania 0–2  San Marino
Placing (Ulcinj) A Team Score B Team
Promotional  Montenegro 3–0  Malta
3rd–4th  Greece 3–0  Moldova
5th–6th  Latvia 3–0  Liechtenstein
7th–8th  Armenia 3–0  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
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


North Macedonia
2 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
4 April
Clay
Iceland
1
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Iceland 		Gorazd Srbljak
Egill Sigurðsson 		6
0 		6
2 		   
2 North Macedonia
Iceland 		Dimitar Grabul
Birkir Gunnarsson 		6
2 		6
3 		   
3 North Macedonia
Iceland 		Gjorgji Jankulovski / Stefan Micov
Anton Magnússon / Egill Sigurðsson 		6
7 		4
6 		   

Bulgaria vs. Iceland


Bulgaria
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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


North Macedonia
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
5 April
Clay
Albania
0
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Albania 		Gorazd Srbljak
Arber Sulstarova 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2 North Macedonia
Albania 		Dimitar Grabul
Mario Zili 		6
3 		6
0 		   
3 North Macedonia
Albania 		Gjorgji Jankulovski / Stefan Micov
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 		6
2 		6
2 		   

Bulgaria vs. Macedonia


Bulgaria
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
6 April
Clay
North Macedonia
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
North Macedonia 		Alexandar Lazov
Gorazd Srbljak 		6
1 		6
1 		   
2 Bulgaria
North Macedonia 		Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Grabul 		6
2 		6
2 		   
3 Bulgaria
North Macedonia 		Adrian Andreev / Vasko Mladenov
Stefan Micov / Gorazd Srbljak 		6
4 		6
3 		   

Iceland vs. Albania


Iceland
2 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 April
Clay
Greece
1
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Greece 		Rrezart Cungu
Ioannis Stergiou 		7
6 		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
4 April
Clay
Liechtenstein
0
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Liechtenstein 		Egor Matvievici
Timo Kranz 		7
6 		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
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
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
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
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
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 		7
6 		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
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
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


North Macedonia
2 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
7 April
Clay
Cyprus
0
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Cyprus 		Gorazd Srbljak
Nicholas Campbell 		6
1 		6
2 		   
2 North Macedonia
Cyprus 		Dimitar Grabul
Menelaos Efstathiou 		6
1 		5
7 		7
6 		 
3 North Macedonia
Cyprus 		Dimitar Grabul / Stefan Micov
Menelaos Efstathiou / Eleftherios Neos 		      not
played

Greece vs. Moldova


Greece
3 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro
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
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
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
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
7 April
Clay
Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Armenia
Kosovo 		Henrik Nikoghosyan
Granit Bajraliu 		6
1 		7
6 		   
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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