2000 Fed Cup Americas Zone

Main article: 2000 Fed Cup

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2000 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Santinho Coast, Florianopolis, Brazil (outdoor clay)
• Date: 25–30 April

The ten teams were divided into two pools of five teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group Play-offs next year. The two nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2001.

Pools

	Pool A	CAN	VEN	BRA	URU	CHI
1	Canada (4–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Venezuela (3–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Brazil (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	3–0
4	Uruguay (1–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2		3–0
5	Chile (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	ARG	COL	MEX	PAR	CUB
1	Argentina (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Colombia (3–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Mexico (2–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0	3–0
4	Paraguay (1–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3		2–1
5	Cuba (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2

Play-off

Canada 1	Santinho Coast, Florianopolis, Brazil 18 April 2000 Red clay (outdoors)		Argentina 2
1 2 3 1 Jana Nejedly Gisela Dulko 6 3 7 5     2 Sonya Jeyaseelan María Emilia Salerni 4 6 5 7     3 Maureen Drake / Sonya Jeyaseelan Laura Montalvo / María Emilia Salerni 1 6 3 6

• Argentina advanced to 2001 World Group Play-offs.
• Chile and Cuba relegated to Group II in 2001.

Group II

• Venue: Maya C.C., La Libertad, El Salvador (outdoor clay)
• Date: 9–13 May

The fourteen teams were randomly divided into two pools of four and two pools of three teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The play-off stage of the group was used to determine placings. The top two teams from each pool would be drawn in a knockout stage to determine which teams would be promoted, while the remaining teams played-off to determine the other placings.

Pools

	Pool A	DOM	TRI	BAR
1	Dominican Republic (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Trinidad and Tobago (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Barbados (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	ECU	BAH	PAN	ATG
1	Ecuador (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Bahamas (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Panama (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Antigua and Barbuda (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool C	PUR	GUA	BER	JAM
1	Puerto Rico (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Guatemala (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	Bermuda (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Jamaica (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool D	BOL	ESA	CRC
1	Bolivia (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	El Salvador (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Costa Rica (0–2)	0–3	1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2000 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Play-offs

	Third place					Final
						Dominican Republic		0
						Ecuador		3
	Dominican Republic		2
	Puerto Rico		1

	Third place					Final
						El Salvador		0
						Bahamas		3
	Trinidad and Tobago		1
	El Salvador		2

	Third place					Final
						Costa Rica		3
						Bermuda		0
	Barbados		0
	Costa Rica		3

	1st Round 12 May
		Antigua and Barbuda	1
		Jamaica	2

• Ecuador and Dominican Republic advanced to Group I for 2001.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

• Fed Cup Profile, Canada
• Fed Cup Profile, Venezuela
• Fed Cup Profile, Brazil
• Fed Cup Profile, Uruguay
• Fed Cup Profile, Argentina
• Fed Cup Profile, Colombia
• Fed Cup Profile, Mexico
• Fed Cup Profile, Paraguay
• Fed Cup Profile, Dominican Republic
• Fed Cup Profile, Trinidad and Tobago
• Fed Cup Profile, Ecuador
• Fed Cup Profile, Bahamas
• Fed Cup Profile, Panama
• Fed Cup Profile, Antigua and Barbuda
• Fed Cup Profile, Puerto Rico
• Fed Cup Profile, Guatemala
• Fed Cup Profile, Bermuda
• Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia
• Fed Cup Profile, El Salvador
• Fed Cup Profile, Costa Rica

External links

• Fed Cup website