1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool B
# 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool B

Group B of the 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of five pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1998 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 1999.

| | FIN | MKD | EGY | LIE | BOT | Match W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Finland | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 22–3 | 149–43 | 1 |
| Macedonia | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 18–7 | 138–88 | 2 |
| Egypt | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 11–11 | 90–104 | 3 |
| Liechtenstein | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 8–18 | 88–132 | 4 |
| Botswana | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 0–4 | 2–22 | 43–141 | 5 |

## Finland vs. Botswana

| Finland 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Botswana 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Kirsi Lampinen Kelesitse Makgale 6 2 6 0     2 Hanna-Katri Aalto Mmaphala Letsatle 6 0 6 0     3 Nanne Dahlman / Linda Jansson Mmaphala Letsatle / Kelesitse Makgale 6 0 6 0 ||||

## Egypt vs. Liechtenstein

| Egypt 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Liechtenstein 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Marwa El Wany Angelika Schädler 6 5 6 5     2 Dalia El Sheikh Jeannine Niedhardt 6 2 6 3     3 Marwa El Wany / Dalia El Sheikh Angelika Schädler / Sidonia Wolfinger 6 4 5 7 1 6 ||||

## Finland vs. Egypt

| Finland 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Egypt 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Kirsi Lampinen May Emara 6 2 6 2     2 Hanna-Katri Aalto Dalia El Sheikh 6 0 6 1     3 Nanne Dahlman / Linda Jansson Dalia El Sheikh / May Emara 6 0 6 0 ||||

## Finland vs. Liechtenstein

| Finland 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Liechtenstein 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Kirsi Lampinen Sidonia Wolfinger 6 0 6 1     2 Hanna-Katri Aalto Fabienne Gmeiner 6 0 6 1     3 Nanne Dahlman / Linda Jansson Angelika Schädler / Sidonia Wolfinger 6 2 6 1 ||||

## Macedonia vs. Liechtenstein

| Macedonia 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Liechtenstein 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Biljana Trpeska Fabienne Gmeiner 6 2 6 3     2 Marina Lazarovska Angelika Schädler 6 0 6 1     3 Marina Lazarovska / Biljana Trpeska Jeannine Niedhardt / Sidonia Wolfinger 6 4 6 0 ||||

## Macedonia vs. Botswana

| Macedonia 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Botswana 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Ana Buraku Kelesitse Makgale 4 6 6 1 6 3   2 Marina Lazarovska Mmaphala Letsatle 6 1 6 1     3 Marina Lazarovska / Elena Manevska Mmaphala Letsatle / Razalia Phethu 6 0 6 2 ||||

## Macedonia vs. Egypt

| Macedonia 2 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Egypt 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Biljana Trpeska Dalia El Sheikh 6 1 7 5     2 Marina Lazarovska Marwa El Wany 5 0      retired 3 Ana Buraku / Elena Manevska Dalia El Sheikh / May Emara 1 6 6 3 6 8 ||||

## Liechtenstein vs. Botswana

| Liechtenstein 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Botswana 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Fabienne Gmeiner Kelesitse Makgale 6 0 6 0     2 Angelika Schädler Mmaphala Letsatle 6 3 6 3     3 Fabienne Gmeiner / Jeannine Niedhardt Mmaphala Letsatle / Kelesitse Makgale 7 5 3 6 7 5 ||||

## Finland vs. Macedonia

| Finland 2 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Macedonia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Kirsi Lampinen Biljana Trpeska 6 3 6 2     2 Hanna-Katri Aalto Marina Lazarovska 3 6 $6^1$ $7^7$     3 Nanne Dahlman / Linda Jansson Marina Lazarovska / Biljana Trpeska 1 6 7 5 6 2 ||||

## Egypt vs. Botswana

| Egypt 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Botswana 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 May Emara Kelesitse Makgale 6 0 6 0     2 Dalia El Sheikh Mmaphala Letsatle 6 2 6 3     3 Dalia El Sheikh / May Emara Mmaphala Letsatle / Kelesitse Makgale       not played ||||

* Finland placed first in this group and thus advanced to Group I for 1999, where they placed last in their pool of four and was thus relegated back to Group II for 2000.
