1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

	Semifinals 25 April					Finals 26 April
		Russia	3
		Sweden	0
							Russia	1
							Switzerland	2
		Hungary	1
		Switzerland	2
		Italy	0
		Belarus	3
							Belarus	1
							Croatia	2
		Croatia	3
		Romania	0

•   Switzerland and  Croatia advanced to World Group II Play-offs.^[1][2]
•  Great Britain,  Norway,  Yugoslavia and  Portugal relegated to Group II in 1997.^[3][4][5][6]

Group II

• Venue: Ramat HaSharon, Israel (outdoor hard)
• Date: 25–30 March

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  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

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team
Poland	2–1	Denmark
Finland	2–1	Luxembourg
Israel	3–0	Lithuania
Ukraine	3–0	Turkey

•  Poland,  Finland,  Israel and  Ukraine promoted to Europe/Africa Group I in 1997.^{[7][8][9][10]}

See also

• Fed Cup structure

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.

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