1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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. 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

•   Austria
•   Croatia
•   Denmark
•   Finland
•   France
•   Great Britain
•   Israel
•   Norway
•   Romania
•   Ukraine

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

France

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

bye

Croatia

France

4

Helsinki, Finland (hard)

bye

Finland

1

Croatia

2

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Finland

3

Croatia

3

Norway

2

Romania

Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)

bye

bye

Romania

4

Norway

Norway

1

bye

Norway

Israel

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

bye

Austria

Israel

4

bye

Austria

1

bye

Pörtschach, Austria (clay)

Austria

Austria

5

Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)

Denmark

0

Ukraine

3

Newcastle, England (indoor carpet)

Denmark

2

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, Kyiv, 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.

External links

• Davis Cup official website