1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Main article: 1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1999.

Participating nations

• Belarus
• Bulgaria
• Egypt
• Georgia
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Ivory Coast
• Latvia
• Luxembourg
• Morocco
• Monaco
• Poland
• Portugal
• Senegal
• Slovenia
• Yugoslavia

Draw

Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Meknes, Morocco (indoor clay)

Morocco

3

Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)

Agadir, Morocco (clay)

Bulgaria

2

Bulgaria

5

Morocco

2

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

Luxembourg

0

Belarus

3

Belarus

5

Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)

Luxembourg

0

Belarus

4

Dakar, Senegal (hard)

Ivory Coast

1

Poland

2

Bydgoszcz, Poland (clay)

Dakar, Senegal (hard)

Senegal

3

Poland

4

Senegal

2

Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)

Egypt

1

Ivory Coast

3

Ivory Coast

3

Egypt

2

Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)

Yugoslavia

3

Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)

Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)

Latvia

2

Latvia

5

Yugoslavia

2

Braga, Portugal (clay)

Georgia

0

Portugal

3

Georgia

0

Albufeira, Portugal (hard)

Portugal

5

Portugal

4

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)

Hungary

1

Slovenia

5

Dublin, Ireland (carpet)

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

Monaco

0

Monaco

0

Slovenia

2

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

Ireland

5

Hungary

3

Ireland

1

Hungary

4

• Luxembourg, Egypt, Georgia, and Monaco relegated to Group III in 1999.
• Belarus and Portugal promoted to Group I in 1999.

First round

Morocco vs. Bulgaria

Morocco 3	Tennis Club de Meknès, Meknes, Morocco 1–3 May 1998 Clay (indoors)		Bulgaria 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Karim Alami Milen Velev 77 63 4 6 77 62 6 2     2 Mehdi Tahiri Orlin Stanoytchev 2 6 6 2 3 6 6 3 2 6   3 Karim Alami / Mounir El Aarej Orlin Stanoytchev / Milen Velev 6 4 7 5 6 2       4 Karim Alami Orlin Stanoytchev 3 6 6 3 65 77 6 3 6 1   5 Mehdi Tahiri Milen Velev 2 6 3 6

Belarus vs. Luxembourg

Belarus 5	National Olympic Centre, Minsk, Belarus 1–3 May 1998 Carpet (indoors)		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Max Mirnyi Adrian Graimprey 7 5 6 4 6 4       2 Alexander Shvets Sacha Thoma 6 1 6 2 6 4       3 Max Mirnyi / Alexander Shvets Adrian Graimprey / Sacha Thoma 6 3 6 2 6 3       4 Evgeni Mikheev Roland Theisen 6 3 6 2         5 Max Mirnyi Sacha Thoma 7 5 6 3

Senegal vs. Poland

Senegal 3	Sporting Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal 1–3 May 1998 Hard		Poland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thierno Ly Jurek Stasiak 3 6 4 6 2 6       2 Yahiya Doumbia Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 1 3 6 4 6 710 68 6 3   3 Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Jurek Stasiak 6 4 60 77 64 77 6 4 6 4   4 Yahiya Doumbia Jurek Stasiak 6 2 6 4 3 6 2 6 6 2   5 Daouda Ndiaye Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 2 6 2 6

Ivory Coast vs. Egypt

Ivory Coast 3	Centre International de Tennis Arthur Ashe, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 1–3 May 1998 Hard		Egypt 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Claude N'Goran Amr Ghoneim 6 2 6 1 7 5       2 Valentin Sanon Gehad El Deeb 3 6 6 3 2 6 0 5   retired   3 Claude N'Goran / Nouhoun Sangaré Amr Ghoneim / Karim Maamoun 62 77 64 77 3 6       4 Claude N'Goran Gehad El Deeb 6 1 6 4 6 1       5 Nouhoun Sangaré Amr Ghoneim 64 77 6 3 6 4 4 6 8 6

Latvia vs. Yugoslavia

Latvia 2	National Tennis Center Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia 1–3 May 1998 Carpet (indoors)		Yugoslavia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andris Fiļimonovs Dušan Vemić 67 79 77 65 6 4 6 4     2 Ģirts Dzelde Nenad Zimonjić 0 6 6 4 4 6 5 7     3 Ģirts Dzelde / Nils Ivanovs Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić 4 6 3 6 1 6       4 Ģirts Dzelde Dušan Vemić 6 4 6 3 68 710 1 6 6 2   5 Andris Fiļimonovs Nenad Zimonjić 3 6 4 6 2 6

Portugal vs. Georgia

Portugal 5	Braga Tennis Club, Braga, Portugal 1–3 May 1998 Clay		Georgia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nuno Marques Irakli Kunchulia 6 0 6 3 6 2       2 João Cunha e Silva Vladimir Margalitadze 6 2 6 3 6 3       3 Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota Vladimir Margalitadze / Givi Samkharadze 77 63 6 1 6 3       4 Nuno Marques Vladimir Margalitadze 7 5 6 3         5 João Cunha e Silva Givi Samkharadze 6 0 6 3

Monaco vs. Slovenia

Monaco 0	Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France 1–3 May 1998 Clay		Slovenia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Christophe Bosio Iztok Božič 3 6 2 6 2 6       2 Sébastien Graeff Borut Urh 1 6 2 6 3 6       3 Christophe Bosio / Sébastien Graeff Andrej Kraševec / Borut Urh 4 6 6 4 1 6 3 6     4 Sébastien Graeff Marko Tkalec 4 6 2 6         5 Christophe Bosio Andrej Kraševec 6 3 4 6 2 6

Hungary vs. Ireland

Hungary 4	Római Tennis Academy, Budapest, Hungary 1–3 May 1998 Clay		Ireland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Norbert Mazány Scott Barron 6 4 0 6 2 6 6 3 9 7   2 Attila Sávolt John Doran 6 1 6 3 6 3       3 Kornél Bardóczky / Attila Sávolt Owen Casey / Tom Hamilton 6 3 6 4 1 6 6 1     4 Attila Sávolt Scott Barron 6 4 6 2         5 Norbert Mazány John Doran 3 6 6 3 3 6

Second round

Morocco vs. Belarus

Morocco 2	Sporting Club, Agadir, Morocco 17–19 July 1998 Clay		Belarus 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hicham Arazi Alexander Shvets 6 3 4 6 7 5 6 4     2 Mounir El Aarej Vladimir Voltchkov 6 2 3 6 2 6 4 6     3 Hicham Arazi / Mounir El Aarej Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 77 63 77 65 63 77 3 6 4 6   4 Hicham Arazi Vladimir Voltchkov 2 6 64 77 6 3 6 4 6 4   5 Mounir El Aarej Alexander Shvets 7 5 2 6 6 3 4 6 5 7

Senegal vs. Ivory Coast

Senegal 2	Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 17–19 July 1998 Hard		Ivory Coast 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jean-Noël Said Valentin Sanon 1 6 1 6 0 6       2 Yahiya Doumbia Claude N'Goran 6 4 6 4 62 77 4 6 6 4   3 Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly Ilou Lonfo / Claude N'Goran 4 6 711 69 3 6 64 77     4 Yahiya Doumbia Valentin Sanon 6 2 6 4 6 3       5 Thierno Ly Claude N'Goran 1 6 4 6 1 6

Yugoslavia vs. Portugal

Yugoslavia 2	Dril Tennis Club, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 17–19 July 1998 Clay		Portugal 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dušan Vemić João Cunha e Silva 77 63 6 3 1 6 6 3     2 Nenad Zimonjić Nuno Marques 6 3 0 6 6 2 3 6 18 20   3 Nebojša Đorđević / Dušan Vemić Emanuel Couto / João Cunha e Silva 77 65 6 4 62 77 2 6 3 6   4 Dušan Vemić Nuno Marques 3 6 79 67 6 3 6 3     5 Nenad Zimonjić João Cunha e Silva 6 0 77 62 3 6 5 7 1 6

Hungary vs. Slovenia

Hungary 3	Római Tennis Academy, Budapest, Hungary 17–19 July 1998 Clay		Slovenia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Attila Sávolt Borut Urh 6 2 6 4 6 3       2 Kornél Bardóczky Iztok Božič 6 0 6 3 1 6 6 4     3 Gábor Köves / Attila Sávolt Iztok Božič / Andrej Kračman 6 4 7 5 6 2       4 Attila Sávolt Marko Tkalec 5 7 4 6         5 Kornél Bardóczky Andrej Kračman 6 4 5 7 3 6

Relegation play-offs

Bulgaria vs. Luxembourg

Bulgaria 5	Academic Tennis Club, Sofia, Bulgaria 17–19 July 1998 Clay		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Milen Velev Pascal Schaul 6 3 6 1 7 5       2 Orlin Stanoytchev Mike Scheidweiler 6 2 6 2 6 1       3 Orlin Stanoytchev / Milen Velev Adrian Graimprey / Pascal Schaul 6 3 6 2 6 4       4 Ivaylo Traykov Pascal Schaul 6 3 6 1         5 Ivo Bratanov Mike Scheidweiler 5 7 6 2 6 2

Poland vs. Egypt

Poland 4	Polonia Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland 17–19 July 1998 Clay		Egypt 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Tamer El-Sawy 6 2 6 3 6 3       2 Michał Chmela Amr Ghoneim 6 1 6 1 6 4       3 Michał Chmela / Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Tamer El-Sawy / Hisham Hemeda 6 0 77 62 6 3       4 Jurek Stasiak Karim Maamoun 5 7 6 2 6 3       5 Piotr Szczepanik Amr Ghoneim 4 6 4 6

Latvia vs. Georgia

Latvia 5	National Tennis Center Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia 17–19 July 1998 Clay		Georgia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ģirts Dzelde Givi Samkharadze 6 3 4 6 6 3 6 0     2 Andris Fiļimonovs Irakli Kunchulia 6 2 6 3 3 6 6 3     3 Ģirts Dzelde / Andris Fiļimonovs David Katcharava / Givi Samkharadze 6 1 6 3 6 3       4 Andris Fiļimonovs Givi Samkharadze 6 3 6 2         5 Ģirts Dzelde Irakli Kunchulia 6 3 6 1

Ireland vs. Monaco

Ireland 5	Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland 17–19 July 1998 Carpet		Monaco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Doran Christophe Bosio 6 3 6 3 6 1       2 Owen Casey Sébastien Graeff 6 2 6 3 6 1       3 Owen Casey / Tom Hamilton Christophe Boggetti / Sébastien Graeff 77 62 6 4 6 1       4 George McGill Christophe Bosio 6 3 3 6 7 5       5 John Doran Sébastien Graeff 77 61 66 78 77 65

Third round

Ivory Coast vs. Belarus

Ivory Coast 1	Centre International de Tennis Arthur Ashe, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 25–27 September 1998 Hard		Belarus 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Valentin Sanon Max Mirnyi 1 6 64 77 66 78       2 Claude N'Goran Vladimir Voltchkov 5 7 66 78 66 78       3 Ilou Lonfo / Claude N'Goran Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 3 6 77 63 3 6 6 4 5 7   4 Valentin Sanon Alexander Shvets 5 7 4 6         5 Claude N'Goran Evgeni Mikheev 6 4 6 1

Portugal vs. Hungary

Portugal 4	Miguel Academy, Albufeira, Portugal 25–27 September 1998 Hard		Hungary 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nuno Marques Gergely Kisgyörgy 5 7 77 64 6 0 6 3     2 João Cunha e Silva Attila Sávolt 6 1 6 4 6 3       3 Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques Gábor Köves / Attila Sávolt 0 6 77 64 6 3 2 6 9 7   4 Nuno Marques Balázs Veress 6 3 6 3         5 André Lopes Gergely Kisgyörgy 3 6 6 3 2 6

External links

• Davis Cup official website