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2018 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

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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 edit

Inactive nation edit

Draw edit

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 edit

Pot Nation Rank1 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
  • 1Davis Cup Rankings as of 5 February 2018

Draw edit

Pool A (Plovdiv) edit

  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) edit

  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) edit

  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) edit

  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 edit

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 edit

Pool A (Plovdiv) edit

Bulgaria vs. Albania edit

 
Bulgaria
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[1]
4 April
Clay 		 
Albania
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Adrian Andreev
Mario Zili 		6
1 		6
0 		   
2  
  		Dimitar Kuzmanov
Elbi Mjeshtri 		6
0 		6
0 		   
3  
  		Dimitar Kuzmanov / Vasko Mladenov
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 		6
0 		6
0 		   

Macedonia vs. Iceland edit

 
North Macedonia
2 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[2]
4 April
Clay 		 
Iceland
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Gorazd Srbljak
Egill Sigurðsson 		6
0 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Dimitar Grabul
Birkir Gunnarsson 		6
2 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Gjorgji Jankulovski / Stefan Micov
Anton Magnússon / Egill Sigurðsson 		62
77 		4
6 		   

Bulgaria vs. Iceland edit

 
Bulgaria
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[3]
5 April
Clay 		 
Iceland
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Alexandar Lazov
Egill Sigurðsson 		6
1 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Dimitar Kuzmanov
Anton Magnússon 		6
1 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Dimitar Kuzmanov / Vasko Mladenov
Birkir Gunnarsson / Egill Sigurðsson 		6
2 		6
1 		   

Macedonia vs. Albania edit

 
North Macedonia
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[4]
5 April
Clay 		 
Albania
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Gorazd Srbljak
Arber Sulstarova 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2  
  		Dimitar Grabul
Mario Zili 		6
3 		6
0 		   
3  
  		Gjorgji Jankulovski / Stefan Micov
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 		6
2 		6
2 		   

Bulgaria vs. Macedonia edit

 
Bulgaria
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[5]
6 April
Clay 		 
North Macedonia
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Alexandar Lazov
Gorazd Srbljak 		6
1 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Grabul 		6
2 		6
2 		   
3  
  		Adrian Andreev / Vasko Mladenov
Stefan Micov / Gorazd Srbljak 		6
4 		6
3 		   

Iceland vs. Albania edit

 
Iceland
2 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[6]
6 April
Clay 		 
Albania
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Egill Sigurðsson
Genajd Shypheja 		6
1 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Birkir Gunnarsson
Elbi Mjeshtri 		5
7 		3
6 		   
3  
  		Birkir Gunnarsson / Egill Sigurðsson
Genajd Shypheja / Mario Zili 		6
2 		4
6 		6
2 		 

Pool B (Plovdiv) edit

Monaco vs. San Marino edit

 
Monaco
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[7]
4 April
Clay 		 
San Marino
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Romain Arneodo
Filippo Tommesani 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2  
  		Lucas Catarina
Tommaso Simoncini 		6
0 		6
0 		   
3  
  		Benjamin Balleret / Thomas Oger
Antoine Barbieri / Tommaso Simoncini 		6
0 		6
0 		   

Cyprus vs. Andorra edit

 
Cyprus
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[8]
4 April
Clay 		 
Andorra
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Petros Chrysochos
Guillermo Jauregui 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2  
  		Menelaos Efstathiou
Èric Cervós Noguer 		6
0 		6
0 		   
3  
  		Nicholas Campbell / Eleftherios Neos
Èric Cervós Noguer / Guillermo Jauregui 		6
2 		6
3 		   

Monaco vs. Andorra edit

 
Monaco
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[9]
5 April
Clay 		 
Andorra
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Romain Arneodo
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 		6
3 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Lucas Catarina
Guillermo Jauregui 		6
0 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Benjamin Balleret / Thomas Oger
Èric Cervós Noguer / Guillermo Jauregui 		6
0 		6
2 		   

Cyprus vs. San Marino edit

 
Cyprus
2 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[10]
5 April
Clay 		 
San Marino
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Petros Chrysochos
Antoine Barbieri 		6
1 		6
0 		   
2  
  		Menelaos Efstathiou
Marco de Rossi 		4
6 		5
7 		   
3  
  		Petros Chrysochos / Eleftherios Neos
Tommaso Simoncini / Filippo Tommesani 		6
1 		6
1 		   

Monaco vs. Cyprus edit

 
Monaco
2 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[11]
6 April
Clay 		 
Cyprus
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Romain Arneodo
Petros Chrysochos 		6
3 		1
6 		3
6 		 
2  
  		Lucas Catarina
Menelaos Efstathiou 		5
7 		6
1 		6
2 		 
3  
  		Romain Arneodo / Benjamin Balleret
Petros Chrysochos / Eleftherios Neos 		6
2 		6
3 		   

Andorra vs. San Marino edit

 
Andorra
2 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[12]
6 April
Clay 		 
San Marino
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Filippo Tommesani 		6
1 		6
0 		   
2  
  		Èric Cervós Noguer
Marco de Rossi 		3
6 		1
6 		   
3  
  		Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc
Marco de Rossi / Filippo Tommesani 		7
5 		6
2 		   

Pool A (Ulcinj) edit

Latvia vs. Greece edit

 
Latvia
1 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[13]
4 April
Clay 		 
Greece
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Roberts Grīnvalds
Ioannis Stergiou 		0
6 		4
6 		   
2  
  		Mārtiņš Podžus
Markos Kalovelonis 		3
6 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Artūrs Lazdiņš / Mārtiņš Podžus
Markos Kalovelonis / Ioannis Stergiou 		7
5 		6
3 		   

Montenegro vs. Armenia edit

 
Montenegro
3 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[14]
4 April
Clay 		 
Armenia
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Rrezart Cungu
Torgom Asatryan 		6
3 		6
0 		   
2  
  		Ljubomir Čelebić
Sedrak Khachatryan 		6
0 		6
0 		   
3  
  		Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu
Sedrak Khachatryan / Henrik Nikoghosyan 		6
1 		6
1 		   

Latvia vs. Montenegro edit

 
Latvia
1 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[15]
5 April
Clay 		 
Montenegro
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Artūrs Lazdiņš
Rrezart Cungu 		3
6 		1
6 		   
2  
  		Mārtiņš Podžus
Ljubomir Čelebić 		4
6 		5
7 		   
3  
  		Roberts Grīnvalds / Mārtiņš Rocēns
Stefan Dragović / Pavle Rogan 		7
5 		6
3 		   

Greece vs. Armenia edit

 
Greece
3 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[16]
5 April
Clay 		 
Armenia
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Alexandros Skorilas
Henrik Nikoghosyan 		6
3 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Ioannis Stergiou
Sedrak Khachatryan 		6
1 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Markos Kalovelonis / Petros Tsitsipas
Torgom Asatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan 		6
1 		6
1 		   

Latvia vs. Armenia edit

 
Latvia
2 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[17]
6 April
Clay 		 
Armenia
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Mārtiņš Rocēns
Torgom Asatryan 		6
3 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Mārtiņš Podžus
Sedrak Khachatryan 		6
0 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Roberts Grīnvalds / Mārtiņš Rocēns
Sedrak Khachatryan / Henrik Nikoghosyan 		5
3 		    retired
 

Montenegro vs. Greece edit

 
Montenegro
2 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[18]
6 April
Clay 		 
Greece
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Rrezart Cungu
Ioannis Stergiou 		77
62 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Ljubomir Čelebić
Markos Kalovelonis 		6
2 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Stefan Dragović / Pavle Rogan
Ioannis Stergiou / Petros Tsitsipas 		5
7 		4
6 		   

Pool B (Ulcinj) edit

Moldova vs. Liechtenstein edit

 
Moldova
3 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[19]
4 April
Clay 		 
Liechtenstein
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Egor Matvievici
Timo Kranz 		77
64 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Vasilii Dontu
Vital Flurin Leuch 		7
5 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Vasilii Dontu / Egor Matvievici
Robin Forster / Serafin Zünd 		6
2 		6
3 		   

Malta vs. Kosovo edit

 
Malta
3 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[20]
4 April
Clay 		 
Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Omar Sudzuka
Burim Bytyqi 		6
4 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Matthew Asciak
Granit Bajraliu 		6
0 		6
2 		   
3  
  		Matthew Asciak / Matthew Cassar Torregiani
Burim Bytyqi / Muhamed Zulji 		6
0 		6
0 		   

Moldova vs. Malta edit

 
Moldova
1 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[21]
5 April
Clay 		 
Malta
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Maxim Bulat
Omar Sudzuka 		6
2 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Alexandr Vitcov
Matthew Asciak 		1
6 		2
6 		   
3  
  		Vasilii Dontu / Egor Matvievici
Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka 		3
6 		2
6 		   

Liechtenstein vs. Kosovo edit

 
Liechtenstein
3 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[22]
5 April
Clay 		 
Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Timo Kranz
Burim Bytyqi 		5
7 		6
2 		6
2 		 
2  
  		Vital Flurin Leuch
Granit Bajraliu 		6
0 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Robin Forster / Serafin Zünd
Burim Bytyqi / Muhamed Zulji 		6
3 		6
2 		   

Moldova vs. Kosovo edit

 
Moldova
2 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[23]
6 April
Clay 		 
Kosovo
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Vasilii Dontu
Granit Bajraliu 		6
0 		3
6 		5
7 		 
2  
  		Alexandr Vitcov
Genc Selita 		6
1 		3
6 		6
1 		 
3  
  		Vasilii Dontu / Egor Matvievici
Granit Bajraliu / Genc Selita 		6
3 		6
3 		   

Malta vs. Liechtenstein edit

 
Malta
1 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[24]
6 April
Clay 		 
Liechtenstein
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Omar Sudzuka
Robin Forster 		3
6 		4
6 		   
2  
  		Matthew Asciak
Vital Flurin Leuch 		77
63 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka
Timo Kranz / Vital Flurin Leuch 		6
3 		4
6 		4
6 		 

Play-offs edit

Promotional play-offs edit

Bulgaria vs. Monaco edit

 
Bulgaria
1 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[25]
7 April
Clay 		 
Monaco
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Alexandar Lazov
Romain Arneodo 		4
6 		4
6 		   
2  
  		Dimitar Kuzmanov
Lucas Catarina 		6
2 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Dimitar Kuzmanov / Vasko Mladenov
Romain Arneodo / Benjamin Balleret 		4
6 		3
6 		   

Montenegro vs. Malta edit

 
Montenegro
3 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[26]
7 April
Clay 		 
Malta
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Rrezart Cungu
Denzil Agius 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2  
  		Ljubomir Čelebić
Matthew Asciak 		6
2 		6
2 		   
3  
  		Stefan Dragović / Pavle Rogan
Denzil Agius / Matthew Cassar Torregiani 		6
3 		6
2 		   

3rd to 4th play-offs edit

Macedonia vs. Cyprus edit

 
North Macedonia
2 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[27]
7 April
Clay 		 
Cyprus
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Gorazd Srbljak
Nicholas Campbell 		6
1 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Dimitar Grabul
Menelaos Efstathiou 		6
1 		5
7 		77
65 		 
3  
  		Dimitar Grabul / Stefan Micov
Menelaos Efstathiou / Eleftherios Neos 		      not
played

Greece vs. Moldova edit

 
Greece
3 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[28]
7 April
Clay 		 
Moldova
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Petros Tsitsipas
Egor Matvievici 		6
1 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Alexandros Skorilas
Maxim Bulat 		6
1 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Alexandros Skorilas / Petros Tsitsipas
Maxim Bulat / Alexandr Vitcov 		7
5 		0
0 		   
retired

5th to 6th play-offs edit

Iceland v Andorra edit

 
Iceland
3 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[29]
7 April
Clay 		 
Andorra
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Anton Magnússon
Guillermo Jauregui 		6
3 		6
0 		   
2  
  		Birkir Gunnarsson
Èric Cervós Noguer 		2
6 		6
2 		6
3 		 
3  
  		Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson
Èric Cervós Noguer / Guillermo Jauregui 		6
1 		6
3 		   

Latvia vs. Liechtenstein edit

 
Latvia
3 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[30]
7 April
Clay 		 
Liechtenstein
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Roberts Grīnvalds
Serafin Zünd 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2  
  		Mārtiņš Podžus
Vital Flurin Leuch 		6
0 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Roberts Grīnvalds / Mārtiņš Podžus
Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch 		6
1 		6
3 		   

7th to 8th play-offs edit

Albania vs. San Marino edit

 
Albania
0 		Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[31]
7 April
Clay 		 
San Marino
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Genajd Shypheja
Filippo Tommesani 		2
6 		2
6 		   
2  
  		Mario Zili
Antoine Barbieri 		4
6 		1
6 		   
3  
  		Genajd Shypheja / Mario Zili
Marco de Rossi / Filippo Tommesani 		      not
played

Armenia vs. Kosovo edit

 
Armenia
3 		Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[32]
7 April
Clay 		 
Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Henrik Nikoghosyan
Granit Bajraliu 		6
1 		711
69 		   
2  
  		Sedrak Khachatryan
Genc Selita 		6
2 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Torgom Asatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan
Granit Bajraliu / Burim Bytyqi 		6
2 		6
1 		   

References edit

  1. ^ "Bulgaria v Albania". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Macedonia v Iceland". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Bulgaria v Iceland". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Macedonia v Albania". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Bulgaria v Macedonia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Iceland v Albania". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Monaco v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Cyprus v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Monaco v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Cyprus v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Monaco v Cyprus". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Andorra v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Latvia v Greece". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Montenegro v Armenia". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Latvia v Montenegro". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Greece v Armenia". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Latvia v Armenia". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Montenegro v Greece". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Moldova v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Malta v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Moldova v Malta". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Liechtenstein v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Moldova v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Malta v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
  25. ^ "Bulgaria v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  26. ^ "Montenegro v Malta". daviscup.com.
  27. ^ "Macedonia v Cyprus". daviscup.com.
  28. ^ "Greece v Moldova". daviscup.com.
  29. ^ "Iceland v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  30. ^ "Latvia v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
  31. ^ "Albania v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  32. ^ "Armenia v Kosovo". daviscup.com.

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