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Main article: 1996 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1996 Fed Cup.

Group I

  • Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 22–24 April

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The top 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 Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 1997.

Pools

Pool A RUS BLR SLO GBR
1  Russia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
2  Belarus (2–1) 2–1 0–3 2–1
3  Slovenia (1–2) 0–3 3–0 1–2
4  Great Britain (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
Pool B ITA SWE LAT NOR
1  Italy (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Sweden (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Latvia (1–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0
4  Norway (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool C SUI CRO GEO YUG
1   Switzerland (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Croatia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Georgia (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Yugoslavia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool D ROU HUN GRE POR
1  Romania (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Hungary (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3  Greece (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Portugal (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Knockout Stage

Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
SemifinalsFinalsFinal
 Russia3
 Sweden0
 Russia1
  Switzerland2
 Hungary1
  Switzerland2
 Italy0
 Belarus3
 Belarus1
 Croatia2
 Croatia3
 Romania0

Group II

The nineteen teams were divided into three pools of five and one pool of four. The top two teams from each pool then moved on to the play-off stage of the competition. The four teams that won one match from the play-off stage would advance to Group I for 1997.

Pools

Pool A POL LTU BOT ETH
1  Poland (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Lithuania (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Botswana (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Ethiopia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool B FIN TUR TUN LIE CYP
1  Finland (4–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Turkey (3–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Tunisia (2–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0 3–0
4  Liechtenstein (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
5  Cyprus (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool C ISR LUX EST ZIM MKD
1  Israel (4–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Luxembourg (3–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
3  Estonia (2–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1
4  Zimbabwe (1–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–0
5  North Macedonia (0–4) 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3
Pool D UKR DEN IRL MLT ISL
1  Ukraine (4–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Denmark (3–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Ireland (2–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0
4  Malta (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0
5  Iceland (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
Winning Team Score Losing Team
 Poland 2–1  Denmark
 Finland 2–1  Luxembourg
 Israel 3–0  Lithuania
 Ukraine 3–0  Turkey

See also

References

  1. ^ "Switzerland v Indonesia". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Croatia v Chile". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Great Britain v Lithuania". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Norway". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Yugoslavia v Algeria". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Portugal v Ethiopia". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Poland v Hungary". fedcup.com.
  8. ^ "Finland v Belarus". fedcup.com.
  9. ^ "Israel v Georgia". fedcup.com.
  10. ^ "Ukraine v Sweden". fedcup.com.

External links

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