1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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 II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1999.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/group-ii/europe-africa.aspx#/1998 1998 Europe/Africa Group II DavisCup.com 11 June 2020 Participating nations 30em BLR 1995 BUL EGY GEO 1990 HUN IRL CIV LAT LUX MAR MON POL POR SEN SLO FRY Yugoslavia Draw y 175 3 6 Relegation Play-offs First Round Second Round Third Round 17–19 July 1–3 May 17–19 July 25–27 September Meknes, Morocco (indoor clay) MAR 3 BUL 2 Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) BLR 1995 5 LUX 0 Dakar, Senegal (hard) POL 2 SEN 3 Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) CIV 3 EGY 2 Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet) FRY Yugoslavia 3 LAT 2 Braga, Portugal (clay) GEO 1990 0 POR 5 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) SLO 5 MON 0 Budapest, Hungary (clay) IRL 1 HUN 4 Sofia, Bulgaria (clay) BUL 5 LUX 0 Bydgoszcz, Poland (clay) POL 4 EGY 1 Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) LAT 5 GEO 1990 0 Dublin, Ireland (carpet) MON 0 IRL 5 Agadir, Morocco (clay) MAR 2 BLR 1995 3 Dakar, Senegal (hard) SEN 2 CIV 3 Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay) FRY Yugoslavia 2 POR 3 Budapest, Hungary (clay) SLO 2 HUN 3 Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) BLR 1995 4 CIV 1 Albufeira, Portugal (hard) POR 4 HUN 1 LUX, EGY, GEO 1990, and MON relegated to Group III in 1999. BLR 1995 and POR promoted to Group I in 1999. First round Morocco vs. Bulgaria Morocco Bulgaria Tennis Club de Meknès, Meknes, Moroccohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-MAR-BUL-01 Morocco v Bulgaria daviscup.com 1–3 May 1998 Clay (indoors) 3 2 Karim Alami 7 4 7 6 Milen Velev 6.029 6 6.019 2 Mehdi Tahiri 2 6 3 6 2 Orlin Stanoytchev 6 2 6 3 6 Karim Alami Mounir El Aarej 6 7 6 Orlin Stanoytchev Milen Velev 4 5 2 Karim Alami 3 6 6.049 6 6 Orlin Stanoytchev 6 3 7 3 1 Mehdi Tahiri 2 3 Milen Velev 6 6 Belarus vs. Luxembourg Belarus 1995 Luxembourg National Olympic Centre, Minsk, Belarushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-BLR-LUX-01 Belarus v Luxembourg daviscup.com 1–3 May 1998 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Max Mirnyi 7 6 6 Adrian Graimprey 5 4 4 Alexander Shvets 6 6 6 Sacha Thoma 1 2 4 Max Mirnyi Alexander Shvets 6 6 6 Adrian Graimprey Sacha Thoma 3 2 3 Evgeni Mikheev 6 6 Roland Theisen 3 2 Max Mirnyi 7 6 Sacha Thoma 5 3 Senegal vs. Poland Senegal Poland Sporting Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-POL-SEN-01 Senegal v Poland daviscup.com 1–3 May 1998 Hard 3 2 Thierno Ly 3 4 2 Jurek Stasiak 6 6 6 Yahiya Doumbia 6 3 4 7 6 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 1 6 6 6.079 3 Yahiya Doumbia Thierno Ly 6 6.00 6.039 6 6 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Jurek Stasiak 4 7 7 4 4 Yahiya Doumbia 6 6 3 2 6 Jurek Stasiak 2 4 6 6 2 Daouda Ndiaye 2 2 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 6 Ivory Coast vs. Egypt Ivory Coast Egypt Centre International de Tennis Arthur Ashe, Abidjan, Ivory Coasthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-CIV-EGY-01 Ivory Coast v Egypt daviscup.com 1–3 May 1998 Hard 3 2 Claude N'Goran 6 6 7 Amr Ghoneim 2 1 5 Valentin Sanon 3 6 2 0 Gehad El Deeb 6 3 6 5 4 Claude N'Goran Nouhoun Sangaré 6.019 6.039 3 Amr Ghoneim Karim Maamoun 7 7 6 Claude N'Goran 6 6 6 Gehad El Deeb 1 4 1 Nouhoun Sangaré 6.039 6 6 4 8 Amr Ghoneim 7 3 4 6 6 Latvia vs. Yugoslavia Latvia FR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia National Tennis Center Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-YUG-LAT-01 Latvia v Yugoslavia daviscup.com 1–3 May 1998 Carpet (indoors) 2 3 Andris Fiļimonovs 6.069 7 6 6 Dušan Vemić 7 6.049 4 4 Ģirts Dzelde 0 6 4 5 Nenad Zimonjić 6 4 6 7 Ģirts Dzelde Nils Ivanovs 4 3 1 Dušan Vemić Nenad Zimonjić 6 6 6 Ģirts Dzelde 6 6 6.079 1 6 Dušan Vemić 4 3 7 6 2 Andris Fiļimonovs 3 4 2 Nenad Zimonjić 6 6 6 Portugal vs. Georgia Portugal Georgia 1990 Braga Tennis Club, Braga, Portugalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-GEO-POR-01 Portugal v Georgia daviscup.com 1–3 May 1998 Clay 5 0 Nuno Marques 6 6 6 Irakli Kunchulia 0 3 2 João Cunha e Silva 6 6 6 Vladimir Margalitadze 2 3 3 Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota 7 6 6 Vladimir Margalitadze Givi Samkharadze 6.029 1 3 Nuno Marques 7 6 Vladimir Margalitadze 5 3 João Cunha e Silva 6 6 Givi Samkharadze 0 3 Monaco vs. Slovenia Monaco Slovenia Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-SLO-MON-01 Monaco v Slovenia daviscup.com 1–3 May 1998 Clay 0 5 Christophe Bosio 3 2 2 Iztok Božič 6 6 6 Sébastien Graeff 1 2 3 Borut Urh 6 6 6 Christophe Bosio Sébastien Graeff 4 6 1 3 Andrej Kraševec Borut Urh 6 4 6 6 Sébastien Graeff 4 2 Marko Tkalec 6 6 Christophe Bosio 6 4 2 Andrej Kraševec 3 6 6 Hungary vs. Ireland Hungary Ireland Római Tennis Academy, Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-IRL-HUN-01 Hungary v Ireland daviscup.com 1–3 May 1998 Clay 4 1 Norbert Mazány 6 0 2 6 9 Scott Barron 4 6 6 3 7 Attila Sávolt 6 6 6 John Doran 1 3 3 Kornél Bardóczky Attila Sávolt 6 6 1 6 Owen Casey Tom Hamilton 3 4 6 1 Attila Sávolt 6 6 Scott Barron 4 2 Norbert Mazány 3 6 3 John Doran 6 3 6 Second round Morocco vs. Belarus Morocco Belarus 1995 Sporting Club, Agadir, Moroccohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-MAR-BLR-01 Morocco v Belarus daviscup.com 17–19 July 1998 Clay 2 3 Hicham Arazi 6 4 7 6 Alexander Shvets 3 6 5 4 Mounir El Aarej 6 3 2 4 Vladimir Voltchkov 2 6 6 6 Hicham Arazi Mounir El Aarej 7 7 6.029 3 4 Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov 6.029 6.049 7 6 6 Hicham Arazi 2 6.039 6 6 6 Vladimir Voltchkov 6 7 3 4 4 Mounir El Aarej 7 2 6 4 5 Alexander Shvets 5 6 3 6 7 Senegal vs. Ivory Coast Senegal Ivory Coast Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-SEN-CIV-01 Senegal v Ivory Coast daviscup.com 17–19 July 1998 Hard 2 3 Jean-Noël Said 1 1 0 Valentin Sanon 6 6 6 Yahiya Doumbia 6 6 6.019 4 6 Claude N'Goran 4 4 7 6 4 Yahiya Doumbia Thierno Ly 4 7 3 6.039 Ilou Lonfo Claude N'Goran 6 6.089 6 7 Yahiya Doumbia 6 6 6 Valentin Sanon 2 4 3 Thierno Ly 1 4 1 Claude N'Goran 6 6 6 Yugoslavia vs. Portugal FR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Portugal Dril Tennis Club, Belgrade, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-YUG-POR-01 Yugoslavia v Portugal daviscup.com 17–19 July 1998 Clay 2 3 Dušan Vemić 7 6 1 6 João Cunha e Silva 6.029 3 6 3 Nenad Zimonjić 6 0 6 3 18 Nuno Marques 3 6 2 6 20 Nebojša Đorđević Dušan Vemić 7 6 6.019 2 3 Emanuel Couto João Cunha e Silva 6.049 4 7 6 6 Dušan Vemić 3 7 6 6 Nuno Marques 6 6.069 3 3 Nenad Zimonjić 6 7 3 5 1 João Cunha e Silva 0 6.019 6 7 6 Hungary vs. Slovenia Hungary Slovenia Római Tennis Academy, Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-SLO-HUN-01 Hungary v Slovenia daviscup.com 17–19 July 1998 Clay 3 2 Attila Sávolt 6 6 6 Borut Urh 2 4 3 Kornél Bardóczky 6 6 1 6 Iztok Božič 0 3 6 4 Gábor Köves Attila Sávolt 6 7 6 Iztok Božič Andrej Kračman 4 5 2 Attila Sávolt 5 4 Marko Tkalec 7 6 Kornél Bardóczky 6 5 3 Andrej Kračman 4 7 6 Relegation play-offs Bulgaria vs. Luxembourg Bulgaria Luxembourg Academic Tennis Club, Sofia, Bulgariahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-REL-BUL-LUX-01 Bulgaria v Luxembourg daviscup.com 17–19 July 1998 Clay 5 0 Milen Velev 6 6 7 Pascal Schaul 3 1 5 Orlin Stanoytchev 6 6 6 Mike Scheidweiler 2 2 1 Orlin Stanoytchev Milen Velev 6 6 6 Adrian Graimprey Pascal Schaul 3 2 4 Ivaylo Traykov 6 6 Pascal Schaul 3 1 Ivo Bratanov 5 6 6 Mike Scheidweiler 7 2 2 Poland vs. Egypt Poland Egypt Polonia Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-REL-POL-EGY-01 Poland v Egypt daviscup.com 17–19 July 1998 Clay 4 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 6 6 Tamer El-Sawy 2 3 3 Michał Chmela 6 6 6 Amr Ghoneim 1 1 4 Michał Chmela Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 7 6 Tamer El-Sawy Hisham Hemeda 0 6.019 3 Jurek Stasiak 5 6 6 Karim Maamoun 7 2 3 Piotr Szczepanik 4 4 Amr Ghoneim 6 6 Latvia vs. Georgia Latvia Georgia 1990 National Tennis Center Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-REL-LAT-GEO-01 Latvia v Georgia daviscup.com 17–19 July 1998 Clay 5 0 Ģirts Dzelde 6 4 6 6 Givi Samkharadze 3 6 3 0 Andris Fiļimonovs 6 6 3 6 Irakli Kunchulia 2 3 6 3 Ģirts Dzelde Andris Fiļimonovs 6 6 6 David Katcharava Givi Samkharadze 1 3 3 Andris Fiļimonovs 6 6 Givi Samkharadze 3 2 Ģirts Dzelde 6 6 Irakli Kunchulia 3 1 Ireland vs. Monaco Ireland Monaco Riverview Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-REL-MON-IRL-01 Ireland v Monaco daviscup.com 17–19 July 1998 Carpet 5 0 John Doran 6 6 6 Christophe Bosio 3 3 1 Owen Casey 6 6 6 Sébastien Graeff 2 3 1 Owen Casey Tom Hamilton 7 6 6 Christophe Boggetti Sébastien Graeff 6.019 4 1 George McGill 6 3 7 Christophe Bosio 3 6 5 John Doran 7 6.059 7 Sébastien Graeff 6.009 7 6.049 Third round Ivory Coast vs. Belarus Ivory Coast Belarus 1995 Centre International de Tennis Arthur Ashe, Abidjan, Ivory Coasthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-BLR-CIV-01 Ivory Coast v Belarus daviscup.com 25–27 September 1998 Hard 1 4 Valentin Sanon 1 6.039 6.059 Max Mirnyi 6 7 7 Claude N'Goran 5 6.059 6.059 Vladimir Voltchkov 7 7 7 Ilou Lonfo Claude N'Goran 3 7 3 6 5 Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov 6 6.029 6 4 7 Valentin Sanon 5 4 Alexander Shvets 7 6 Claude N'Goran 6 6 Evgeni Mikheev 4 1 Portugal vs. Hungary Portugal Hungary Miguel Academy, Albufeira, Portugalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G2-EA-M-POR-HUN-01 Portugal v Hungary daviscup.com 25–27 September 1998 Hard 4 1 Nuno Marques 5 7 6 6 Gergely Kisgyörgy 7 6.039 0 3 João Cunha e Silva 6 6 6 Attila Sávolt 1 4 3 Emanuel Couto Nuno Marques 0 7 6 2 9 Gábor Köves Attila Sávolt 6 6.039 3 6 7 Nuno Marques 6 6 Balázs Veress 3 3 André Lopes 3 6 2 Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 3 6 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 II