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

Main article: 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Belarus	Poland	South Africa	Sweden
2	Greece	Portugal	Romania	Ukraine
3	Slovenia	Great Britain	Latvia	Yugoslavia
4	Israel	Madagascar	Bulgaria	Hungary

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

	Semifinals					Finals
	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

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

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

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

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

• Belarus advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against Venezuela. They won 4–1, and thus proceeded to the 1999 World Group II.

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

• 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.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

External links

• Fed Cup website