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.

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 edit

Draw edit

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

Romania

4

Norway

1

bye

Norway

Israel

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

bye

Austria

Israel

4

bye

Austria

1

bye

Pörtschach, Austria (clay)

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 edit

Finland vs. Croatia edit

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 edit

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 edit

Finland vs. France edit

Finland
1

Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland^[4]
3–5 April 1998
Carpet (indoors)

France
4

		1	2	3	4
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 edit

Romania
4

Palatul Sport Culturii, Bucharest, Romania^[5]
3–5 April 1998
Hard (indoors)

Norway
1

		1	2	3
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Norway vs. Croatia edit

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 edit

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 edit

^ "1998 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ "Finland v Croatia". daviscup.com.
^ "Ukraine v Denmark". daviscup.com.
^ "Finland v France". daviscup.com.
^ "Romania v Norway". daviscup.com.
^ "Israel v Austria". daviscup.com.
^ "Great Britain v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
^ "Norway v Croatia". daviscup.com.
^ "Austria v Denmark". daviscup.com.

External links edit

Davis Cup official website

[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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