Euro/African Group III - Zone B
May 18-24, 1998
Skopje, FYR of Macedonia - Clay


Group A

Turkey d. San Marino 3-0
Erhan Oral (TUR) d. Cristian Rosti (SMR) 7-6 6-3
Efe Ustundag (TUR) d. Domenico Vicini (SMR) 6-3 4-6 6-3
Mustafa Azkara/Erhan Oral (TUR) d. William Forcellini/Domenico Vicini (SMR) 6-1 6-1

Nigeria d. Malta 2-1
Jonathan Igbinovia (NGR) d. Mark Schembri (MLT) 6-2 7-6
Sule Ladipo (NGR) d. Christopher Gatt (MLT) 7-5 6-3
Gordon Asciak/Mark Schembri (MLT) d. Ganiyu Adelekan/Yakubu Suleiman (NGR) 6-3 5-7 6-4

Turkey d. Malta 2-1
Erhan Oral (TUR) d. Mark Schembri (MLT) 7-5 7-6
Christopher Gatt (MLT) d. Efe Ustundag (TUR) 7-6 7-5
Mustafa Azkara/Erhan Oral (TUR) d. Gordon Asciak/Mark Schembri (MLT) 6-4 6-2

Nigeria d. San Marino 3-0
Jonathan Igbinovia (NGR) d. Cristian Rosti (SMR) 7-6 1-6 6-3
Sule Ladipo (NGR) d. Domenico Vicini (SMR) 5-7 7-6 6-1
Ganiyu Adelekan/Yakubu Suleiman (NGR) d. Cristian Rosti/Domenico Vicini (SMR) 6-2 6-3

Malta d. San Marino 2-1
Gordon Asciak (MLT) d. Cristian Rosti (SMR) 6-2 1-0 ret.
Domenico Vicini (SMR) d. Christopher Gatt (MLT) 6-3 7-5
Gordon Asciak/Mark Schembri (MLT) d. William Forcellini/Domenico Vicini (SMR) 6-3 6-3

Nigeria d. Turkey 3-0
Jonathan Igbinovia (NGR) d. Mustafa Azkara (TUR) 7-5 6-7 9-7
Sule Ladipo (NGR) d. Erhan Oral (TUR) 3-6 7-5 6-3
Ganiyu Adelekan/Yakubu Suleiman (NGR) d. Haluk Akkoyun/Efe Ustundag (TUR) 6-2 6-3


Group B
Macedonia d. Tunisia 2-1
Zoran Sevcenko (MKD) d. Selim Ben-Kamel Baccar (TUN) 6-4 6-1
Oualid Jallali (TUN) d. Ognen Nikolovski (MKD) 6-3 6-4
Lazar Magdincev/Zoran Sevcenko (MKD) d. Selim Ben-Kamel Baccar/Oualid Jallali (TUN) 6-2 6-3

Moldova d. Lithuania 2-1
Irui Gorban (MDA) d. Aistis Slajus (LTU) 6-0 6-3
Rolandos Murashka (LTU) d. Evgueni Plougarev (MDA) 6-2 6-4
Irui Gorban/Evgueni Plougarev (MDA) d. Rolandos Murashka/Tomas Petrouskas (LTU) 4-6 6-3 9-7

Macedonia d. Moldova 2-1
Zoran Sevcenko (MKD) d. Irui Gorban (MDA) 6-4 6-4
Evgueni Plougarev (MDA) d. Dragan Jovanovski (MKD) 6-4 7-6
Lazar Magdincev/Zoran Sevcenko (MKD) d. Irui Gorban/Evgueni Plougarev (MDA) 6-2 6-1

Lithuania d. Tunisia 3-0
Aistis Slajus (LTU) d. Selim Ben-Kamel Baccar (TUN) 6-4 6-3
Rolandos Murashka (LTU) d. Oualid Jallali (TUN) 6-3 6-0
Rolandos Murashka/Aistis Slajus (LTU) d. Aissam Jallali/Oualid Jallali (TUN) 6-2 6-1

Lithuania d. Macedonia 2-1
Zoran Sevcenko (MKD) d. Aistis Slajus (LTU) 6-2 6-4
Rolandos Murashka (LTU) d. Lazar Magdincev (MKD) 7-6 6-3
Rolandos Murashka/Aistis Slajus (LTU) d. Lazar Magdincev/Zoran Sevcenko (MKD) 3-6 7-5 8-6

Moldova d. Tunisia 2-1
Irui Gorban (MDA) d. Aissam Jallali (TUN) 6-1 6-0
Oualid Jallali (TUN) d. Evgueni Plougarev (MDA) 7-5 6-4
V. Ribas/Oleg Sinic (MDA) d. Aissam Jallali/Oualid Jallali (TUN) 7-5 6-3


Standings after Round Robin
Group A
Nigeria     3-0
Turkey      2-1
Malta       1-2
San Marino  0-3

Group B
Macedonia   2-1
Lithuania   2-1
Moldova     2-1
Tunisia     0-3


Semifinals
Macedonia d. Nigeria 2-1
Zoran Sevcenko (MKD) d. Jonathan Igbinovia (NGR) 6-1 6-4
Sule Ladipo (NGR) d. Lazar Magdincev (MKD) 6-2 6-4
Lazar Magdincev/Zoran Sevcenko (MKD) d. Sule Ladipo/Yakubu Suleiman (NGR) 6-7 7-6 6-4

Turkey d. Lithuania 2-1
Erhan Oral (TUR) d. Aistis Slajus (LTU) 6-0 6-0
Rolandos Murashka (LTU) d. Efe Ustundag (TUR) 6-3 6-1
Mustafa Azkara/Erhan Oral (TUR) d. Rolandos Murashka/Aistis Slajus (LTU) 6-3 6-4


Finals
Turkey d. Macedonia 3-0
Erhan Oral (TUR) d. Dragan Jovanovski (MKD) 6-0 6-1
Efe Ustundag (TUR) d. Ognen Nikolovski (MKD) 6-1 6-2
Mustafa Azkara/Erhan Oral (TUR) d. Lazar Magdincev/Zoran Sevcenko (MKD) 7-6 7-6


Playoffs for 3rd-4th positions
Lithuania d. Nigeria 2-1
Tomas Petrouskas (LTU) d. Yakubu Suleiman (NGR) 3-1 ret.
Jonathan Igbinovia (NGR) d. Aistis Slajus (LTU) 6-7 6-4 6-1
Rolandos Murashka/Tomas Petrouskas (LTU) d. Ganiyu Adelekan/Jonathan Igbinovia (NGR) 7-6 6-4


Playoffs for 5th-8th positions
Tunisia d. Malta 2-1
Gordon Asciak (MLT) d. Aissam Jallali (TUN) 6-2 6-4
Oualid Jallali (TUN) d. Christopher Gatt (MLT) 7-6 6-4
Aissam Jallali/Oualid Jallali (TUN) d. Gordon Asciak/Mark Schembri (MLT) 6-4 7-6

Moldova d. San Marino 2-1
Irui Gorban (MDA) d. William Forcellini (SMR) 6-2 6-0
Domenico Vicini (SMR) d. Evgueni Plougarev (MDA) 6-3 6-7 7-5
V. Ribas/Oleg Sinic (MDA) d. Cristian Rosti/Domenico Vicini (SMR) 6-3 6-4

Tunisia d. Moldova 2-1
Irui Gorban (MDA) d. Aissam Jallali (TUN) 6-2 7-5
Oualid Jallali (TUN) d. Evgueni Plougarev (MDA) 6-3 1-6 6-2
Aissam Jallali/Oualid Jallali (TUN) d. V. Ribas/Oleg Sinic (MDA) 6-4 7-6

San Marino d. Malta 2-1
Mark Schembri (MLT) d. William Forcellini (SMR) 6-3 6-1
Domenico Vicini (SMR) d. Marco Cappello (MLT) 6-3 7-5
Cristian Rosti/Domenico Vicini (SMR) d. Gordon Asciak/Mark Schembri (MLT) 7-6 6-2


Final Positions:

1. Turkey
2. FYR of Macedonia
3. Lithuania
4. Nigeria
5. Tunisia
6. Moldova
7. San Marino
8. Malta

FYR of Macedonia and Turkey promoted to Euro/Africa Group II for 1999.
Malta and San Marino relegated to Euro/Africa Group IV in 1999.