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

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

PlacingPool APool B
1 Greece Israel
2 Denmark Luxembourg
3 Egypt Bosnia and Herzegovina
4N/A Norway
Main article: 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Promotional play-offs

The first-placed teams of each pool played against the second-placed teams of the other pool in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the 2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

Greece vs. Luxembourg

Greece
2		 Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece[1]
21 April
Clay
Luxembourg
1
1 2 3
1
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Eléonora Molinaro		 3
6 		6
3		 4
6 		 
2
Maria Sakkari
Mandy Minella		 6
0		 6
1		    
3
Valentini Grammatikopoulou / Maria Sakkari
Mandy Minella / Eléonora Molinaro		 3
6 		6
2		 6
4		  

Denmark vs. Israel

Denmark
2		 Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece[2]
21 April
Clay
Israel
1
1 2 3
1
Clara Tauson
Vlada Ekshibarova		 6
2		 6
1		    
2
Karen Barritza
Julia Glushko		 6
1		 5
7 		1
6 		 
3
Emilie Francati / Maria Jespersen
Julia Glushko / Lina Glushko		 6
3		 6
4		    

Relegation play-offs

The third-placed teams of the pools played against each other in a head-to-head round. The loser was relegated to the 2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group III alongside Norway who finished last in Pool B.

Egypt vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Egypt
1		 Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece[3]
21 April
Clay
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
1 2 3
1
Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz
Nefisa Berberović		 4
6 		3
6 		   
2
Sandra Samir
Dea Herdželaš		 2
0		      
retired
3
Sandra Samir / Rana Sherif Ahmed
Anita Husarić / Jelena Simić		 6
3		 5
7 		2
6 		 

Final placements
Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Greece  Denmark
Third  Luxembourg  Israel
Fifth  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegated/Seventh  Egypt  Norway
  •  Greece and  Denmark were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2019.
  •  Egypt and  Norway were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2019.

References
  1. "Greece v Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
  2. "Denmark v Israel". fedcup.com.
  3. "Egypt v Bosnia and Herzegovina". fedcup.com.
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