1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B

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. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1999, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 1999.

Participating nations

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Draw

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Group A

    NGR   TUR   MLT   SMR RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Nigeria 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 8–1 (89%) 17–6 (74%) 1
  Turkey 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 5–4 (56%) 12–9 (57%) 2
  Malta 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–5 (44%) 7–11 (39%) 3
  San Marino 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–8 (11%) 5–15 (25%) 4

Group B

    LTU   MKD   MDA   TUN RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Lithuania 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 6–3 (67%) 13–7 (65%) 1
  Macedonia 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–4 (56%) 11–8 (58%) 2
  Moldova 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 5–4 (56%) 10–9 (53%) 3
  Tunisia 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–7 (22%) 4–14 (22%) 4
1st to 4th place play-offs
3rd-4th play-offSemifinalsFinal
A1  Nigeria1
B2  Macedonia2
A1  Nigeria1B2  Macedonia0
B1  Lithuania2A2  Turkey3
A2  Turkey2
B1  Lithuania1
5th to 8th place play-offs
7th-8th play-off5th-8th play-offs5th-6th play-off
A3  Malta1
B4  Tunisia2
A3  Malta1B4  Tunisia2
A4  San Marino2B3  Moldova1
A4  San Marino1
B3  Moldova2

Final standings

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Rank Team
1   Turkey
2   Macedonia
3   Lithuania
4   Nigeria
5   Tunisia
6   Moldova
7   San Marino
8   Malta

Round robin

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Group A

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Malta vs. Nigeria

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Malta
1
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[1]
20 May 1998
 
Nigeria
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Mark Schembri
Jonathan Igbinovia
2
6
65
77
   
2  
 
Christopher Gatt
Sule Ladipo
5
7
3
6
   
3  
 
Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri
Ganiyu Adenekan / Yakubu Suleiman
6
3
5
7
6
4
 

San Marino vs. Turkey

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San Marino
0
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[2]
20 May 1998
 
Turkey
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Christian Rosti
Erhan Oral
64
77
3
6
   
2  
 
Domenico Vicini
Efe Üstündağ
3
6
6
4
3
6
 
3  
 
William Forcellini / Domenico Vicini
Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral
1
6
1
6
   

Malta vs. Turkey

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Malta
1
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[3]
21 May 1998
 
Turkey
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Mark Schembri
Erhan Oral
5
7
66
78
   
2  
 
Christopher Gatt
Efe Üstündağ
78
66
7
5
   
3  
 
Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri
Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral
4
6
2
6
   

Nigeria vs. San Marino

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Nigeria
3
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[4]
21 May 1998
 
San Marino
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Jonathan Igbinovia
Christian Rosti
77
64
1
6
6
3
 
2  
 
Sule Ladipo
Domenico Vicini
5
7
77
64
6
1
 
3  
 
Ganiyu Adenekan / Yakubu Suleiman
Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini
6
2
6
3
   

Malta vs. San Marino

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Malta
2
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[5]
22 May 1998
 
San Marino
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Gordon Asciak
Christian Rosti
6
2
1
0
   
retired
2  
 
Christopher Gatt
Domenico Vicini
3
6
5
7
   
3  
 
Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri
William Forcellini / Domenico Vicini
6
3
6
3
   

Nigeria vs. Turkey

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Nigeria
3
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[6]
22 May 1998
 
Turkey
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Jonathan Igbinovia
Mustafa Azkara
6
5
62
77
9
7
 
2  
 
Sule Ladipo
Erhan Oral
3
6
7
5
6
3
 
3  
 
Ganiyu Adenekan / Yakubu Suleiman
Haluk Akkoyun / Efe Üstündağ
6
2
6
3
   

Group B

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Macedonia vs. Tunisia

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Macedonia
2
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[7]
20 May 1998
 
Tunisia
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Zoran Ševčenko
Sami Baccar
6
4
6
1
   
2  
 
Ognen Nikolovski
Walid Jallali
3
6
4
6
   
3  
 
Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko
Sami Baccar / Walid Jallali
6
2
6
3
   

Lithuania vs. Moldova

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Lithuania
1
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[8]
20 May 1998
 
Moldova
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Aistis Šlajus
Iurie Gorban
0
6
3
6
   
2  
 
Rolandas Muraška
Evgueni Plougarev
6
2
6
4
   
3  
 
Rolandas Muraška / Tomas Petrauskas
Iurie Gorban / Evgueni Plougarev
6
4
3
6
7
9
 

Macedonia vs. Moldova

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Macedonia
2
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[9]
21 May 1998
 
Moldova
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Zoran Ševčenko
Iurie Gorban
6
4
6
4
   
2  
 
Dragan Jovanovski
Evgueni Plougarev
4
6
65
77
   
3  
 
Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko
Iurie Gorban / Evgueni Plougarev
6
2
6
1
   

Lithuania vs. Tunisia

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Lithuania
3
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[10]
21 May 1998
 
Tunisia
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Aistis Šlajus
Sami Baccar
6
4
6
3
   
2  
 
Rolandas Muraška
Walid Jallali
6
3
6
0
   
3  
 
Rolandas Muraška / Aistis Šlajus
Aref Jallali / Issam Jellali
6
2
6
1
   

Macedonia vs. Lithuania

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Macedonia
1
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[11]
22 May 1998
 
Lithuania
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Zoran Ševčenko
Aistis Šlajus
6
2
6
4
   
2  
 
Lazar Magdinčev
Rolandas Muraška
64
77
3
6
   
3  
 
Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko
Rolandas Muraška / Aistis Šlajus
6
3
5
7
6
8
 

Moldova vs. Tunisia

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Moldova
2
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[12]
22 May 1998
 
Tunisia
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Iurie Gorban
Issam Jellali
6
1
6
0
   
2  
 
Evgueni Plougarev
Walid Jallali
5
7
4
6
   
3  
 
Victor Ribas / Oleg Sinic
Walid Jallali / Issam Jellali
7
5
6
3
   

1st to 4th place play-offs

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Semifinals

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Nigeria vs. Macedonia

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Nigeria
1
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[13]
23 May 1998
 
Macedonia
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Jonathan Igbinovia
Zoran Ševčenko
1
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Sule Ladipo
Lazar Magdinčev
6
2
6
4
   
3  
 
Sule Ladipo / Yakubu Suleiman
Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko
77
64
61
77
4
6
 

Lithuania vs. Turkey

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Lithuania
1
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[14]
23 May 1998
 
Turkey
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Aistis Šlajus
Erhan Oral
0
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Rolandas Muraška
Efe Üstündağ
6
3
6
1
   
3  
 
Rolandas Muraška / Aistis Šlajus
Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral
3
6
4
6
   

Final

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Macedonia vs. Turkey

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Macedonia
0
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[15]
24 May 1998
 
Turkey
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Dragan Jovanovski
Erhan Oral
0
6
1
6
   
2  
 
Ognen Nikolovski
Efe Üstündağ
1
6
2
6
   
3  
 
Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko
Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral
64
77
64
77
   

3rd to 4th play-off

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Nigeria vs. Lithuania

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Nigeria
1
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[16]
24 May 1998
 
Lithuania
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Yakubu Suleiman
Tomas Petrauskas
1
3
    retired
 
2  
 
Jonathan Igbinovia
Aistis Šlajus
65
77
6
4
6
1
 
3  
 
Ganiyu Adenekan / Jonathan Igbinovia
Rolandas Muraška / Tomas Petrauskas
64
77
4
6
   

5th to 8th place play-offs

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5th to 8th play-offs

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Tunisia vs. Malta

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Tunisia
2
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[17]
23 May 1998
 
Malta
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Issam Jellali
Gordon Asciak
2
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Walid Jallali
Christopher Gatt
77
63
6
4
   
3  
 
Walid Jallali / Issam Jellali
Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri
6
4
77
64
   

Moldova vs. San Marino

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Moldova
2
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[18]
23 May 1998
 
San Marino
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Iurie Gorban
William Forcellini
6
2
6
0
   
2  
 
Evgueni Plougarev
Domenico Vicini
3
6
77
65
5
7
 
3  
 
Victor Ribas / Oleg Sinic
Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini
6
3
6
4
   

5th to 6th play-off

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Tunisia vs. Moldova

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Tunisia
2
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[19]
24 May 1998
 
Moldova
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Issam Jellali
Iurie Gorban
2
6
5
7
   
2  
 
Walid Jallali
Evgueni Plougarev
6
3
1
6
6
2
 
3  
 
Walid Jallali / Issam Jellali
Victor Ribas / Oleg Sinic
6
4
79
67
   

7th to 8th play-off

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Malta vs. San Marino

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Malta
1
Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia[20]
24 May 1998
 
San Marino
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Mark Schembri
William Forcellini
6
3
6
1
   
2  
 
Marco Cappello
Domenico Vicini
3
6
5
7
   
3  
 
Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri
Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini
65
77
2
6
   

References

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  1. ^ "Malta v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "San Marino v Turkey". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Malta v Turkey". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Nigeria v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Malta v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Nigeria v Turkey". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Macedonia v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Lithuania v Moldova". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Macedonia v Moldova". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Lithuania v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Macedonia v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Moldova v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Nigeria v Macedonia". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Lithuania v Turkey". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Macedonia v Turkey". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Nigeria v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Tunisia v Malta". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Moldova v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Tunisia v Moldova". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Malta v San Marino". daviscup.com.
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