1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

International tennis competition 1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone 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.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/group-i/europe-africa.aspx#/1998 1998 Europe/Africa Group I DavisCup.com 11 June 2020 Participating nations 30em AUT CRO DEN FIN FRA GBR ISR NOR ROU UKR Draw y 175 2 5 Second Round Play-offs First Round Play-offs First Round Second Round 25–27 September 13–15 February 3–5 April FRA bye Helsinki, Finland (hard) CRO 2 FIN 3 ROU bye bye NOR ISR bye bye AUT Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) UKR 3 DEN 2 bye GBR CRO bye bye NOR AUT bye DEN bye Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) FRA 4 FIN 1 Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard) ROU 4 NOR 1 Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) ISR 4 AUT 1 Newcastle, England (indoor carpet) UKR 0 GBR 5 Oslo, Norway (clay) CRO 3 NOR 2 Pörtschach, Austria (clay) AUT 5 DEN 0 NOR and DEN relegated to Group II in 1999. FRA, ROU, ISR, and GBR advance to World Group qualifying round. First round Finland vs. Croatia Finland Croatia Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-EA-M-CRO-FIN-01 Finland v Croatia daviscup.com 13–15 February 1998 Hard 3 2 Ville Liukko 4 6 7 6 Ivan Ljubičić 6 4 5 4 Tuomas Ketola 4 6 0 6.049 Saša Hiršzon 6 3 6 7 Tuomas Ketola Ville Liukko 6 3 4 6 6 Saša Hiršzon Ivan Ljubičić 2 6 6 3 4 Tuomas Ketola 6 6 6 Ivan Ljubičić 3 3 3 Ville Liukko 5 6.029 Željko Krajan 7 7 Ukraine vs. Denmark Ukraine Denmark Nauka Tennis Centre, Kyiv, Ukrainehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-EA-M-UKR-DEN-01 Ukraine v Denmark daviscup.com 13–15 February 1998 Carpet (indoors) 3 2 Andriy Medvedev 6 6 7 Frederik Fetterlein 3 4 5 Andrei Rybalko 2 6.039 3 Kenneth Carlsen 6 7 6 Andriy Medvedev Dimitri Poliakov 6 3 6.039 7 6 Kenneth Carlsen Frederik Fetterlein 3 6 7 6.059 4 Andriy Medvedev 6 6 6 Kenneth Carlsen 3 3 3 Denis Yakimenko 2 2 Frederik Fetterlein 6 6 Second round Finland vs. France Finland France Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-EA-M-FRA-FIN-01 Finland v France daviscup.com 3–5 April 1998 Carpet (indoors) 1 4 Tuomas Ketola 1 1 1 Guillaume Raoux 6 6 6 Ville Liukko 3 5 5 Cédric Pioline 6 7 7 Tuomas Ketola Tommi Lenho 5 6 6.009 2 Nicolas Escudé Guillaume Raoux 7 4 7 6 Tapio Nurminen 6.039 4 Jérôme Golmard 7 6 Tommi Lenho 6 6 Guillaume Raoux 3 4 Romania vs. Norway Romania Norway Palatul Sport Culturii, Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-EA-M-ROU-NOR-01 Romania v Norway daviscup.com 3–5 April 1998 Hard (indoors) 4 1 Dinu Pescariu 7 6 6 Jan Frode Andersen 6.019 4 4 Andrei Pavel 6 6 6 Christian Ruud 2 2 2 Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu 6 6 6 Lars Hjarrand Helge Koll-Frafjord 3 2 2 Dinu Pescariu 4 6 4 Christian Ruud 6 4 6 Andrei Pavel 6 6 Jan Frode Andersen 4 4 Israel vs. Austria Israel Austria Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israelhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-EA-M-ISR-AUT-01 Israel v Austria daviscup.com 3–5 April 1998 Hard 4 1 Eyal Erlich 6 7 7 Gerald Mandl 1 6.039 5 Amir Hadad 7 6 6 Stefan Koubek 6.049 4 3 Noam Behr Eyal Erlich 6 7 4 1 6 Thomas Buchmayer Wolfgang Schranz 4 6.029 6 6 4 Noam Behr 7 6 Stefan Koubek 6.029 1 Amir Hadad 4 7 3 Wolfgang Schranz 6 5 6 Great Britain vs. Ukraine Great Britain Ukraine Telewest Arena, Newcastle, Englandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-EA-M-UKR-GBR-01 Great Britain v Ukraine daviscup.com 3–5 April 1998 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Greg Rusedski 6 6 6 Andrei Rybalko 4 0 4 Tim Henman 6 6.039 6 1 6 Andriy Medvedev 2 7 4 6 1 Tim Henman Greg Rusedski 6 7 7 Andriy Medvedev Andrei Rybalko 4 5 6.089 Greg Rusedski 6 6 Andriy Medvedev 1 4 Tim Henman 6 2 6 Andrei Rybalko 1 6 2 Second round relegation play-offs Norway vs. Croatia Norway Croatia Oslo Tennis Club, Oslo, Norwayhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-EA-REL-CRO-NOR-01 Norway v Croatia daviscup.com 25–27 September 1998 Clay 2 3 Christian Ruud 7 6 6 Lovro Zovko 6.049 4 1 Jan Frode Andersen 4 4 7 4 Ivan Ljubičić 6 6 6.049 6 Jan Frode Andersen Christian Ruud 4 6 2 6 6 Ivan Ljubičić Lovro Zovko 6 3 6 3 8 Christian Ruud 1 1 3 Ivan Ljubičić 6 6 6 Jan Frode Andersen 6 6 Lovro Zovko 2 3 Austria vs. Denmark Austria Denmark Werzer Arena, Pörtschach, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-EA-REL-AUT-DEN-01 Austria v Denmark daviscup.com 25–27 September 1998 Clay 5 0 Markus Hipfl 6 6 6 Kenneth Carlsen 4 0 3 Stefan Koubek 3 3 6 6 6 Thomas Larsen 6 6 4 0 2 Wolfgang Schranz Thomas Strengberger 6 6 6 Kenneth Carlsen Frederik Fetterlein 3 2 4 Wolfgang Schranz 6 6.029 6 Frederik Fetterlein 3 7 1 Markus Hipfl 6 6 Thomas Larsen 1 3 References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Europe Africa Zone Group I