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

Group B of the 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1998 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

| | POL | POR | GBR | MAD | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poland | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 14–6 | 109–58 | 1 |
| Portugal | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 11–10 | 95–91 | 2 |
| Great Britain | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 12–9 | 102–94 | 3 |
| Madagascar | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 4–16 | 48–111 | 4 |

## Poland vs. Madagascar

| Poland 3 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 14 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 14 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Madagascar 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Aleksandra Olsza Natacha Randriantefy 6 2 4 6 6 1   2 Magdalena Grzybowska Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika 6 0 6 1     3 Aleksandra Olsza / Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika / Mirina Rajaoarisoa 6 0 6 0 ||||

## Portugal vs. Great Britain

| Portugal 2 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 14 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 14 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Great Britain 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Ana Catarina Nogueira Louise Latimer $6^5$ $7^7$ $6^6$ $7^8$     2 Sofia Prazeres Karen Cross 2 6 6 2 6 4   3 Ana Catarina Nogueira / Sofia Prazeres Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe 2 6 6 2 6 4 ||||

## Poland vs. Great Britain

| Poland 2 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 15 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 15 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Great Britain 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Aleksandra Olsza Louise Latimer $7^7$ $6^5$ 6 0     2 Magdalena Grzybowska Karen Cross 6 1 6 2     3 Aleksandra Olsza / Sylwia Rynarzewska Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe $6^7$ $7^9$ 3 6 ||||

## Portugal vs. Madagascar

| Portugal 2 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 15 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 15 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Madagascar 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Ana Catarina Nogueira Natacha Randriantefy 4 6 3 6     2 Sofia Prazeres Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika 6 2 6 0     3 Ana Catarina Nogueira / Sofia Prazeres Mirina Rajaoarisoa / Natacha Randriantefy 6 2 6 0 ||||

## Poland vs. Portugal

| Poland 2 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 16 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 16 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Portugal 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Aleksandra Olsza Cristina Correia 6 2 3 6 6 2   2 Magdalena Grzybowska Sofia Prazeres 2 6 $6^2$ $7^7$     3 Magdalena Grzybowska / Aleksandra Olsza Cristina Correia / Ana Catarina Nogueira 6 1 6 2 ||||

## Great Britain vs. Madagascar

| Great Britain 3 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 16 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 16 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Madagascar 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Louise Latimer Natacha Randriantefy 6 4 4 6 6 3   2 Karen Cross Faratiana Rasoarilalao 6 1 6 3     3 Louise Latimer / Julie Pullin Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika / Natacha Randriantefy 6 3 6 2 ||||

* Madagascar failed to win any ties in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1999, where they placed third in their pool of five.
