1998 Fed Cup Americas Zone

Group I

• Venue: Tennis Academy, Brasília, Brazil (outdoor clay)
• Date: 14–17 April

The nine teams were first randomly divided into three pools of three teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The nine teams were then divided into three new pools based on their placing in their first pools, which would be used to determine each team's overall placing in the zonal group. The team that finished first overall would be promoted to the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished eighth and ninth would be relegated to Group II for 1999.

Initial Pools

| team-1-abbrev=PAR | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=CAN | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=URU | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=COL | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=BRA | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=CHI | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=VEN | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=ECU | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=PER | team-3= (0–2)

Placement Pools

| team-1-abbrev=VEN | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=PAR | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=COL | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=CAN | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=BRA | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=ECU | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=CHI | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=URU | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=PER | team-3= (0–2)

• **** advanced to World Group II Play-offs.
• ** and ** relegated to Group II in 1999.

Group II

• Venue: Chipinque Racquet Club, Monterrey, Mexico (outdoor hard)
• Date: 27 April – 3 May

The sixteen teams were divided into two pools of eight. The top team from each pool then moved would advance to Group I for 1999.

Pools

| team-1-abbrev=MEX | team-1= (7–0) | team-2-abbrev=ESA | team-2= (6–1) | team-3-abbrev=HAI | team-3= (4–3) | team-4-abbrev=GUA | team-4= (4–3) | team-5-abbrev=CRC | team-5= (4–3) | team-6-abbrev=BAR | team-6= (2–5) | team-7-abbrev=BER | team-7= (1–6) | team-8-abbrev=ATG | team-8= (0–7) | team-1-abbrev=PUR | team-1= (7–0) | team-2-abbrev=CUB | team-2= (6–1) | team-3-abbrev=DOM | team-3= (5–2) | team-4-abbrev=TRI | team-4= (4–3) | team-5-abbrev=PAN | team-5= (3–4) | team-6-abbrev=BOL | team-6= (1–6) | team-7-abbrev=JAM | team-7= (1–6) | team-8-abbrev=BAH | team-8= (1–6) | |1v2=2–1 |1v3=2–1 |1v4=3–0 |1v5=2–1 |1v6=3–0 |1v7=3–0 |1v8=3–0

• **** and **** advanced to Group I in 1999.

References

• Fed Cup Profile, Paraguay
• Fed Cup Profile, Canada
• Fed Cup Profile, Colombia
• Fed Cup Profile, Chile
• Fed Cup Profile, Peru
• Fed Cup Profile, Ecuador
• Fed Cup Profile, Mexico
• Fed Cup Profile, El Salvador
• Fed Cup Profile, Haiti
• Fed Cup Profile, Costa Rica
• Fed Cup Profile, Guatemala
• Fed Cup Profile, Barbados
• Fed Cup Profile, Bermuda
• Fed Cup Profile, Puerto Rico
• Fed Cup Profile, Cuba
• Fed Cup Profile, Dominican Republic
• Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia
• Fed Cup Profile, Trinidad and Tobago
• Fed Cup Profile, Panama
• Fed Cup Profile, Jamaica

References

1. "Belarus v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
2. "Uruguay v Dominican Republic". fedcup.com.
3. "Peru v Antigua and Barbuda". fedcup.com.
4. "Colombia v Mexico". fedcup.com.
5. "Venezuela v Puerto Rico". fedcup.com.