# 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

* Lithuania
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Nigeria
* San Marino
* Tunisia
* Turkey

### Draw

* Venue: Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia
* Date: 20–24 May
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-off | 3rd-4th play-off | 3rd-4th play-off | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | Nigeria | 1 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Macedonia | 2 | |
| A1 | Nigeria | 1 | B2 | Macedonia | 2 | B2 | Macedonia | 0 |
| B1 | Lithuania | 2 | | | | A2 | Turkey | 3 |
| B1 | Lithuania | 2 | A2 | Turkey | 2 | A2 | Turkey | 3 |
| | | | B1 | Lithuania | 1 | | | |

#### 5th to 8th place play-offs

| 7th-8th play-off | 7th-8th play-off | 7th-8th play-off | 5th-8th play-offs | 5th-8th play-offs | 5th-8th play-offs | 5th-6th play-off | 5th-6th play-off | 5th-6th play-off |
| | | | A3 | Malta | 1 | | | |
| | | | B4 | Tunisia | 2 | |
| A3 | Malta | 1 | B4 | Tunisia | 2 | B4 | Tunisia | 2 |
| A4 | San Marino | 2 | | | | B3 | Moldova | 1 |
| A4 | San Marino | 2 | A4 | San Marino | 1 | B3 | Moldova | 1 |
| | | | B3 | Moldova | 2 | | | |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Turkey |
| 2 | Macedonia |
| 3 | Lithuania |
| 4 | Nigeria |
| 5 | Tunisia |
| 6 | Moldova |
| 7 | San Marino |
| 8 | Malta |
* Turkey and Macedonia promoted to Group II in 1999.
* San Marino and Malta relegated to Group IV in 1999.

## Round robin
### Group A
#### Malta vs. Nigeria

| Malta 1 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 20 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 20 May 1998 | Nigeria 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mark Schembri Jonathan Igbinovia 2 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     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

| San Marino 0 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 20 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 20 May 1998 | Turkey 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Christian Rosti Erhan Oral 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 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

| Malta 1 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 21 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 21 May 1998 | Turkey 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mark Schembri Erhan Oral 5 7 6$^6$ 7$^8$     2 Christopher Gatt Efe Üstündağ 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 7 5     3 Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral 4 6 2 6 ||||

#### Nigeria vs. San Marino

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

#### Malta vs. San Marino

| Malta 2 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 22 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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

| Nigeria 3 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 22 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 22 May 1998 | Turkey 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jonathan Igbinovia Mustafa Azkara 6 5 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 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
#### Macedonia vs. Tunisia

| Macedonia 2 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 20 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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

| Lithuania 1 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 20 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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

| Macedonia 2 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 21 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 21 May 1998 | Moldova 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Zoran Ševčenko Iurie Gorban 6 4 6 4     2 Dragan Jovanovski Evgueni Plougarev 4 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko Iurie Gorban / Evgueni Plougarev 6 2 6 1 ||||

#### Lithuania vs. Tunisia

| Lithuania 3 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 21 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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

| Macedonia 1 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 22 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 22 May 1998 | Lithuania 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Zoran Ševčenko Aistis Šlajus 6 2 6 4     2 Lazar Magdinčev Rolandas Muraška 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 3 6     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko Rolandas Muraška / Aistis Šlajus 6 3 5 7 6 8 ||||

#### Moldova vs. Tunisia

| Moldova 2 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 22 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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
### Semifinals
#### Nigeria vs. Macedonia

| Nigeria 1 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 23 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 4 6 ||||

#### Lithuania vs. Turkey

| Lithuania 1 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 23 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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
#### Macedonia vs. Turkey

| Macedonia 0 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 24 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7$^7$ ||||

### 3rd to 4th play-off
#### Nigeria vs. Lithuania

| Nigeria 1 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 24 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 24 May 1998 | Lithuania 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Yakubu Suleiman Tomas Petrauskas 1 3     retired  2 Jonathan Igbinovia Aistis Šlajus 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 4 6 1   3 Ganiyu Adenekan / Jonathan Igbinovia Rolandas Muraška / Tomas Petrauskas 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 4 6 ||||

## 5th to 8th place play-offs
### 5th to 8th play-offs
#### Tunisia vs. Malta

| Tunisia 2 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 23 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 23 May 1998 | Malta 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Issam Jellali Gordon Asciak 2 6 4 6     2 Walid Jallali Christopher Gatt 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 4     3 Walid Jallali / Issam Jellali Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^4$ ||||

#### Moldova vs. San Marino

| Moldova 2 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 23 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 5 7   3 Victor Ribas / Oleg Sinic Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini 6 3 6 4 ||||

### 5th to 6th play-off
#### Tunisia vs. Moldova

| Tunisia 2 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 24 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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 7$^9$ 6$^7$ ||||

### 7th to 8th play-off
#### Malta vs. San Marino

| Malta 1 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 24 May 1998 | Jug Tennis Club, Skopje, Macedonia 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 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 2 6 ||||