1998 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held April 15-19, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on hard courts. The top two teams from each pool advanced to a promotion playoff, while the bottom two were placed in a relegation playoff.^[1]

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Kazakhstan	3	3	0	9	0
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	5	4
Syria	3	1	2	3	6
Singapore	3	0	3	1	8

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
April 15	Kazakhstan	3-0	Sri Lanka
April 15	Syria	2-1	Singapore
April 16	Kazakhstan	3-0	Singapore
April 16	Sri Lanka	2-1	Syria
April 17	Kazakhstan	3-0	Syria
April 17	Sri Lanka	3-0	Singapore

Pool B

	Advanced to Promotion Round
	Assigned to Relegation Round

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Malaysia	3	2	1	5	4
Tajikistan	3	2	1	5	4
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	5	4
Kuwait	3	0	3	3	6

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
April 15	Malaysia	2-1	Kuwait
April 15	Saudi Arabia	2-1	Tajikistan
April 16	Malaysia	2-1	Saudi Arabia
April 16	Tajikistan	3-0	Kuwait
April 17	Tajikistan	2-1	Malaysia
April 17	Saudi Arabia	2-1	Kuwait

1st-4th Playoff

Play-offs April 19

1st Round April 18

2nd Round April 19

S

Kazakhstan

3

Tajikistan

0

Tajikistan

3

Kazakhstan

3

Malaysia

0

Sri Lanka

0

S

Malaysia

1

Sri Lanka

2

Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka both promoted to Group II for 1999.

5th-8th Playoff

Play-offs April 19

1st Round April 18

2nd Round April 19

S

Saudi Arabia

2

Singapore

1

Singapore

2

Saudi Arabia

0

Kuwait

1

Syria

3

S

Syria

2

Kuwait

1

Singapore and Kuwait both relegated to Group IV for 1999.

References

See also