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]

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

bye

Romania

4

Norway

Norway

1

bye

Norway

Israel

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

bye

Austria

Israel

4

bye

Austria

1

bye

Pörtschach, Austria (clay)

Austria

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.

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 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

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 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 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 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

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 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

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