In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.
Group III was divided into a European zone and an African zone.
The Group III Europe tournament was held in Bulgarian National Tennis Centre 'Carlsberg', Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2–5, on outdoor clay courts.
[1] The 13 teams will be split into four pools.
The winners of pool A and pool B will be drawn to play against the winners of pool C and pool D. Two winning nations will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone of Group II for 2013.