# 1998 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1998.
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 1999.

## Participating nations

* China
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Lebanon
* New Zealand
* South Korea
* Uzbekistan

### Draw

| Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round |
| | | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | | | | |
| | | | Seoul, South Korea (hard) | Seoul, South Korea (hard) | Seoul, South Korea (hard) | bye | bye | | Seoul, South Korea (clay) | Seoul, South Korea (clay) | Seoul, South Korea (clay) |
| | | | South Korea | South Korea | 4 | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 1 |
| | | | China | China | 1 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard) | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | 3 |
| | | | | | | Uzbekistan | 5 | | | |
| Yanji, China (hard) | Yanji, China (hard) | Yanji, China (hard) | | | | China | China | | 0 | | |
| China | China | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 0 | | | | Sapporo, Japan (indoor carpet) | Sapporo, Japan (indoor carpet) | Sapporo, Japan (indoor carpet) | | | |
| | | | | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | | 0 | | |
| | | | Zouk Mikael, Lebanon (indoor hard) | Zouk Mikael, Lebanon (indoor hard) | Zouk Mikael, Lebanon (indoor hard) | Japan | Japan | 5 | Miyazaki, Japan (clay) | Miyazaki, Japan (clay) | Miyazaki, Japan (clay) |
| | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 2 | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 |
| | | | Lebanon | Lebanon | 3 | Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard) | Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard) | Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard) | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 |
| | | | | | | Lebanon | Lebanon | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | | | |
* Indonesia relegated to Group II in 1999.
* Uzbekistan and Japan advance to World Group qualifying round.

## First round
### Uzbekistan vs. China

| Uzbekistan 5 | Yunusabad, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 13–15 February 1998 Hard (indoors) | Yunusabad, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 13–15 February 1998 Hard (indoors) | China 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vadim Kutsenko Wang Yuwei 6 2 6 2 6 1       2 Oleg Ogorodov Zhang Yu 6 3 3 6 6 1 6 4     3 Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich Lu Ling / Zheng Yu 3 6 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 4 6 4     4 Oleg Ogorodov Zheng Yu 6 4 6 4         5 Vadim Kutsenko Zhang Yu 6 3 3 6 6 0 ||||

### Japan vs. Indonesia

| Japan 5 | Tsukisamu Green Dome, Sapporo, Japan 13–15 February 1998 Carpet (indoors) | Tsukisamu Green Dome, Sapporo, Japan 13–15 February 1998 Carpet (indoors) | Indonesia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Takao Suzuki Andrian Raturandang 6 1 6 4 6 4       2 Gouichi Motomura Dede Suhendar Dinata 6 1 6 3 6 2       3 Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao Suzuki Andrian Raturandang / Sulistyo Wibowo 6 4 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 3       4 Gouichi Motomura Andrian Raturandang 6 3 6 2         5 Takao Suzuki Dede Suhendar Dinata 6 3 6 4 ||||

### Lebanon vs. New Zealand

| Lebanon 2 | E.D.L., Beirut, Lebanon 13–15 February 1998 Hard (indoors) | E.D.L., Beirut, Lebanon 13–15 February 1998 Hard (indoors) | New Zealand 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ali Hamadeh Alistair Hunt 4 6 4 6 4 6       2 Jicham Zaatini James Greenhalgh 6 4 6 2 7 5       3 Ali Hamadeh / Jicham Zaatini James Greenhalgh / Alistair Hunt 3 6 4 6 2 6       4 Jicham Zaatini Alistair Hunt 5 7 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$       5 Ali Hamadeh James Greenhalgh 6 3 6 4 ||||

## Second round
### South Korea vs. Uzbekistan

| South Korea 1 | Jang Choong Tennis Centre, Seoul, South Korea 3–5 April 1998 Clay | Jang Choong Tennis Centre, Seoul, South Korea 3–5 April 1998 Clay | Uzbekistan 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Yoon Yong-il Vadim Kutsenko 6 4 4 6 4 6 2 6     2 Lee Hyung-taik Oleg Ogorodov 7 5 6 2 6 4       3 Kim Dong-hyun / Lee Hyung-taik Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich 2 6 6 4 3 6 6$^2$ 7$^7$     4 Yoon Yong-il Oleg Ogorodov 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 4 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     5 Lee Hyung-taik Vadim Kutsenko           not played ||||

### Japan vs. New Zealand

| Japan 3 | SeaGaia Tennis Centre, Miyazaki, Japan 3–5 April 1998 Clay | SeaGaia Tennis Centre, Miyazaki, Japan 3–5 April 1998 Clay | New Zealand 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gouichi Motomura Teo Susnjak 6 0 6 0 6 0       2 Takao Suzuki Brett Steven 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7 5       3 Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao Suzuki James Greenhalgh / Brett Steven 6 4 3 6 4 6 3 6     4 Gouichi Motomura Brett Steven 6 3 2 6 6 3 3 6 4 6   5 Takao Suzuki Teo Susnjak 6 4 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 4 6 1 ||||

## First round relegation play-offs
### South Korea vs. China

| South Korea 4 | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, South Korea 17–19 July 1998 Hard | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, South Korea 17–19 July 1998 Hard | China 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Yoon Yong-il Yang Jingzhu 6 3 6 2 6 0       2 Lee Hyung-taik Wang Yuwei 6 1 6 2 6 2       3 Kim Dong-hyun / Kim Nam-hoon Lu Ling / Yang Jingzhu 6 1 3 6 6 2 3 6 6 2   4 Yoon Yong-il Wang Yuwei 6 2 3 6 6$^1$ 7$^7$       5 Lee Hyung-taik Lu Ling 6 4 6 3 ||||

### Lebanon vs. Indonesia

| Lebanon 3 | E.D.L., Zouk Mikael, Lebanon 17–19 July 1998 Hard (indoors) | E.D.L., Zouk Mikael, Lebanon 17–19 July 1998 Hard (indoors) | Indonesia 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ali Hamadeh Andrian Raturandang 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^5$       2 Jicham Zaatini Febi Widhiyanto 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 4     3 Ali Hamadeh / Jicham Zaatini Sulistyo Wibowo / Bonit Wiryawan 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 4 6 4       4 Sean Karam Andrian Raturandang 2 6 6 4 2 6       5 Alex Zakharia Febi Widhiyanto 3 6 5 7 ||||

## Second round relegation play-offs
### China vs. Indonesia

| China 5 | Lishan Tennis Club, Yanji, China 25–27 September 1998 Hard | Lishan Tennis Club, Yanji, China 25–27 September 1998 Hard | Indonesia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Zhang Yu Febi Widhiyanto 6 1 6 2 4 6 1 6 7 5   2 Zheng Yu Andrian Raturandang 6 3 6 2 6 2       3 Li Si / Zheng Yu Sulistyo Wibowo / Bonit Wiryawan 4 6 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 6 4 6 3     4 Zhang Yu Andrian Raturandang 3 6 6 3 6 4       5 Zheng Yu Febi Widhiyanto 6 2 6 1 ||||