2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III were the final stages of the Group III zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the twenty-one teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A (Ulcinj)	Pool B (Ulcinj)	Pool C (Ulcinj)	Pool A (Skopje)	Pool B (Skopje)	Pool C (Skopje)	Pool D (Skopje)
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Algeria	Morocco	Ireland	Portugal	North Macedonia	Kosovo
2	Montenegro	Cyprus	Moldova	Iceland	Malta	South Africa	Albania
3	Nigeria	Ghana	Armenia	Seychelles	Burundi	Botswana	Kenya
4	—	Azerbaijan	Mauritius	—	—	Uganda	Namibia

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winners advanced to Group II in 2023.

Semifinals

Morocco vs. Algeria

Morocco 2	Bellevue Tennis Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro[1] 10 June 2022 Clay		Algeria 0
1 2 3 1 Yasmine Kabbaj Inès Bekrar 6 1 6 3     2 Aya El Aouni Inès Ibbou 4 5       retired 3 Rania Azziz / Yasmine Kabbaj Amira Benaïssa / Inès Ibbou       not played

Ireland vs. Portugal

Ireland 1	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[2] 8 July 2022 Clay		Portugal 2
1 2 3 1 Carragh Courtney Matilde Jorge 6 3 4 6 77 62   2 Celine Simunyu Francisca Jorge 1 6 0 6     3 Kate Gardiner / Shauna Heffernan Francisca Jorge / Matilde Jorge 0 6 0 6

North Macedonia vs. Kosovo

North Macedonia 2	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[3] 8 July 2022 Clay		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 Magdalena Stoilkovska Donika Bashota 6 0 6 1     2 Lina Gjorcheska Adrijana Lekaj 6 2 6 2     3 Lina Gjorcheska / Magdalena Stoilkovska Donika Bashota / Adrijana Lekaj       not played

Promotional play-offs

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Morocco

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2	Bellevue Tennis Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro[4] 11 June 2022 Clay		Morocco 0
1 2 3 1 Nefisa Berberović Yasmine Kabbaj 6 1 7 5     2 Dea Herdželaš Aya El Aouni 6 2 6 4     3 Anastasija Ignjatić / Suana Tucaković Rania Azziz / Yasmine Kabbaj       not played

Portugal vs. North Macedonia

Portugal 2	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[5] 10 July 2022 Clay		North Macedonia 1
1 2 3 1 Matilde Jorge Magdalena Stoilkovska 77 64 6 3     2 Francisca Jorge Lina Gjorcheska 1 6 1 6     3 Francisca Jorge / Matilde Jorge Lina Gjorcheska / Magdalena Stoilkovska 6 4 4 6 6 4

3rd place play-off (Skopje)

Ireland vs. Kosovo

Ireland	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[6] 9 July 2022 Clay		Kosovo
1 2 3 1 N/A N/A       not played 2 N/A N/A       not played 3 N/A / N/A N/A / N/A       not played

4th–6th (Ulcinj) and 5th–8th (Skopje) place play-offs

The second placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the 4th–6th (Ulcinj) and 5th–8th (Skopje) placed teams.

Semifinals

Moldova vs. Cyprus

Moldova 2	Bellevue Tennis Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro[7] 10–11 June 2022 Clay		Cyprus 1
1 2 3 1 Daniela Ciobanu Anna Demirtzi 6 3 6 2     2 Arina Gamretkaia Klio Maria Ioannou 1 6 4 6     3 Daniela Ciobanu / Arina Gamretkaia Maria Constantinou / Victoria Savvides 6 1 6 1

Malta vs. Iceland

Malta 3	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[8] 8 July 2022 Clay		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Elaine Genovese Hera Brynjarsdóttir 6 0 6 0     2 Helene Pellicano Anna Soffia Grönholm 6 3 6 1     3 Francesca Curmi / Emma Montebello Hera Brynjarsdóttir / Anna Soffia Grönholm 6 0 6 2

Albania vs. South Africa

Albania 0	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[9] 8 July 2022 Clay		South Africa 2
1 2 3 1 Kristal Dule Heike Janse van Vuuren 0 6 0 6     2 Gresi Bajri Chanel Simmonds 1 6 2 6     3 Gresi Bajri / Kristal Dule Ilze Hattingh / Heike Janse van Vuuren       not played

4th place play-off (Ulcinj)

Montenegro vs. Moldova

Montenegro 1	Bellevue Tennis Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro[10] 11 June 2022 Clay		Moldova 2
1 2 3 1 Petra Mirković Arina Gamretkaia 3 6 2 6     2 Iva Lakić Renata Farima 4 2       retired 3 Iva Lakić / Petra Mirković Arina Gamretkaia / Ecaterina Visnevscaia 6 4 63 77 2 6

5th place play-off (Skopje)

Malta vs. South Africa

Malta	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[11] 9 July 2022 Clay		South Africa
1 2 3 1 N/A N/A       not played 2 N/A N/A       not played 3 N/A / N/A N/A / N/A       not played

7th place play-off (Skopje)

Iceland vs. Albania

Iceland	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[12] 9 July 2022 Clay		Albania
1 2 3 1 N/A N/A       not played 2 N/A N/A       not played 3 N/A / N/A N/A / N/A       not played

7th–9th (Ulcinj) and 9th–12th (Skopje) place play-offs

The third placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the 7th–9th (Ulcinj) and 9th–12th (Skopje) placed teams.

Semifinals

Ghana vs. Nigeria

Ghana 2	Bellevue Tennis Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro[13] 10 June 2022 Clay		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 1 Elizabeth Kapari Bagerbaseh Ofure Osabuohien 6 0 6 0     2 Ruth Crawford Adesuwa Osabuohien 1 6 3 6     3 Elizabeth Kapari Bagerbaseh / Ruth Crawford Adetayo Adetunji / Adesuwa Osabuohien 6 3 2 6 6 4

Kenya vs. Botswana

Kenya 0	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[14] 8 July 2022 Clay		Botswana 2
1 2 3 1 Roselida Asumwa Chelsea Chakanyuka 0 6 3 6     2 Alicia Owegi Ekua Youri 1 6 2 6     3 Alicia Owegi / Cynthia Wanjala Chelsea Chakanyuka / Ekua Youri       not played

Burundi vs. Seychelles

Burundi 2	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[15] 8 July 2022 Clay		Seychelles 0
1 2 3 1 Laura Syori Fatime Kanté 6 1 6 0     2 Sada Nahimana Marie-May Isnard 6 0 6 0     3 Sada Nahimana / Laura Syori Cylvie Delpech / Marie-May Isnard       not played

7th place play-off (Ulcinj)

Armenia vs. Ghana

Armenia 2	Bellevue Tennis Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro[16] 11 June 2022 Clay		Ghana 1
1 2 3 1 Arevik Tumanyan Elizabeth Kapari Bagerbaseh 61 77 4 6     2 Ani Amiraghyan Ruth Crawford 6 3 6 2     3 Gabriella Akopyan / Ani Amiraghyan Ruth Crawford / Naa Anyema McKorley 6 2 6 2

9th place play-off (Skopje)

Botswana vs. Burundi

Botswana	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[17] 9 July 2022 Clay		Burundi
1 2 3 1 N/A N/A       not played 2 N/A N/A       not played 3 N/A / N/A N/A / N/A       not played

11th place play-off (Skopje)

Kenya vs. Seychelles

Kenya	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia[18] 9 July 2022 Clay		Seychelles
1 2 3 1 N/A N/A       not played 2 N/A N/A       not played 3 N/A / N/A N/A / N/A       not played

10th place play-offs

The fourth placed teams of each pool in Ulcinj were drawn in a head-to-head round to find the 10th placed team.

Azerbaijan vs. Mauritius

Azerbaijan 0	Bellevue Tennis Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro[19] 10 June 2022 Clay		Mauritius 2
1 2 3 1 Lala Eyvazova Zara Lennon 0 6 0 6     2 Aydan Ibrahimova Tippi Dalle-Grave 2 6 0 6     3 Lala Eyvazova / Aydan Ibrahimova Tippi Dalle-Grave / Shannon Wong Hon Chan       not played

13th place play-offs

The fourth placed teams of each pool in Skopje were drawn in a head-to-head round to find the 13th placed team.

Uganda vs. Namibia

Uganda 3	Tennis Club Jub, Skopje, North Macedonia 8 July 2022 Clay		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 N/A N/A       w/o   2 N/A N/A       w/o   3 N/A / N/A N/A / N/A       w/o

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portugal
Second	Morocco	North Macedonia
Third	Algeria	Ireland	Kosovo
Fourth	Moldova
Fifth	Montenegro	Malta	South Africa
Sixth	Cyprus
Seventh	Armenia	Iceland	Albania
Eighth	Ghana
Ninth	Nigeria	Botswana	Burundi
Tenth	Mauritius
Eleventh	Azerbaijan	Kenya	Seychelles
Thirteenth	Uganda
Fourteenth	Namibia

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina and  Portugal were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.

References

External links

• Billie Jean King Cup website