1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Group I edit

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 edit

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 edit

SemifinalsFinals
  Belarus2
  Ukraine1
  Belarus2
  South Africa0
  Portugal0
  South Africa3
  Poland2
  Greece1
  Poland2
  Romania0
  Romania2
  Sweden1

Group II edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  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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