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.

Main article: 1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Draw
  Second Round Play-offs
25–27 September		 First Round Play-offs
 First Round
13–15 February		 Second Round
3–5 April
                                     
 
      France  
     bye     Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
    Croatia         France 4
   bye   Helsinki, Finland (hard)     Finland 1
    Croatia 2
  Oslo, Norway (clay)       Finland 3  
    Croatia 3  
    Norway 2    
      Romania  
     bye     Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
 bye         Romania 4
    Norway       Norway 1
   bye
      Norway  
 
      Israel  
     bye     Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
    Austria         Israel 4
   bye       Austria 1
   bye
  Pörtschach, Austria (clay)       Austria  
    Austria 5  
    Denmark 0     Kiev, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
      Ukraine 3  
      Denmark 2     Newcastle, England (indoor carpet)
  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, Kiev, 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		        
gollark: Oh, you know what would be cool and is... kind of related to this? Self-replicating turtles!
gollark: And shouldn't it just do generalized "go mining", or risk going up and down a lot and wasting fuel?
gollark: But... are there really multiple ways to do necessary things to do what a player asks for?
gollark: I mean, that's kind of the opposite.
gollark: So why should some things get "priorities" or something? Shouldn't it just try and do whatever it has to do to do what the player wants in the order which minimizes cost?

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.
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