1998 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

• Venue: Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand (outdoor hard)
• Date: 16–20 February

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 team that finished ninth would be relegated to Group II for 1999.

Initial Pools

| team-1-abbrev=TPE | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=INA | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=UZB | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=KOR | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=CHN | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=HKG | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=NZL | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=THA | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=PHI | team-3= (0–2)

Placement Pools

| team-1-abbrev=KOR | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=TPE | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=NZL | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=CHN | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=THA | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=INA | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=HKG | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=UZB | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=PHI | team-3= (0–2)

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

Group II

• Venue: Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand (outdoor hard)
• Date: 16–21 February

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 teams that finished first and second overall would be promoted to Group I for 1999.

Initial Pools

| team-1-abbrev=IND | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=PAK | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=IRQ | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=POC | team-1= Pacific Oceania (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=MAS | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=SIN | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=TJK | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=KAZ | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=SYR | team-3= (0–2)

Placement Pools

| team-1-abbrev=IND | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=POC | team-2= Pacific Oceania (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=TJK | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=MAS | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=KAZ | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=PAK | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=SIN | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=SYR | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=IRQ | team-3= (0–2)

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

References

• Fed Cup Profile, Chinese Taipei
• Fed Cup Profile, Indonesia
• Fed Cup Profile, South Korea
• Fed Cup Profile, Hong Kong
• Fed Cup Profile, Philippines
• Fed Cup Profile, Thailand
• Fed Cup Profile, India
• Fed Cup Profile, Pakistan
• Fed Cup Profile, Pacific Oceania
• Fed Cup Profile, Singapore
• Fed Cup Profile, Kazakhstan
• Fed Cup Profile, Syria

References

1. "South Korea v Japan". fedcup.com.
2. "Philippines v Jordan". fedcup.com.
3. "India v Uzbekistan". fedcup.com.
4. "Hong Kong v Pacific Oceania". fedcup.com.