1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 Belarus Poland South Africa Sweden
2 Greece Portugal Romania Ukraine
3 Slovenia Great Britain Latvia FR Yugoslavia
4 Israel Madagascar Bulgaria Hungary
Main article: 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw
  First round
17 April		 Quarterfinals
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  

Semifinals

Belarus vs. Ukraine

Belarus
2		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
17 April 1997
Red clay (outdoors)
Ukraine
1
1 2 3
1
Olga Barabanschikova
Anna Zaporozhanova		 6
1		 6
1		    
2
Natasha Zvereva
Elena Tatarkova		 6
2		 6
4		    
3
Nadejda Ostrovskaya / Tatiana Poutchek
Tatiana Kovalchuk / Olga Teplynska		 66
78		 4
6 		   

[1]

Portugal vs. South Africa

Portugal
0		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
17 April 1997
Red clay (outdoors)
South Africa
3
1 2 3
1
Cristina Correia
Jessica Steck		 1
6 		3
6 		   
2
Sofia Prazeres
Mariaan de Swardt		 6
4		 2
6 		3
6 		 
3
Cristina Correia / Ana Catarina Nogueira
Esmé de Villiers / Liezel Horn		 3
6 		2
6 		   

[2]

Poland vs. Greece

Poland
2		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
17 April 1998
Red clay (outdoors)
Greece
1
1 2 3
1
Aleksandra Olsza
Eleni Daniilidou		 4
6 		6
1		 6
4		  
2
Magdalena Grzybowska
Christína Papadáki		 6
4		 6
1		    
3
Sylwia Rynarzewska / Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska
Eleni Daniilidou / Christína Papadáki		 3
6 		1
6 		   

[3]

Romania vs. Sweden

Romania
2		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
17 April 1998
Red clay (outdoors)
Sweden
1
1 2 3
1
Alice Pirsu
Kristina Triska		 4
6 		2
6 		   
2
Raluca Sandu
Åsa Carlsson		 2
6 		6
1		 8
6		  
3
Alice Pirsu / Raluca Sandu
Åsa Carlsson / Kristina Triska		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		  

[4]

Finals

Belarus vs. South Africa

Belarus
2		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
18 April 1997
Red clay (outdoors)
South Africa
0
1 2 3
1
Olga Barabanschikova
Jessica Steck		 77
62		 77
64		    
2
Natasha Zvereva
Mariaan de Swardt		 4
6 		6
4		 6
2		  
3
 
 		       not
played

[5]

Poland vs. Romania

Poland
2		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
18 April 1998
Red clay (outdoors)
Romania
0
1 2 3
1
Aleksandra Olsza
Alice Pirsu		 7
5		 6
1		    
2
Magdalena Grzybowska
Raluca Sandu		 7
5		 6
1		    
3
 
 		       not
played

[7]

  •  Poland advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Austria. They lost 0–5, and thus fell back to Group I in 1999.[8]

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Belarus v Ukraine". fedcup.com.
  2. "Portugal v South Africa". fedcup.com.
  3. "Poland v Greece". fedcup.com.
  4. "Romania v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  5. "Belarus v South Africa". fedcup.com.
  6. "Belarus v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  7. "Poland v Romania". fedcup.com.
  8. "Austria v Poland". fedcup.com.
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