title: 1998 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Placement Pool A
text: # 1998 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Placement Pool A
  
  Placement Group A of the 1998 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II was one of six pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 1998 Fed Cup. The three teams that placed first in the initial pools competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.
  
  | | KOR | TPE | NZL | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | South Korea | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 8–3 | 61–46 | 1 |
  | Chinese Taipei | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–7 | 68–70 | 2 |
  | New Zealand | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 3–8 | 46–59 | 3 |
  
  ## South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei
  
  | South Korea 2 | Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand 19 February 1998 Hard (outdoors) | Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand 19 February 1998 Hard (outdoors) | Chinese Taipei 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Choi Young-ja Janet Lee 5 7 3 6     2 Park Sung-hee Wang Shi-ting 6 2 6 4     3 Choi Young-ja / Park Sung-hee Janet Lee / Wang Shi-ting 4 6 7 5 6 3 ||||
  
  ## Chinese Taipei vs. New Zealand
  
  | Chinese Taipei 2 | Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand 20 February 1998 Hard (outdoors) | Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand 20 February 1998 Hard (outdoors) | New Zealand 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Janet Lee Leanne Baker $7^7$ $6^4$ 2 6 6 4   2 Wang Shi-ting Rewa Hudson 6 1 6 4     3 Janet Lee / Wang Shi-ting Leanne Baker / Rewa Hudson 4 6 4 6 ||||
  
  ## South Korea vs. New Zealand
  
  | South Korea 2 | Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand 21 February 1998 Hard (outdoors) | Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand 21 February 1998 Hard (outdoors) | New Zealand 0 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Choi Young-ja Leanne Baker 6 2 6 4     2 Park Sung-hee Rewa Hudson 6 2 7 5     3          not played ||||
  
  * South Korea placed first in this pool, and thus advanced to World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against Japan. They lost 1–4, and were relegated down back to Group I for 1999.
  