1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
# 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1998 Fed Cup.

## Group I

* Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay)
* Date: 14–18 April

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nations progress to World Group II play-offs. The three nations winning the least rubbers were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 1999.

### Pools

| | Pool A | BLR | GRE | SLO | ISR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Belarus (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Greece (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Slovenia (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Israel (0–3) | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| | Pool B | POL | POR | GBR | MAD |
| 1 | Poland (3–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Portugal (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Great Britain (1–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Madagascar (0–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| | Pool C | RSA | ROU | LAT | BUL |
| 1 | South Africa (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Romania (2–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Latvia (1–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (0–3) | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| | Pool D | SWE | UKR | YUG | HUN |
| 1 | Sweden (3–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Ukraine (2–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | FR Yugoslavia (1–2) | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Hungary (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belarus | Belarus | 2 | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 1 | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 1 | Belarus | Belarus | 2 |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | 0 |
| Portugal | Portugal | 0 | South Africa | South Africa | 0 |
| South Africa | South Africa | 3 | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 2 | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 1 | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 1 | Poland | Poland | 2 |
| | | | Romania | Romania | 0 |
| Romania | Romania | 2 | Romania | Romania | 0 |
| Sweden | Sweden | 1 | | | |

* Belarus and Poland advanced to World Group II Play-offs.
* Israel, Madagascar and Hungary relegated to Group II in 1999.

## Group II

* Venue: Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey (outdoor clay)
* Date: 5–9 May

The twenty-two teams were divided into two pools of five and six. The top teams from each pool advanced to Group I for 1999.

### Pools

| | Pool A | DEN | LIT | TUN | ALG | CYP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Denmark (4–0) | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Lithuania (2–2) | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Tunisia (2–2) | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Algeria (2–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 3–0 |
| 5 | Cyprus (0–4) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
| | Pool B | FIN | MKD | EGY | LIE | BOT |
| 1 | Finland (4–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Macedonia (3–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Egypt (2–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Liechtenstein (1–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 5 | Botswana (0–4) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |
| | Pool C | LUX | TUR | NOR | ARM | MLT | ETH |
| 1 | Luxembourg (5–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Turkey (4–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Norway (3–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Armenia (2–3) | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Malta (1–4) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–0 |
| 6 | Ethiopia (0–5) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | |
| | Pool D | GEO | EST | IRL | BIH | MDA | ISL |
| 1 | Georgia (5–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Estonia (3–2) | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Ireland (3–2) | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–3) | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Moldova (2–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
| 6 | Iceland (0–5) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |

* Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg and Georgia advanced to Group I in 1999.
