2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2018 Fed Cup.

Group I

Venue: R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex, New Delhi, India (hard)
Date: 7–10 February

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The two pool winners took part in a play-off to determine the nation advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The four nations finishing last and second last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2019.

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Kazakhstan	21	1
1	Chinese Taipei	22	2
2	Japan	23	3
2	China	25	4
3	Thailand	29	5
3	India	32	6
4	Hong Kong	34	7
4	South Korea	35	8

¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 13 November 2017

Pools

	Pool A	KAZ	CHN	IND	HKG
1	Kazakhstan (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	China (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	India (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Hong Kong (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

	Pool B	JPN	KOR	THA	TPE
1	Japan (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	South Korea (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Thailand (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Chinese Taipei (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Kazakhstan	1–2	Japan
3rd–4th	China	2–0	South Korea
Relegation	India	2–0	Chinese Taipei
Relegation	Hong Kong	1–2	Thailand

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Japan
Second	Kazakhstan
Third	China
Fourth	South Korea
Fifth	India	Thailand
Relegated/Seventh	Chinese Taipei	Hong Kong

Japan was promoted to the 2018 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs.
Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2019.

Group II

Venue: Bahrain Polytechnic, Isa Town, Bahrain (hard)
Date: 6–10 February

The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of four teams and two pools of three teams. The four pool winners took part in a play-off to determine the nations advancing to the World Group II play-offs.

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Uzbekistan	33	1
	Philippines	48	2
	Malaysia	55	3
	Indonesia	56	4
2	Singapore	58	5
	Pacific Oceania	61	6
	Sri Lanka	66	7
	New Zealand	71	8
3	Iran	80	9
	Pakistan	83	10
	Kyrgyzstan	89	11
	Bahrain	101	12
	Lebanon	NR	13
	Oman	NR	14

¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 13 November 2017

Pools

	Pool A	UZB	NZL	LBN
1	Uzbekistan (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	New Zealand (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Lebanon (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	SGP	PHI	KGZ
1	Singapore (2–0)		2–1	2–1
2	Philippines (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Kyrgyzstan (0–2)	1–2	1–2

	Pool C	POC	OMA	MAS	IRI
1	Pacific Oceania (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Oman (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Malaysia (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Iran (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

	Pool D	INA	PAK	SRI	BRN
1	Indonesia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Pakistan (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Sri Lanka (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Bahrain (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	D Team
Promotional	Uzbekistan	0–3	Indonesia
5th–8th	New Zealand	3–0	Pakistan
9th–12th	Lebanon	0–3	Sri Lanka
13th	N/a		Bahrain

Placing	B Team	Score	C Team
Promotional	Singapore	1–2	Pacific Oceania
5th–8th	Philippines	3–0	Oman
9th–12th	Kyrgyzstan	2–1	Malaysia
13th	N/a		Iran

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Indonesia	Pacific Oceania
Third	Uzbekistan	Singapore
Fifth	New Zealand	Philippines
Seventh	Pakistan	Oman
Ninth	Sri Lanka	Kyrgyzstan
Eleventh	Lebanon	Malaysia
Thirteenth	Bahrain	Iran

Indonesia and Pacific Oceania were promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in 2019.

References

External links

Fed Cup website