1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1996 Fed Cup.

Group I

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The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The top two teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nation progresses to World Group II play-offs. Nations finishing in the bottom place in each pool were relegated to Americas Zone Group II for 1997.

Pools

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Pool A CHI COL MEX PAR
1  Chile (3–0) 2–1 2–1 2–1
2  Colombia (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Mexico (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Paraguay (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool B VEN BRA PUR URU
1  Venezuela (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Brazil (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Puerto Rico (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Uruguay (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Knockout stage

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Semifinals
27 April
Final
28 April
      
   Chile 2
   Brazil 1
   Chile 2
   Colombia 1
   Colombia 2
   Venezuela 1

Group II

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The thirteen teams were divided into two pools of six and seven. The top team from each pool then moved would advance to Group I for 1997.

Pools

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Pool A ECU BOL ESA GUA BAH BAR
1  Ecuador (5–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Bolivia (4–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  El Salvador (3–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0
4  Guatemala (2–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0
5  Bahamas (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1
6  Barbados (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool B PER CUB DOM CRC TRI JAM BER
1  Peru (5–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Cuba (5–1) 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Dominican Republic (5–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
4  Costa Rica (3–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1
5  Trinidad and Tobago (2–4) 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0
6  Jamaica (1–5) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
7  Bermuda (0–6) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Croatia v Chile". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Paraguay v Panama". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Uruguay v Jamaica". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Canada v Ecuador". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Peru v Puerto Rico". fedcup.com.
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