1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 1998 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1998 Fed Cup.

Group I

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nations progress to World Group II play-offs. The three nations winning the least rubbers were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 1999.

Pools

Pool A BLR GRE SLO ISR
1  Belarus (3–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1
2  Greece (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Slovenia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Israel (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool B POL POR GBR MAD
1  Poland (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Portugal (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Great Britain (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4  Madagascar (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3
Pool C RSA ROU LAT BUL
1  South Africa (3–0) 3–0 3–0 2–1
2  Romania (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3  Latvia (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Bulgaria (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool D SWE UKR YUG HUN
1  Sweden (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Ukraine (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Yugoslavia (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4  Hungary (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Knockout Stage

  Semifinals
17 April		 Finals
18 April
                 
  Belarus 2  
  Ukraine 1  
    Belarus 2
    South Africa 0
  Portugal 0
  South Africa 3  
  Poland 2  
  Greece 1  
    Poland 2
    Romania 0
  Romania 2
  Sweden 1  

Group II

The twenty-two teams were divided into two pools of five and six. The top teams from each pool advanced to Group I for 1999.

Pools

Pool A DEN LIT TUN ALG CYP
1  Denmark (4–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1
2  Lithuania (2–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Tunisia (2–2) 1–2 2–1 0–2 3–0
4  Algeria (2–2) 0–3 0–3 2–0 3–0
5  Cyprus (0–4) 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B FIN MKD EGY LIE BOT
1  Finland (4–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Macedonia (3–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Egypt (2–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–0
4  Liechtenstein (1–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0
5  Botswana (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–3
Pool C LUX TUR NOR ARM MLT ETH
1  Luxembourg (5–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Turkey (4–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Norway (3–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
4  Armenia (2–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0
5  Malta (1–4) 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–0
6  Ethiopia (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–2
Pool D GEO EST IRL BIH MDA ISL
1  Georgia (5–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Estonia (3–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Ireland (3–2) 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–3) 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0
5  Moldova (2–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0
6  Iceland (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Belarus v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  2. ↑ "Austria v Poland". fedcup.com.
  3. ↑ "Israel v Moldova". fedcup.com.
  4. ↑ "Hungary v Madagascar". fedcup.com.
  5. ↑ "Denmark v South Africa". fedcup.com.
  6. ↑ "Finland v Yugoslavia". fedcup.com.
  7. ↑ "Luxembourg v Georgia". fedcup.com.

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