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1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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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

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 France
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
 Croatia France4
Helsinki, Finland (hard)
bye Finland1
 Croatia2
Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Finland3
 Croatia3
 Norway2
 Romania
Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
bye
bye Romania4
 Norway Norway1
bye
 Norway
 Israel
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
bye
 Austria Israel4
bye Austria1
bye
Pörtschach, Austria (clay)
 Austria
 Austria5
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
 Denmark0
 Ukraine3
Newcastle, England (indoor carpet)
 Denmark2
 Denmark Ukraine0
bye Great Britain5
bye
 Great Britain

First round

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Finland vs. Croatia

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Finland
3
Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[2]
13–15 February 1998
Hard

Croatia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Croatia
Ville Liukko
Ivan Ljubičić
4
6
6
4
7
5
6
4
   
2 Finland
Croatia
Tuomas Ketola
Saša Hiršzon
4
6
6
3
0
6
65
77
   
3 Finland
Croatia
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Saša Hiršzon / Ivan Ljubičić
6
2
3
6
4
6
6
3
6
4
 
4 Finland
Croatia
Tuomas Ketola
Ivan Ljubičić
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
5 Finland
Croatia
Ville Liukko
Željko Krajan
5
7
63
77
       

Ukraine vs. Denmark

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Ukraine
3
Nauka Tennis Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine[3]
13–15 February 1998
Carpet (indoors)

Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ukraine
Denmark
Andriy Medvedev
Frederik Fetterlein
6
3
6
4
7
5
     
2 Ukraine
Denmark
Andrei Rybalko
Kenneth Carlsen
2
6
64
77
3
6
     
3 Ukraine
Denmark
Andriy Medvedev / Dimitri Poliakov
Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein
6
3
3
6
64
77
78
66
6
4
 
4 Ukraine
Denmark
Andriy Medvedev
Kenneth Carlsen
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
5 Ukraine
Denmark
Denis Yakimenko
Frederik Fetterlein
2
6
2
6
       

Second round

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Finland vs. France

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Finland
1
Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[4]
3–5 April 1998
Carpet (indoors)

France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
France
Tuomas Ketola
Guillaume Raoux
1
6
1
6
1
6
     
2 Finland
France
Ville Liukko
Cédric Pioline
3
6
5
7
5
7
     
3 Finland
France
Tuomas Ketola / Tommi Lenho
Nicolas Escudé / Guillaume Raoux
5
7
6
4
61
77
2
6
   
4 Finland
France
Tapio Nurminen
Jérôme Golmard
64
77
4
6
       
5 Finland
France
Tommi Lenho
Guillaume Raoux
6
3
6
4
       

Romania vs. Norway

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Romania
4
Palatul Sport Culturii, Bucharest, Romania[5]
3–5 April 1998
Hard (indoors)

Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Norway
Dinu Pescariu
Jan Frode Andersen
77
62
6
4
6
4
     
2 Romania
Norway
Andrei Pavel
Christian Ruud
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
3 Romania
Norway
Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu
Lars Hjarrand / Helge Koll-Frafjord
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
4 Romania
Norway
Dinu Pescariu
Christian Ruud
4
6
6
4
4
6
     
5 Romania
Norway
Andrei Pavel
Jan Frode Andersen
6
4
6
4
       

Israel vs. Austria

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Israel
4
Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[6]
3–5 April 1998
Hard

Austria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Austria
Eyal Erlich
Gerald Mandl
6
1
77
64
7
5
     
2 Israel
Austria
Amir Hadad
Stefan Koubek
77
65
6
4
6
3
     
3 Israel
Austria
Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich
Thomas Buchmayer / Wolfgang Schranz
6
4
77
63
4
6
1
6
6
4
 
4 Israel
Austria
Noam Behr
Stefan Koubek
77
63
6
1
       
5 Israel
Austria
Amir Hadad
Wolfgang Schranz
4
6
7
5
3
6
     

Great Britain vs. Ukraine

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Great Britain
5
Telewest Arena, Newcastle, England[7]
3–5 April 1998
Carpet (indoors)

Ukraine
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Ukraine
Greg Rusedski
Andrei Rybalko
6
4
6
0
6
4
     
2 United Kingdom
Ukraine
Tim Henman
Andriy Medvedev
6
2
64
77
6
4
1
6
6
1
 
3 United Kingdom
Ukraine
Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski
Andriy Medvedev / Andrei Rybalko
6
4
7
5
711
69
     
4 United Kingdom
Ukraine
Greg Rusedski
Andriy Medvedev
6
1
6
4
       
5 United Kingdom
Ukraine
Tim Henman
Andrei Rybalko
6
1
2
6
6
2
     

Second round relegation play-offs

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Norway vs. Croatia

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Norway
2
Oslo Tennis Club, Oslo, Norway[8]
25–27 September 1998
Clay

Croatia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Croatia
Christian Ruud
Lovro Zovko
77
65
6
4
6
1
     
2 Norway
Croatia
Jan Frode Andersen
Ivan Ljubičić
4
6
4
6
77
65
4
6
   
3 Norway
Croatia
Jan Frode Andersen / Christian Ruud
Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko
4
6
6
3
2
6
6
3
6
8
 
4 Norway
Croatia
Christian Ruud
Ivan Ljubičić
1
6
1
6
3
6
     
5 Norway
Croatia
Jan Frode Andersen
Lovro Zovko
6
2
6
3
       

Austria vs. Denmark

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Austria
5
Werzer Arena, Pörtschach, Austria[9]
25–27 September 1998
Clay

Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Denmark
Markus Hipfl
Kenneth Carlsen
6
4
6
0
6
3
     
2 Austria
Denmark
Stefan Koubek
Thomas Larsen
3
6
3
6
6
4
6
0
6
2
 
3 Austria
Denmark
Wolfgang Schranz / Thomas Strengberger
Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
4 Austria
Denmark
Wolfgang Schranz
Frederik Fetterlein
6
3
63
77
6
1
     
5 Austria
Denmark
Markus Hipfl
Thomas Larsen
6
1
6
3
       

References

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  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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