1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool B

Group B of the 1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1998 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

		POL	POR	GBR	MAD	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
	Poland		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	14–6	109–58	1
	Portugal	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	11–10	95–91	2
	Great Britain	1–2	1–2		3–0	1–2	12–9	102–94	3
	Madagascar	0–3	1–2	0–3		0–3	4–16	48–111	4

Poland vs. Madagascar

Poland 3	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 14 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors)		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Aleksandra Olsza Natacha Randriantefy 6 2 4 6 6 1   2 Magdalena Grzybowska Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika 6 0 6 1     3 Aleksandra Olsza / Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika / Mirina Rajaoarisoa 6 0 6 0

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Portugal vs. Great Britain

Portugal 2	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 14 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors)		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Ana Catarina Nogueira Louise Latimer 6^5 7^7 6^6 7^8     2 Sofia Prazeres Karen Cross 2 6 6 2 6 4   3 Ana Catarina Nogueira / Sofia Prazeres Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe 2 6 6 2 6 4

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Poland vs. Great Britain

Poland 2	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 15 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors)		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Aleksandra Olsza Louise Latimer 7^7 6^5 6 0     2 Magdalena Grzybowska Karen Cross 6 1 6 2     3 Aleksandra Olsza / Sylwia Rynarzewska Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe 6^7 7^9 3 6

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Portugal vs. Madagascar

Portugal 2	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 15 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors)		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Ana Catarina Nogueira Natacha Randriantefy 4 6 3 6     2 Sofia Prazeres Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika 6 2 6 0     3 Ana Catarina Nogueira / Sofia Prazeres Mirina Rajaoarisoa / Natacha Randriantefy 6 2 6 0

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Poland vs. Portugal

Poland 2	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 16 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors)		Portugal 1
1 2 3 1 Aleksandra Olsza Cristina Correia 6 2 3 6 6 2   2 Magdalena Grzybowska Sofia Prazeres 2 6 6^2 7^7     3 Magdalena Grzybowska / Aleksandra Olsza Cristina Correia / Ana Catarina Nogueira 6 1 6 2

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Great Britain vs. Madagascar

Great Britain 3	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 16 April 1998 Red clay (outdoors)		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Louise Latimer Natacha Randriantefy 6 4 4 6 6 3   2 Karen Cross Faratiana Rasoarilalao 6 1 6 3     3 Louise Latimer / Julie Pullin Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika / Natacha Randriantefy 6 3 6 2

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•  Madagascar failed to win any ties in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1999, where they placed third in their pool of five.^[7]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "Poland v Madagascar". fedcup.com.
2. "Portugal v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
3. "Poland v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
4. "Portugal v Madagascar". fedcup.com.
5. "Poland v Portugal". fedcup.com.
6. "Great Britain v Madagascar". fedcup.com.
7. "Fed Cup Profile, Madagascar". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website