1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone A

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 IV advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1999. All other teams remained in Group IV.

Participating nations

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Draw

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  • Venue: Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda
  • Date: 28 January–1 February

Group A

    ARM   BEN   UGA   DJI RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Armenia 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 6–2 (75%) 12–5 (71%) 1
  Benin 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 6–2 (75%) 13–5 (72%) 2
  Uganda 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 4–4 (50%) 9–8 (53%) 3
  Djibouti 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–8 (0%) 0–16 (0%) 4

Group B

    CMR   BOT   AZE   SUD RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Cameroon 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 7–1 (88%) 15–4 (79%) 1
  Botswana 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 6–2 (75%) 12–6 (67%) 2
  Azerbaijan 0–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–6 (25%) 5–13 (28%) 3
  Sudan 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–7 (13%) 5–14 (26%) 4
1st to 4th place play-offs
3rd-4th play-offSemifinalsFinal
A1  Armenia2
B2  Botswana1
B2  Botswana3A1  Armeniaw/o
B1  Cameroon0A2  Benin
A2  Benin2
B1  Cameroon1
5th to 8th place play-offs
7th-8th play-off5th-8th play-offs5th-6th play-off
A3  Uganda3
B4  Sudan0
B4  Sudan3A3  Uganda2
A4  Djibouti0B3  Azerbaijan1
A4  Djibouti0
B3  Azerbaijan3

Final standings

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Rank Team
1   Armenia
2   Benin
3   Botswana
4   Cameroon
5   Uganda
6   Azerbaijan
7   Sudan
8   Djibouti

Round robin

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Group A

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Uganda vs. Armenia

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Uganda
1
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[1]
28 January 1998
 
Armenia
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Charles Yokwe
Tsolak Gevorgyan
0
6
0
6
   
2  
 
John Oduke
Sargis Sargsian
2
6
4
6
   
3  
 
John Oduke / Renato Sebbi
Davit Babayan / Hayk Hakobyan
6
1
6
3
   

Benin vs. Djibouti

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Benin
3
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[2]
28 January 1998
 
Djibouti
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Sourou Gandonou
Abdou-Rahman Aden
6
1
6
0
   
2  
 
Christophe Pognon
Omar-Awad Mohammed
6
0
6
0
   
3  
 
Jean-Marie da Silva / Alphonse Gandonou
Abdullah Aden / Kadar Mogueh
6
0
6
1
   

Uganda vs. Benin

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Uganda
0
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[3]
29 January 1998
 
Benin
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Renato Sebbi
Sourou Gandonou
1
6
2
6
   
2  
 
John Oduke
Christophe Pognon
6
4
2
6
3
6
 
3  
 
 
 
      not
played

Armenia vs. Djibouti

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Armenia
2
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[4]
29 January 1998
 
Djibouti
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Tsolak Gevorgyan
Abdullah Aden
6
0
6
0
   
2  
 
Sargis Sargsian
Abdou-Rahman Aden
6
0
6
0
   
3  
 
 
 
      not
played

Uganda vs. Djibouti

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Uganda
3
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[5]
30 January 1998
 
Djibouti
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Robert Buyinza
Kadar Mogueh
6
0
6
2
   
2  
 
John Oduke
Abdullah Aden
6
0
6
0
   
3  
 
Renato Sebbi / Charles Yokwe
Abdou-Rahman Aden / Omar-Awad Mohammed
6
0
6
4
   

Armenia vs. Benin

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Armenia
2
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[6]
30 January 1998
 
Benin
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Tsolak Gevorgyan
Sourou Gandonou
5
7
77
64
6
2
 
2  
 
Sargis Sargsian
Christophe Pognon
6
0
6
2
   
3  
 
Davit Babayan / Hayk Hakobyan
Jean-Marie da Silva / Alphonse Gandonou
3
6
4
6
   

Group B

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Azerbaijan vs. Botswana

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Azerbaijan
0
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[7]
28 January 1998
 
Botswana
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Dmitri Zarubin
Michael Judd
2
6
3
6
   
2  
 
Igor Borisov
Petrus Molefe
2
6
4
6
   
3  
 
Raouf Eybazov / Eldar Kafarov
Michael Judd / Thato Kgosimore
3
6
2
6
   

Cameroon vs. Sudan

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Cameroon
3
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[8]
28 January 1998
 
Sudan
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Michel Ekwe
Mandour Abdalla
79
67
66
78
12
10
 
2  
 
Abel-Lobe Tabi
Gaafar Noureldin El-Sadig
7
5
6
3
   
3  
 
Maurice Fomete / Simplice Meng
Mogeeb Abdalla / Asim Omar El-Agraa
6
4
6
2
   

Azerbaijan vs. Cameroon

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Azerbaijan
0
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[9]
29 January 1998
 
Cameroon
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Dmitri Zarubin
Michel Ekwe
5
7
4
6
   
2  
 
Igor Borisov
Abel-Lobe Tabi
4
6
6
3
3
6
 
3  
 
 
 
      not
played

Botswana vs. Sudan

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Botswana
2
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[10]
29 January 1998
 
Sudan
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Thato Kgosimore
Mandour Abdalla
4
6
77
65
6
2
 
2  
 
Petrus Molefe
Gaafar Noureldin El-Sadig
6
0
6
2
   
3  
 
 
 
      not
played

Azerbaijan vs. Sudan

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Azerbaijan
2
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[11]
30 January 1998
 
Sudan
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Raouf Eybazov
Asim Omar El-Agraa
6
2
5
7
6
4
 
2  
 
Dmitri Zarubin
Mandour Abdalla
3
6
62
77
   
3  
 
Igor Borisov / Raouf Eybazov
Mandour Abdalla / Mogeeb Abdalla
78
66
6
2
   

Botswana vs. Cameroon

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Botswana
1
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[12]
30 January 1998
 
Cameroon
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Michael Judd
Michel Ekwe
5
7
4
6
   
2  
 
Petrus Molefe
Abel-Lobe Tabi
77
63
3
6
6
2
 
3  
 
Michael Judd / Thato Kgosimore
Michel Ekwe / Maurice Fomete
4
6
4
6
   

1st to 4th place play-offs

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Semifinals

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Armenia vs. Botswana

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Armenia
2
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[13]
31 January 1998
 
Botswana
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Tsolak Gevorgyan
Michael Judd
6
2
6
2
   
2  
 
Sargis Sargsian
Petrus Molefe
6
2
6
3
   
3  
 
Davit Babayan / Hayk Hakobyan
Michael Judd / Thato Kgosimore
6
4
5
7
6
8
 

Cameroon vs. Benin

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Cameroon
1
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[14]
31 January 1998
 
Benin
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Simplice Meng
Sourou Gandonou
3
6
0
1
  retired
 
2  
 
Michel Ekwe
Christophe Pognon
67
79
2
6
   
3  
 
Maurice Fomete / Abel-Lobe Tabi
Alphonse Gandonou / Sourou Gandonou
1
6
6
2
6
2
 

Final

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Armenia vs. Benin

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Armenia
w/o
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[15]
1 February 1998
 
Benin
1 2 3
1  
 
 
 
      not
played
2  
 
 
 
      not
played
3  
 
 
 
      not
played

3rd to 4th play-off

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Botswana vs. Cameroon

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Botswana
3
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[16]
1 February 1998
 
Cameroon
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Thato Kgosimore
Michel Ekwe
6
3
6
3
   
2  
 
Petrus Molefe
Maurice Fomete
6
1
6
4
   
3  
 
Michael Judd / Thato Kgosimore
Maurice Fomete / Abel-Lobe Tabi
6
3
6
2
   

5th to 8th place play-offs

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5th to 8th play-offs

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Uganda vs. Sudan

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Uganda
3
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[17]
31 January 1998
 
Sudan
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Robert Buyinza
Asim Omar El-Agraa
6
1
6
4
   
2  
 
John Oduke
Gaafar Noureldin El-Sadig
6
0
6
0
   
3  
 
Robert Buyinza / Renato Sebbi
Mogeeb Abdalla / Gaafar Noureldin El-Sadig
78
66
5
7
8
6
 

Azerbaijan vs. Djibouti

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Azerbaijan
3
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[18]
31 January 1998
 
Djibouti
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Eldar Kafarov
Kadar Mogueh
6
4
6
1
   
2  
 
Raouf Eybazov
Abdullah Aden
6
1
6
0
   
3  
 
Raouf Eybazov / Eldar Kafarov
Abdou-Rahman Aden / Kadar Mogueh
6
1
6
1
   

5th to 6th play-off

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Azerbaijan vs. Uganda

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Azerbaijan
1
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[19]
1 February 1998
 
Uganda
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Dmitri Zarubin
Robert Buyinza
6
3
6
2
   
2  
 
Igor Borisov
John Oduke
5
7
7
5
4
6
 
3  
 
Raouf Eybazov / Dmitri Zarubin
John Oduke / Renato Sebbi
3
6
4
6
   

7th to 8th play-off

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Djibouti vs. Sudan

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Djibouti
0
Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda[20]
1 February 1998
 
Sudan
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Abdou-Rahman Aden
Mandour Abdalla
0
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Omar-Awad Mohammed
Gaafar Noureldin El-Sadig
1
6
0
6
   
3  
 
Abdullah Aden / Kadar Mogueh
Mogeeb Abdalla / Asim Omar El-Agraa
0
6
0
6
   

References

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  1. ^ "Uganda v Armenia". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Benin v Djibouti". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Uganda v Benin". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Armenia v Djibouti". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Uganda v Djibouti". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Armenia v Benin". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Azerbaijan v Botswana". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Cameroon v Sudan". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Azerbaijan v Cameroon". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Botswana v Sudan". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Azerbaijan v Sudan". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Botswana v Cameroon". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Armenia v Botswana". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Cameroon v Benin". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Armenia v Benin". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Botswana v Cameroon". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Uganda v Sudan". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Azerbaijan v Djibouti". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Azerbaijan v Uganda". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Djibouti v Sudan". daviscup.com.
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