1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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

Main article: 1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group Qualifying Round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1999.[1]

Participating nations

Draw
  Second Round Play-offs
25–27 September		 First Round Play-offs
 First Round
13–15 February		 Second Round
3–5 April
                                     
 
      France  
     bye     Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
    Croatia         France 4
   bye   Helsinki, Finland (hard)     Finland 1
    Croatia 2
  Oslo, Norway (clay)       Finland 3  
    Croatia 3  
    Norway 2    
      Romania  
     bye     Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
 bye         Romania 4
    Norway       Norway 1
   bye
      Norway  
 
      Israel  
     bye     Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
    Austria         Israel 4
   bye       Austria 1
   bye
  Pörtschach, Austria (clay)       Austria  
    Austria 5  
    Denmark 0     Kiev, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
      Ukraine 3  
      Denmark 2     Newcastle, England (indoor carpet)
  Denmark         Ukraine 0
   bye       Great Britain 5
   bye
      Great Britain  
 Norway and  Denmark
relegated to Group II in 1999.		  France,  Romania,  Israel, and  Great Britain
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

First round

Finland vs. Croatia

Finland
3		 Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [2]
13–15 February 1998
Hard
Croatia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ville Liukko
Ivan Ljubičić		 4
6 		6
4		 7
5		 6
4		    
2
Tuomas Ketola
Saša Hiršzon		 4
6 		6
3		 0
6 		65
77		    
3
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Saša Hiršzon / Ivan Ljubičić		 6
2		 3
6 		4
6 		6
3		 6
4		  
4
Tuomas Ketola
Ivan Ljubičić		 6
3		 6
3		 6
3		      
5
Ville Liukko
Željko Krajan		 5
7 		63
77		        

Ukraine vs. Denmark

Ukraine
3		 Nauka Tennis Centre, Kiev, Ukraine [3]
13–15 February 1998
Carpet (indoors)
Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andriy Medvedev
Frederik Fetterlein		 6
3		 6
4		 7
5		      
2
Andrei Rybalko
Kenneth Carlsen		 2
6 		64
77		 3
6 		     
3
Andriy Medvedev / Dimitri Poliakov
Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein		 6
3		 3
6 		64
77		 78
66		 6
4		  
4
Andriy Medvedev
Kenneth Carlsen		 6
3		 6
3		 6
3		      
5
Denis Yakimenko
Frederik Fetterlein		 2
6 		2
6 		       

Second round

Finland vs. France

Finland
1		 Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [4]
3–5 April 1998
Carpet (indoors)
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tuomas Ketola
Guillaume Raoux		 1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2
Ville Liukko
Cédric Pioline		 3
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
3
Tuomas Ketola / Tommi Lenho
Nicolas Escudé / Guillaume Raoux		 5
7 		6
4		 61
77		 2
6 		   
4
Tapio Nurminen
Jérôme Golmard		 64
77		 4
6 		       
5
Tommi Lenho
Guillaume Raoux		 6
3		 6
4		        

Romania vs. Norway

Romania
4		 Palatul Sport Culturii, Bucharest, Romania [5]
3–5 April 1998
Hard (indoors)
Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dinu Pescariu
Jan Frode Andersen		 77
62		 6
4		 6
4		      
2
Andrei Pavel
Christian Ruud		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
3
Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu
Lars Hjarrand / Helge Koll-Frafjord		 6
3		 6
2		 6
2		      
4
Dinu Pescariu
Christian Ruud		 4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		     
5
Andrei Pavel
Jan Frode Andersen		 6
4		 6
4		        

Israel vs. Austria

Israel
4		 Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel [6]
3–5 April 1998
Hard
Austria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eyal Erlich
Gerald Mandl		 6
1		 77
64		 7
5		      
2
Amir Hadad
Stefan Koubek		 77
65		 6
4		 6
3		      
3
Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich
Thomas Buchmayer / Wolfgang Schranz		 6
4		 77
63		 4
6 		1
6 		6
4		  
4
Noam Behr
Stefan Koubek		 77
63		 6
1		        
5
Amir Hadad
Wolfgang Schranz		 4
6 		7
5		 3
6 		     

Great Britain vs. Ukraine

Great Britain
5		 Telewest Arena, Newcastle, England [7]
3–5 April 1998
Carpet (indoors)
Ukraine
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Greg Rusedski
Andrei Rybalko		 6
4		 6
0		 6
4		      
2
Tim Henman
Andriy Medvedev		 6
2		 64
77		 6
4		 1
6 		6
1		  
3
Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski
Andriy Medvedev / Andrei Rybalko		 6
4		 7
5		 711
69		      
4
Greg Rusedski
Andriy Medvedev		 6
1		 6
4		        
5
Tim Henman
Andrei Rybalko		 6
1		 2
6 		6
2		      

Second round relegation play-offs

Norway vs. Croatia

Norway
2		 Oslo Tennis Club, Oslo, Norway [8]
25–27 September 1998
Clay
Croatia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christian Ruud
Lovro Zovko		 77
65		 6
4		 6
1		      
2
Jan Frode Andersen
Ivan Ljubičić		 4
6 		4
6 		77
65		 4
6 		   
3
Jan Frode Andersen / Christian Ruud
Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko		 4
6 		6
3		 2
6 		6
3		 6
8 		 
4
Christian Ruud
Ivan Ljubičić		 1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
5
Jan Frode Andersen
Lovro Zovko		 6
2		 6
3		        

Austria vs. Denmark

Austria
5		 Werzer Arena, Pörtschach, Austria [9]
25–27 September 1998
Clay
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Markus Hipfl
Kenneth Carlsen		 6
4		 6
0		 6
3		      
2
Stefan Koubek
Thomas Larsen		 3
6 		3
6 		6
4		 6
0		 6
2		  
3
Wolfgang Schranz / Thomas Strengberger
Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein		 6
3		 6
2		 6
4		      
4
Wolfgang Schranz
Frederik Fetterlein		 6
3		 63
77		 6
1		      
5
Markus Hipfl
Thomas Larsen		 6
1		 6
3		        

References
  1. "1998 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "Finland v Croatia". daviscup.com.
  3. "Ukraine v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  4. "Finland v France". daviscup.com.
  5. "Romania v Norway". daviscup.com.
  6. "Israel v Austria". daviscup.com.
  7. "Great Britain v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
  8. "Norway v Croatia". daviscup.com.
  9. "Austria v Denmark". daviscup.com.
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