From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1998 Davis Cup
1998 Davis Cup
Participating Teams
Australia Belgium Brazil Czech Republic
Germany India Italy Netherlands
Russia Slovakia South Africa Spain
Sweden Switzerland United States Zimbabwe
The 1998 Davis Cup was the 87th edition of the most im- 1
Czech 2
portant tournament between nations in men’s tennis. A
Republic Switzerland
total of 131 nations participated in the tournament. In
the final, Sweden defeated Italy at the Forum in Milan, 3 Milan, Italy (indoor
Italy, on 4-6 December, giving Sweden their 7th title. clay)
Switzerland 4
Genoa, Italy (clay)
World Group Sweden
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Main article: 1998 Davis Cup World Group India 1
Italy
Draw Italy 4
Prato, Italy (clay)
Italy 5
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Mildura, Australia
3-5 April 17-19 July 25-27 September (grass) 4-6 De- Zim- 0
cember 3 babwe
Zim-
babwe Milwaukee, WI, Unit-
Bratislava, Slovakia (in- ed States (indoor
Aus- 2
door clay) hard)
tralia
3 4
Swe- Hamburg, Germany Brussels, Belgium (clay)
den Italy
(hard)
2 1
Slo- Swe- 3 Bel- 3
vakia United
den gium
States
Bremen, Germany
Ger- 2 Indianapolis, IN,
(indoor carpet) 1
many United States (hard)
Ger- 5 Netherlands
Stockholm, Sweden (in-
Bel- 1
many Atlanta, GA, United
door carpet)
gium
South 0 States (hard)
4
2 United 4
Africa Sweden Russia
States
Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)
1
Spain 3 United 3
Spain
States
2 La Coruña, Spain
Brazil
(clay)
Spain 4
Zürich, Switzerland
(indoor carpet)
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Venue Home Team Score Visiting Team
Townsville, Australia (indoor hard) Australia 5-0 Uzbekistan
Florianópolis, Brazil (clay) Brazil 3-0 Romania
Prague, Czech Republic (clay) Czech Republic 5-0 South Africa
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) Israel 4
1-4 France
Nottingham, England (hard) Great Britain 3-2 India
Eindhoven, Netherlands (indoor carpet) Netherlands 5-0 Ecuador
Osaka, Japan (hard) Japan 3
2-3 Russia
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) Argentina 3
2-3 Slovakia
Final • India (AO) and South Africa (EA) relegated to Group I
in 1999.
Datch Forum di Assago, Mi-
lan, Italy
Italy 04 December - 06 December Sweden American Zone
1 1998 4 Main article: 1998 Davis Cup American Zone
clay (indoors)
1 2 3 4 5 Group I
1 Andrea Gau- 711 60 6 3 6 retired • Argentina — advanced to World Group
denzi 69 77 4 6 6 Qualifying Round
Magnus Nor- • Bahamas
man • Canada
2 Davide San- 1 4 0
• Chile
guinetti 6 6 6
Magnus • Colombia
Gustafsson • Ecuador — advanced to World Group Qualifying
3 Diego Nar- 6 1 3 Round
giso / Davide 7 6 6 • Mexico — relegated to Group II in 1999
Sanguinetti
Jonas Björk- Group II
man / Nicklas • Cuba
Kulti • Guatemala — relegated to Group III in 1999
4 Gianluca Pozzi 4 2 • Haiti
Magnus 6 6 • Jamaica — relegated to Group III in 1999
Gustafsson • Paraguay
5 Diego Nargiso 6 6
• Peru
Magnus Nor- 2 3
man • Uruguay
• Venezuela — promoted to Group I in 1999
Group III
World Group Qualifying Round
• Antigua and Barbuda
Main article: 1998 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying • Bermuda — relegated to Group IV in 1999
Round
• Bolivia
Date: 25-27 September
• France and Great Britain promoted to World Group • Costa Rica — promoted to Group II in 1999
in 1999. • Dominican Republic — promoted to Group II in
• Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, Netherlands, 1999
Russia, and Slovakia remain in World Group in 1999. • El Salvador
• Argentina (AMN), Ecuador (AMN), Israel (AO), Japan • Panama
(AO), Romania (EA), and Uzbekistan (AO) remain in • Puerto Rico — relegated to Group IV in 1999
Group I in 1999.
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Group IV • Jordan
• Oman
• Barbados • United Arab Emirates
• Eastern Caribbean
• Honduras — promoted to Group III in 1999
• Netherlands Antilles — promoted to Group III in
Euro/African Zone
1999 Main article: 1998 Davis Cup Euro/African Zone
• Saint Lucia
• Trinidad and Tobago Group I
• U.S. Virgin Islands • Austria
• Croatia
Asia/Oceania Zone • Denmark — relegated to Group II in 1999
Main article: 1998 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone • Finland
• France — advanced to World Group Qualifying
Group I Round
• Great Britain — advanced to World Group
• China Qualifying Round
• Indonesia — relegated to Group II in 1999
• Israel — advanced to World Group Qualifying
• Japan — advanced to World Group Qualifying Round
Round
• Norway — relegated to Group II in 1999
• Lebanon
• Romania — advanced to World Group Qualifying
• New Zealand
Round
• South Korea
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan — advanced to World Group
Qualifying Round
Group II
Group II • Belarus — promoted to Group I in 1999
• Bulgaria
• Chinese Taipei
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Hong Kong — relegated to Group III in 1999
• Egypt — relegated to Group III in 1999
• Iran
• Georgia — relegated to Group III in 1999
• Pacific Oceania — relegated to Group III in 1999
• Hungary
• Pakistan — promoted to Group I in 1999 • Ireland
• Philippines • Latvia
• Qatar
• Luxembourg — relegated to Group III in 1999
• Thailand
• Monaco — relegated to Group III in 1999
Group III • Morocco
• Kazakhstan — promoted to Group II in 1999 • Poland
• Kuwait — relegated to Group IV in 1999 • Portugal — promoted to Group I in 1999
• Malaysia • Senegal
• Saudi Arabia • Slovenia
• Singapore — relegated to Group IV in 1999 • Yugoslavia
• Sri Lanka — promoted to Group II in 1999
• Syria
Group III
• Tajikistan Venue A
Participating Teams
Group IV
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bahrain — promoted to Group III in 1999 • Cyprus — relegated to Group IV in 1999
• Bangladesh — promoted to Group III in 1999 • Estonia
• Brunei
• Ghana
• Iraq
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• Greece — promoted to Group II in 1999 Group IV
• Kenya • Algeria — promoted to Group III in 1999
• Madagascar — relegated to Group IV in 1999 • Armenia — promoted to Group III in 1999
• Togo — promoted to Group II in 1999 • Azerbaijan
• Benin — promoted to Group III in 1999
Venue B
• Botswana
Participating Teams
• Cameroon
• Lithuania
• Macedonia — promoted to Group II in 1999 • Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Malta — relegated to Group IV in 1999
• Moldova • Iceland
• Nigeria • Liechtenstein
• Sudan
• San Marino — relegated to Group IV in 1999
• Uganda
• Tunisia
• Zambia — promoted to Group III in 1999
• Turkey — promoted to Group II in 1999
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