# 2018 Fed Cup World Group II > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Fed_Cup_World_Group_II > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Fed_Cup_World_Group_II.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Fed_Cup_World_Group_II > Source revision: 1296000296 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Part of tennis tournament Main article: [2018 Fed Cup](/source/2018_Fed_Cup) The **World Group II** was the second highest level of [Fed Cup](/source/Fed_Cup) competition in 2018. The winning nations advanced to the [World Group play-offs](/source/2018_Fed_Cup_World_Group_play-offs), and the losing nations were relegated to the [World Group II play-offs](/source/2018_Fed_Cup_World_Group_II_play-offs). Participating teams Australia Canada Italy Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Ukraine ## Slovakia vs. Russia Slovakia 4 Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[1] 10–11 February Hard (indoor) Russia 1 1 2 3 1 Viktória Kužmová Natalia Vikhlyantseva 4 6 2 6 2 Magdaléna Rybáriková Anna Kalinskaya 5 7 6 3 6 4 3 Jana Čepelová Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6 4 6 4 4 Viktória Kužmová Anastasia Potapova 3 6 6 3 6 4 5 Jana Čepelová / Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Anna Kalinskaya / Veronika Kudermetova 6 3 6 2 ## Australia vs. Ukraine Australia 3 Canberra Tennis Centre, Canberra, Australia[2] 10–11 February Grass Ukraine 2 1 2 3 1 Ashleigh Barty Lyudmyla Kichenok 4 6 6 1 6 4 2 Daria Gavrilova Marta Kostyuk 63 77 3 6 3 Ashleigh Barty Marta Kostyuk 6 2 6 3 4 Daria Gavrilova Nadiia Kichenok 6 4 2 6 3 6 5 Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok 6 3 6 4 ## Romania vs. Canada Romania 3 BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca, Romania[3] 10–11 February Hard (indoor) Canada 1 1 2 3 1 Sorana Cîrstea Carol Zhao 6 2 6 2 2 Irina-Camelia Begu Bianca Andreescu 6 3 64 77 6 2 3 Irina-Camelia Begu Katherine Sebov 6 2 6 4 4 Sorana Cîrstea Bianca Andreescu not played 5 Ana Bogdan / Raluca Olaru Gabriela Dabrowski / Carol Zhao 6 4 1 6 [6] [10] ## Italy vs. Spain Italy 3 PalaTricalle Sandro Leombroni, Chieti, Italy[4] 10–11 February Clay (indoor) Spain 2 1 2 3 1 Jasmine Paolini Carla Suárez Navarro 2 6 3 6 2 Sara Errani Lara Arruabarrena 6 1 6 1 3 Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro 6 3 3 6 6 3 4 Deborah Chiesa Lara Arruabarrena 6 4 2 6 79 67 5 Elisabetta Cocciaretto / Jasmine Paolini Georgina García Pérez / María José Martínez Sánchez 4 6 3 6 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Slovakia v Russia"](https://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=W-FC-2018-WG2-M-RUS-SVK-01). *FedCup.com*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Australia v Ukraine"](https://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=W-FC-2018-WG2-M-UKR-AUS-01). *FedCup.com*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Romania v Canada"](https://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=W-FC-2018-WG2-M-CAN-ROU-01). *FedCup.com*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Italy v Spain"](https://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=W-FC-2018-WG2-M-ESP-ITA-01). *FedCup.com*. v t e Billie Jean King Cup Current champions (2025): Italy Editions by year 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 World Group / Finals 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Qualifying rounds 2020–21 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Play-offs 2020–21 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 World Group II 1991–1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000–2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2025 BJK Cup finals teams China Great Britain Italy Japan Kazakhstan Spain Ukraine United States Former World Group teams (in the current format, since 1995) Argentina Austria Belgium Belarus Bulgaria China Colombia Croatia France Hungary Israel Kazakhstan Latvia Netherlands Slovenia Russia Serbia Switzerland South Africa Sweden Ukraine Players American Argentine Australian Austrian Belarusian Belgian British Bulgarian Canadian Chinese Colombian Croatian Czech Dutch French German Greek Hungarian Israeli Italian Japanese Polish Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian South African Spanish Swedish Swiss Ukrainian Yugoslavian List of champions Winning players v t e 2018 WTA Tour « 2017 2019 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D) WTA Premier 5 tournaments Doha (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D) WTA Premier tournaments Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) San Jose (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Moscow (S, D) WTA International tournaments Auckland (S, D) Shenzhen (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Taipei (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Lugano (S, D) İstanbul (S, D) Prague (S, D) Rabat (S, D) Nuremberg (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) Santa Ponsa (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Nanchang (S, D) Washington D.C. (S, D) Hiroshima (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Hong Kong (S, D) Linz (S, D) Tianjin (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D) Team events Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I play-offs WG II play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa WTA Finals, Singapore (S, D) WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai (S, D) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2018 Fed Cup World Group II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Fed_Cup_World_Group_II) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Fed_Cup_World_Group_II?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.