1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B

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

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1999, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 1999.

Participating nations

Draw

Venue: Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia
Date: 20–24 May

Group A

	NGR	TUR	MLT	SMR	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Nigeria		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	8–1 (89%)	17–6 (74%)	1
Turkey	0–3		2–1	3–0	2–1	5–4 (56%)	12–9 (57%)	2
Malta	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	4–5 (44%)	7–11 (39%)	3
San Marino	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–3	1–8 (11%)	5–15 (25%)	4

Group B

	LTU	MKD	MDA	TUN	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Lithuania		2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	6–3 (67%)	13–7 (65%)	1
Macedonia	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	5–4 (56%)	11–8 (58%)	2
Moldova	2–1	1–2		2–1	2–1	5–4 (56%)	10–9 (53%)	3
Tunisia	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	4–14 (22%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th play-off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Nigeria

1

B2

Macedonia

2

A1

Nigeria

1

B2

Macedonia

0

B1

Lithuania

2

A2

Turkey

3

A2

Turkey

2

B1

Lithuania

1

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th play-off

5th-8th play-offs

5th-6th play-off

A3

Malta

1

B4

Tunisia

2

A3

Malta

1

B4

Tunisia

2

A4

San Marino

2

B3

Moldova

1

A4

San Marino

1

B3

Moldova

2

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Turkey
2	Macedonia
3	Lithuania
4	Nigeria
5	Tunisia
6	Moldova
7	San Marino
8	Malta

Turkey and Macedonia promoted to Group II in 1999.
San Marino and Malta relegated to Group IV in 1999.

Round robin

Group A

Malta vs. Nigeria

Malta
1

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[1]
20 May 1998

Nigeria
2

		1	2	3
1	Mark Schembri Jonathan Igbinovia	2 6	6⁵ 7⁷
2	Christopher Gatt Sule Ladipo	5 7	3 6
3	Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri Ganiyu Adenekan / Yakubu Suleiman	6 3	5 7	6 4

San Marino vs. Turkey

San Marino
0

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[2]
20 May 1998

Turkey
3

		1	2	3
1	Christian Rosti Erhan Oral	6⁴ 7⁷	3 6
2	Domenico Vicini Efe Üstündağ	3 6	6 4	3 6
3	William Forcellini / Domenico Vicini Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral	1 6	1 6

Malta vs. Turkey

Malta
1

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[3]
21 May 1998

Turkey
2

		1	2
1	Mark Schembri Erhan Oral	5 7	6⁶ 7⁸
2	Christopher Gatt Efe Üstündağ	7⁸ 6⁶	7 5
3	Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral	4 6	2 6

Nigeria vs. San Marino

Nigeria
3

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[4]
21 May 1998

San Marino
0

		1	2	3
1	Jonathan Igbinovia Christian Rosti	7⁷ 6⁴	1 6	6 3
2	Sule Ladipo Domenico Vicini	5 7	7⁷ 6⁴	6 1
3	Ganiyu Adenekan / Yakubu Suleiman Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini	6 2	6 3

Malta vs. San Marino

Malta
2

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[5]
22 May 1998

San Marino
1

		1	2
1	Gordon Asciak Christian Rosti	6 2	1 0	retired
2	Christopher Gatt Domenico Vicini	3 6	5 7
3	Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri William Forcellini / Domenico Vicini	6 3	6 3

Nigeria vs. Turkey

Nigeria
3

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[6]
22 May 1998

Turkey
0

		1	2	3
1	Jonathan Igbinovia Mustafa Azkara	6 5	6² 7⁷	9 7
2	Sule Ladipo Erhan Oral	3 6	7 5	6 3
3	Ganiyu Adenekan / Yakubu Suleiman Haluk Akkoyun / Efe Üstündağ	6 2	6 3

Group B

Macedonia vs. Tunisia

Macedonia
2

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[7]
20 May 1998

Tunisia
1

		1	2
1	Zoran Ševčenko Sami Baccar	6 4	6 1
2	Ognen Nikolovski Walid Jallali	3 6	4 6
3	Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko Sami Baccar / Walid Jallali	6 2	6 3

Lithuania vs. Moldova

Lithuania
1

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[8]
20 May 1998

Moldova
2

		1	2	3
1	Aistis Šlajus Iurie Gorban	0 6	3 6
2	Rolandas Muraška Evgueni Plougarev	6 2	6 4
3	Rolandas Muraška / Tomas Petrauskas Iurie Gorban / Evgueni Plougarev	6 4	3 6	7 9

Macedonia vs. Moldova

Macedonia
2

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[9]
21 May 1998

Moldova
1

		1	2
1	Zoran Ševčenko Iurie Gorban	6 4	6 4
2	Dragan Jovanovski Evgueni Plougarev	4 6	6⁵ 7⁷
3	Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko Iurie Gorban / Evgueni Plougarev	6 2	6 1

Lithuania vs. Tunisia

Lithuania
3

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[10]
21 May 1998

Tunisia
0

		1	2
1	Aistis Šlajus Sami Baccar	6 4	6 3
2	Rolandas Muraška Walid Jallali	6 3	6 0
3	Rolandas Muraška / Aistis Šlajus Aref Jallali / Issam Jellali	6 2	6 1

Macedonia vs. Lithuania

Macedonia
1

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[11]
22 May 1998

Lithuania
2

		1	2	3
1	Zoran Ševčenko Aistis Šlajus	6 2	6 4
2	Lazar Magdinčev Rolandas Muraška	6⁴ 7⁷	3 6
3	Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko Rolandas Muraška / Aistis Šlajus	6 3	5 7	6 8

Moldova vs. Tunisia

Moldova
2

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[12]
22 May 1998

Tunisia
1

		1	2
1	Iurie Gorban Issam Jellali	6 1	6 0
2	Evgueni Plougarev Walid Jallali	5 7	4 6
3	Victor Ribas / Oleg Sinic Walid Jallali / Issam Jellali	7 5	6 3

1st to 4th place play-offs

Semifinals

Nigeria vs. Macedonia

Nigeria
1

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[13]
23 May 1998

Macedonia
2

		1	2	3
1	Jonathan Igbinovia Zoran Ševčenko	1 6	4 6
2	Sule Ladipo Lazar Magdinčev	6 2	6 4
3	Sule Ladipo / Yakubu Suleiman Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko	7⁷ 6⁴	6¹ 7⁷	4 6

Lithuania vs. Turkey

Lithuania
1

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[14]
23 May 1998

Turkey
2

		1	2
1	Aistis Šlajus Erhan Oral	0 6	0 6
2	Rolandas Muraška Efe Üstündağ	6 3	6 1
3	Rolandas Muraška / Aistis Šlajus Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral	3 6	4 6

Final

Macedonia vs. Turkey

Macedonia
0

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[15]
24 May 1998

Turkey
3

		1	2
1	Dragan Jovanovski Erhan Oral	0 6	1 6
2	Ognen Nikolovski Efe Üstündağ	1 6	2 6
3	Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral	6⁴ 7⁷	6⁴ 7⁷

3rd to 4th play-off

Nigeria vs. Lithuania

Nigeria
1

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[16]
24 May 1998

Lithuania
2

		1	2	3
1	Yakubu Suleiman Tomas Petrauskas	1 3			retired
2	Jonathan Igbinovia Aistis Šlajus	6⁵ 7⁷	6 4	6 1
3	Ganiyu Adenekan / Jonathan Igbinovia Rolandas Muraška / Tomas Petrauskas	6⁴ 7⁷	4 6

5th to 8th place play-offs

5th to 8th play-offs

Tunisia vs. Malta

Tunisia
2

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[17]
23 May 1998

Malta
1

		1	2
1	Issam Jellali Gordon Asciak	2 6	4 6
2	Walid Jallali Christopher Gatt	7⁷ 6³	6 4
3	Walid Jallali / Issam Jellali Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri	6 4	7⁷ 6⁴

Moldova vs. San Marino

Moldova
2

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[18]
23 May 1998

San Marino
1

		1	2	3
1	Iurie Gorban William Forcellini	6 2	6 0
2	Evgueni Plougarev Domenico Vicini	3 6	7⁷ 6⁵	5 7
3	Victor Ribas / Oleg Sinic Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini	6 3	6 4

5th to 6th play-off

Tunisia vs. Moldova

Tunisia
2

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[19]
24 May 1998

Moldova
1

		1	2	3
1	Issam Jellali Iurie Gorban	2 6	5 7
2	Walid Jallali Evgueni Plougarev	6 3	1 6	6 2
3	Walid Jallali / Issam Jellali Victor Ribas / Oleg Sinic	6 4	7⁹ 6⁷

7th to 8th play-off

Malta vs. San Marino

Malta
1

Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia^[20]
24 May 1998

San Marino
2

		1	2
1	Mark Schembri William Forcellini	6 3	6 1
2	Marco Cappello Domenico Vicini	3 6	5 7
3	Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini	6⁵ 7⁷	2 6

References

^ "Malta v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
^ "San Marino v Turkey". daviscup.com.
^ "Malta v Turkey". daviscup.com.
^ "Nigeria v San Marino". daviscup.com.
^ "Malta v San Marino". daviscup.com.
^ "Nigeria v Turkey". daviscup.com.
^ "Macedonia v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
^ "Lithuania v Moldova". daviscup.com.
^ "Macedonia v Moldova". daviscup.com.
^ "Lithuania v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
^ "Macedonia v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
^ "Moldova v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
^ "Nigeria v Macedonia". daviscup.com.
^ "Lithuania v Turkey". daviscup.com.
^ "Macedonia v Turkey". daviscup.com.
^ "Nigeria v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
^ "Tunisia v Malta". daviscup.com.
^ "Moldova v San Marino". daviscup.com.
^ "Tunisia v Moldova". daviscup.com.
^ "Malta v San Marino". daviscup.com.

External links

Davis Cup official website

[1] "Malta v Nigeria". daviscup.com.

[2] "San Marino v Turkey". daviscup.com.

[3] "Malta v Turkey". daviscup.com.

[4] "Nigeria v San Marino". daviscup.com.

[5] "Malta v San Marino". daviscup.com.

[6] "Nigeria v Turkey". daviscup.com.

[7] "Macedonia v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

[8] "Lithuania v Moldova". daviscup.com.

[9] "Macedonia v Moldova". daviscup.com.

[10] "Lithuania v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

[11] "Macedonia v Lithuania". daviscup.com.

[12] "Moldova v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

[13] "Nigeria v Macedonia". daviscup.com.

[14] "Lithuania v Turkey". daviscup.com.

[15] "Macedonia v Turkey". daviscup.com.

[16] "Nigeria v Lithuania". daviscup.com.

[17] "Tunisia v Malta". daviscup.com.

[18] "Moldova v San Marino". daviscup.com.

[19] "Tunisia v Moldova". daviscup.com.

[20] "Malta v San Marino". daviscup.com.

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