title: 1998 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs
text: # 1998 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs
  
  The 1998 World Group II play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group II and four nations from the three Zonal Group I competitions. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 1999 World Group II, while losing nations joined their respective zonal groups.
  
  ## Australia vs. Argentina
  
  | Australia 5 | AIS Arena, Canberra, Australia 25–26 July 1998 Nuhide carpet (indoors) | AIS Arena, Canberra, Australia 25–26 July 1998 Nuhide carpet (indoors) | Argentina 0 |
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  | 1 2 3 1 Jelena Dokić Mariana Díaz Oliva 6 2 6 2     2 Nicole Pratt Celeste Contín 6 2 6 4     3 Nicole Pratt Mariana Díaz Oliva 6 3 3 6 6 4   4 Jelena Dokić Laura Montalvo 6 3 6 2     5 Kerry-Anne Guse / Rachel McQuillan Erica Krauth / Laura Montalvo 6 4 6 3 ||||
  
  ## Austria vs. Poland
  
  | Austria 5 | Salzburg-Begheim T.C., Bergheim, Austria 25–26 July 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Salzburg-Begheim T.C., Bergheim, Austria 25–26 July 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Poland 0 |
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  | 1 2 3 1 Sylvia Plischke Magdalena Grzybowska 6 2 3 6 6 0   2 Barbara Schett Aleksandra Olsza 4 6 6 0 6 3   3 Barbara Schett Magdalena Feistel 6 0 6 2     4 Sylvia Plischke Aleksandra Olsza 6 0 6 1     5 Sylvia Plischke / Barbara Schett Magdalena Feistel / Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska 6 4 6 0 ||||
  
  ## South Korea vs. Japan
  
  | South Korea 1 | Jang Choong Centre, Seoul, South Korea 25–26 July 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Jang Choong Centre, Seoul, South Korea 25–26 July 1998 Red clay (outdoors) | Japan 4 |
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  | 1 2 3 1 Kim Eun-ha Miho Saeki 6 2 4 6 4 6   2 Choi Ju-yeon Ai Sugiyama 1 6 1 6     3 Kim Eun-ha Ai Sugiyama 4 6 5 7     4 Cho Yoon-jeong Miho Saeki 4 6 3 6     5 Choi Young-ja / Kim Eun-ha Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi 6 2 $7^7$ $6^5$ ||||
  
  ## Belarus vs. Venezuela
  
  | Belarus 4 | National Centre, Minsk, Belarus 25–26 July 1998 Supreme hard (indoors) | National Centre, Minsk, Belarus 25–26 July 1998 Supreme hard (indoors) | Venezuela 1 |
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  | 1 2 3 1 Olga Barabanschikova María Vento 6 2 6 2     2 Natasha Zvereva Milagros Sequera 6 1 6 2     3 Natasha Zvereva María Vento 3 6 6 3 4 6   4 Olga Barabanschikova Milagros Sequera 6 3 6 2     5 Olga Barabanschikova / Nadejda Ostrovskaya Milagros Sequera / María Vento 7 5 6 3 ||||
  