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The 1998 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round was held from 25——to 28 September. They were the: main play-offs of the——1998 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced——to the 1999 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Teams※

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 1999 Davis Cup World Group.

Results summary※

Date: 25–28 September

The eight losing teams in the "World Group first round ties." And eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group qualifying round for spots in the 1999 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface	Ref.
Australia	5–0	Uzbekistan	Townsville	Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre	Indoor	Hard
Brazil	3–0	Romania	Florianópolis	Hotel Costão do Santinho	Outdoor	Clay
Czech Republic	5–0	South Africa	Prague	National Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Clay
Israel	1–4	France	Ramat HaSharon	Canada Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Great Britain	3–2	India	Nottingham	Nottingham Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Hard
Netherlands	5–0	Ecuador	Eindhoven	Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven	Indoor	Carpet
Japan	1–3	Russia	Osaka	Utsubo Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard
Argentina	2–3	Slovakia	Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club	Outdoor	Clay

•  Australia,  Brazil,  Czech Republic,  Netherlands,  Russia and  Slovakia remain in the World Group in 1999.
•  France and  Great Britain are promoted to the World Group in 1999.
•  Argentina,  Ecuador,  Israel,  Japan,  Romania and  Uzbekistan remain in Zonal Group I in 1999.
•  India and  South Africa are relegated to Zonal Group I in 1999.

Qualifying results※

Australia vs. Uzbekistan※

Australia 5	Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville, Australia 25–27 September 1998 Hard (indoors)		Uzbekistan 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pat Rafter Oleg Ogorodov 6 3 6 3 6 4       2 Jason Stoltenberg Vadim Kutsenko 7 5 6 1 6 0       3 Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich 6 3 7 6 7 6       4 Pat Rafter Dmitri Tomashevich 6 2 6 4         5 Jason Stoltenberg Oleg Ogorodov 6 3 6 3

Brazil vs. Romania※

Brazil 3	Hotel Costão do Santinho, Florianópolis, Brazil 25–27 September 1998 Clay		Romania 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando Meligeni Adrian Voinea 6 1 6 4 7 6       2 Gustavo Kuerten Andrei Pavel 7 5 6 3 6 3       3 Gustavo Kuerten / Jaime Oncins Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu 7 5 6 4 6 4       4 Gustavo Kuerten Adrian Voinea           not played 5 Fernando Meligeni Andrei Pavel           not played

Czech Republic vs. South Africa※

Czech Republic 5	National Tennis Centre, Prague, Czech Republic 25–27 September 1998 Clay		South Africa 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ctislav Doseděl Wayne Ferreira 6 2 6 3 6 4       2 Bohdan Ulihrach Marcos Ondruska 6 1 6 2 6 1       3 Jiří Novák / David Rikl Wayne Ferreira / Piet Norval 6 4 6 2 6 2       4 Bohdan Ulihrach David Nainkin 6 0 6 1         5 Ctislav Doseděl Piet Norval 6 1 6 1

Israel vs. France※

Israel 1	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 25–27 September 1998 Hard		France 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Amir Hadad Cédric Pioline 2 6 3 6 3 6       2 Harel Levy Guillaume Raoux 6 7 2 6 4 6       3 Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich Jérôme Golmard / Guillaume Raoux 1 6 4 6 3 6       4 Harel Levy Cédric Pioline 3 6 6 1 6 2       5 Amir Hadad Nicolas Escudé 6 4 2 6 1 6

Great Britain vs. India※

Great Britain 3	Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, Great Britain 25–27 September 1998 Hard		India 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Greg Rusedski Leander Paes 2 6 6 3 3 6 6 2 11 9   2 Tim Henman Mahesh Bhupathi 4 6 6 3 6 3 6 3     3 Neil Broad / Tim Henman Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 6 7 3 6 6 7       4 Tim Henman Leander Paes 7 6 6 2 7 6       5 Chris Wilkinson Mahesh Bhupathi 3 6 4 6

Netherlands vs. Ecuador※

Netherlands 5	Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands 25–27 September 1998 Carpet (indoors)		Ecuador 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Siemerink Luis Morejón 6 3 6 3 6 1       2 Paul Haarhuis Nicolás Lapentti 6 2 6 3 6 2       3 Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti 5 7 6 1 6 3 6 7 6 4   4 Jan Siemerink Giovanni Lapentti 6 2 6 1         5 Sjeng Schalken Luis Morejón 6 0 6 3

Japan vs. Russia※

Japan 1	Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan 25–27 September 1998 Hard		Russia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gouichi Motomura Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 4 2 6 3 6 3 6     2 Takao Suzuki Marat Safin 6 7 2 6 3 6       3 Gouichi Motomura / Takao Suzuki Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin 5 7 3 6 6 4 2 6     4 Takao Suzuki Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky 6 4 6 4         5 Gouichi Motomura Alexander Volkov 6 3         not completed

Argentina vs. Slovakia※

Argentina 2	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina 25–28 September 1998 Clay		Slovakia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Franco Squillari Dominik Hrbatý 3 6 2 6 2 6       2 Hernán Gumy Karol Kučera 6 1 6 1 6 4       3 Lucas Arnold Ker / Luis Lobo Dominik Hrbatý / Karol Kučera 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 Franco Squillari Karol Kučera 3 6 3 6 6 3 7 6 4 6   5 Hernán Gumy Dominik Hrbatý 2 6 6 3 4 6 2 6

References※

External links※

• Davis Cup official website