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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