# 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

* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Benin
* Botswana
* Cameroon
* Djibouti
* Sudan
* Uganda

### Draw

* 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-off | 3rd-4th play-off | 3rd-4th play-off | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | Armenia | 2 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Botswana | 1 | |
| B2 | Botswana | 3 | B2 | Botswana | 1 | A1 | Armenia | w/o |
| B1 | Cameroon | 0 | | | | A2 | Benin | |
| B1 | Cameroon | 0 | A2 | Benin | 2 | A2 | Benin | |
| | | | B1 | Cameroon | 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 | Uganda | 3 | | | |
| | | | B4 | Sudan | 0 | |
| B4 | Sudan | 3 | B4 | Sudan | 0 | A3 | Uganda | 2 |
| A4 | Djibouti | 0 | | | | B3 | Azerbaijan | 1 |
| A4 | Djibouti | 0 | A4 | Djibouti | 0 | B3 | Azerbaijan | 1 |
| | | | B3 | Azerbaijan | 3 | | | |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Armenia |
| 2 | Benin |
| 3 | Botswana |
| 4 | Cameroon |
| 5 | Uganda |
| 6 | Azerbaijan |
| 7 | Sudan |
| 8 | Djibouti |
* Armenia and Benin promoted to Group III in 1999.

## Round robin
### Group A
#### Uganda vs. Armenia

| Uganda 1 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 28 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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

| Benin 3 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 28 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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

| Uganda 0 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 29 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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

| Armenia 2 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 29 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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

| Uganda 3 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 30 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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

| Armenia 2 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 30 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 30 January 1998 | Benin 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tsolak Gevorgyan Sourou Gandonou 5 7 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 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
#### Azerbaijan vs. Botswana

| Azerbaijan 0 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 28 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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

| Cameroon 3 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 28 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 28 January 1998 | Sudan 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Michel Ekwe Mandour Abdalla 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 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

| Azerbaijan 0 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 29 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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

| Botswana 2 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 29 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 29 January 1998 | Sudan 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Thato Kgosimore Mandour Abdalla 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 2   2 Petrus Molefe Gaafar Noureldin El-Sadig 6 0 6 2     3          not played ||||

#### Azerbaijan vs. Sudan

| Azerbaijan 2 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 30 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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 6$^2$ 7$^7$     3 Igor Borisov / Raouf Eybazov Mandour Abdalla / Mogeeb Abdalla 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 2 ||||

#### Botswana vs. Cameroon

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

## 1st to 4th place play-offs
### Semifinals
#### Armenia vs. Botswana

| Armenia 2 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 31 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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

| Cameroon 1 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 31 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 31 January 1998 | Benin 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Simplice Meng Sourou Gandonou 3 6 0 1   retired  2 Michel Ekwe Christophe Pognon 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 2 6     3 Maurice Fomete / Abel-Lobe Tabi Alphonse Gandonou / Sourou Gandonou 1 6 6 2 6 2 ||||

### Final
#### Armenia vs. Benin

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

### 3rd to 4th play-off
#### Botswana vs. Cameroon

| Botswana 3 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 1 February 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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
### 5th to 8th play-offs
#### Uganda vs. Sudan

| Uganda 3 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 31 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 5 7 8 6 ||||

#### Azerbaijan vs. Djibouti

| Azerbaijan 3 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 31 January 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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
#### Azerbaijan vs. Uganda

| Azerbaijan 1 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 1 February 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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
#### Djibouti vs. Sudan

| Djibouti 0 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 1 February 1998 | Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda 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 ||||