2018 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

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.

Main article: 2018 Davis Cup

Participating nations

•  Albania
•  Andorra
•  Armenia
•  Bulgaria
•  Cyprus
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Kosovo
•  Latvia
•  Liechtenstein
•  Macedonia
•  Malta
•  Moldova
•  Monaco
•  Montenegro
•  San Marino

Inactive nation

•  Azerbaijan

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^1	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

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[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

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 6^2 7^7 4 6

Bulgaria vs. Iceland

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

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

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

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)

Monaco vs. San Marino

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Latvia vs. Greece

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

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

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

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

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

Montenegro 2	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[18] 6 April Clay		Greece 1
1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu Ioannis Stergiou 7^7 6^2 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)

Moldova vs. Liechtenstein

Moldova 3	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[19] 4 April Clay		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Egor Matvievici Timo Kranz 7^7 6^4 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

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

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

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

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

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 7^7 6^3 6 1     3 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[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

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

Macedonia vs. Cyprus

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 7^7 6^5   3 Dimitar Grabul / Stefan Micov Menelaos Efstathiou / Eleftherios Neos       not played

Greece vs. Moldova

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

Iceland v Andorra

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

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

Albania vs. San Marino

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

Armenia 3	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[32] 7 April Clay		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 Henrik Nikoghosyan Granit Bajraliu 6 1 7^11 6^9     2 Sedrak Khachatryan Genc Selita 6 2 6 1     3 Torgom Asatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan Granit Bajraliu / Burim Bytyqi 6 2 6 1

References

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.

External links

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