1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
Appearance
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.
Placing | Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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1 | Belarus | Poland | South Africa | Sweden |
2 | Greece | Portugal | Romania | Ukraine |
3 | Slovenia | Great Britain | Latvia | Yugoslavia |
4 | Israel | Madagascar | Bulgaria | Hungary |
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
Semifinals | Finals | Final | |||||||||||
Belarus | 2 | ||||||||||||
Ukraine | 1 | ||||||||||||
Belarus | 2 | ||||||||||||
South Africa | 0 | ||||||||||||
Portugal | 0 | ||||||||||||
South Africa | 3 | ||||||||||||
Poland | 2 | ||||||||||||
Greece | 1 | ||||||||||||
Poland | 2 | ||||||||||||
Romania | 0 | ||||||||||||
Romania | 2 | ||||||||||||
Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||||
Semifinals
Belarus vs. Ukraine
Belarus 2 |
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Ukraine 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Portugal vs. South Africa
Portugal 0 |
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 17 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors) |
South Africa 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Poland vs. Greece
Poland 2 |
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Greece 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Romania vs. Sweden
Romania 2 |
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Sweden 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finals
Belarus vs. South Africa
Belarus 2 |
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 18 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors) |
South Africa 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Belarus advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against Venezuela. They won 4–1, and thus proceeded to the 1999 World Group II.[6]
Poland vs. Romania
Poland 2 |
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 18 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) |
Romania 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Poland advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against Austria. They lost 0–5, and thus fell back to Group I in 1999.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Belarus v Ukraine". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Portugal v South Africa". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Poland v Greece". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Romania v Sweden". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Belarus v South Africa". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Belarus v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Poland v Romania". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Austria v Poland". fedcup.com.