1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

Knockout Stage of the 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone The Knockout Stage of the 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools. PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D1 BLR POL RSA SWE2 GRE POR ROU UKR3 SLO GBR LAT FR Yugoslavia4 ISR MAD BUL HUN The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. Draw 2 17 April 18 April Semifinals Finals BLR 2 UKR 1 POR 0 RSA 3 POL 2 GRE 1 ROU 2 SWE 1 BLR 2 RSA 0 POL 2 ROU 0 Semifinals Belarus vs. Ukraine Belarus Ukraine La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 17 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Olga Barabanschikova 6 6 Anna Zaporozhanova 1 1 Natasha Zvereva 6 6 Elena Tatarkova 2 4 Nadejda Ostrovskaya Tatiana Poutchek 6.055 4 Tatiana Kovalchuk Olga Teplynska 7 6 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003366 Belarus v Ukraine fedcup.com Portugal vs. South Africa Portugal South Africa La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 17 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors) 0 3 Cristina Correia 1 3 Jessica Steck 6 6 Sofia Prazeres 6 2 3 Mariaan de Swardt 4 6 6 Cristina Correia Ana Catarina Nogueira 3 2 Esmé de Villiers Liezel Horn 6 6 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004898 Portugal v South Africa fedcup.com Poland vs. Greece Poland Greece La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 17 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Aleksandra Olsza 4 6 6 Eleni Daniilidou 6 1 4 Magdalena Grzybowska 6 6 Christína Papadáki 4 1 Sylwia Rynarzewska Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska 3 1 Eleni Daniilidou Christína Papadáki 6 6 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003862 Poland v Greece fedcup.com Romania vs. Sweden Romania Sweden La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 17 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Alice Pirsu 4 2 Kristina Triska 6 6 Raluca Sandu 2 6 8 Åsa Carlsson 6 1 6 Alice Pirsu Raluca Sandu 6 3 6 Åsa Carlsson Kristina Triska 3 6 3 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004808 Romania v Sweden fedcup.com Finals Belarus vs. South Africa Belarus South Africa La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 18 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors) 2 0 Olga Barabanschikova 7 7 Jessica Steck 6.015 6.035 Natasha Zvereva 4 6 6 Mariaan de Swardt 6 4 2     http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003341 Belarus v South Africa fedcup.com BLR advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against VEN 1930. They won 4–1, and thus proceeded to the 1999 World Group II.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20005149 Belarus v Venezuela fedcup.com Poland vs. Romania Poland Romania La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 18 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) 2 0 Aleksandra Olsza 7 6 Alice Pirsu 5 1 Magdalena Grzybowska 7 6 Raluca Sandu 5 1     http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004918 Poland v Romania fedcup.com POL advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against AUT. They lost 0–5, and thus fell back to Group I in 1999.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003574 Austria v Poland fedcup.com See also Fed Cup structure References 30em External links Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07 Category:1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone