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1998 Fed Cup Americas Zone

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The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1998 Fed Cup.

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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.

    Placement Pools

  •  Venezuela advanced to World Group II Play-offs.
  •  Uruguay and  Peru relegated to Group II in 1999.

    • Group II

  • Venue: Chipinque Raquet 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

  •  Mexico and  Puerto Rico advanced to Group I in 1999.

    • References

    1998 Fed Cup Americas Zone Wikipedia
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