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.

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 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

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 TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Bulgaria1–2 Monaco
3rd–4th Macedonia2–0 Cyprus
5th–6th Iceland3–0 Andorra
7th–8th Albania0–2 San Marino
Placing (Ulcinj)A TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Montenegro3–0 Malta
3rd–4th Greece3–0 Moldova
5th–6th Latvia3–0 Liechtenstein
7th–8th Armenia3–0 Kosovo

 Monaco and  Montenegro promoted to Group II in 2019.

Round Robin

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
62
77
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
 

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
   

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
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
   

Moldova vs. Liechtenstein


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


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
77
63
6
1
   
3
Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka
Timo Kranz / Vital Flurin Leuch
6
3
4
6
4
6
 

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
   

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
77
65
 
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

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
   

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
711
69
   
2
Sedrak Khachatryan
Genc Selita
6
2
6
1
   
3
Torgom Asatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan
Granit Bajraliu / Burim Bytyqi
6
2
6
1
   

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