1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool B

International tennis competition 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group B of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1996 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage and the bottom team being relegated down to Group II for 1996.   RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings ITA ITA ITA 3–0 16–5 114–78 1 SWE SWE SWE 2–1 9–7 79–70 2 LAT LAT LAT 1–2 9–6 77–63 3 NOR NOR NOR 0–3 2–18 56–115 4 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 Italy vs. Latvia Italy Latvia La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Adriana Serra Zanetti 6 6 Anna Barinova 4 2 Rita Grande 6 7 Larisa Neiland 2 6.005 Laura Golarsa Rita Grande 2 3 Anna Barinova Larisa Neiland 6 6 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003405 Italy v Latvia fedcup.com Sweden vs. Norway Sweden Norway La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 3 0 Åsa Carlsson 6 6 Tina Samara 3 1 Anna-Karin Svensson 6 6 Mette Sigmundstad 2 2 Maria Lindström Anna-Karin Svensson 6 6 Karoline Borgersen Tina Samara 3 3 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004629 Sweden v Norway fedcup.com Italy vs. Sweden Italy Sweden La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Adriana Serra Zanetti 6 6 Åsa Carlsson 4 3 Rita Grande 6 6.005 6 Anna-Karin Svensson 4 7 2 Nathalie Baudone Laura Golarsa 6 6 Anna-Karin Svensson Maria Lindström 4 1 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003360 Italy v Sweden fedcup.com Latvia vs. Norway Latvia Norway La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 3 0 Anna Barinova 6 7 Karoline Borgersen 4 5 Larisa Neiland 6 6 Tina Samara 1 0 Anna Barinova Larisa Neiland 6 6 Karoline Borgersen Tina Samara 2 3 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003566 Latvia v Norway fedcup.com Italy vs. Norway Italy Norway La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 24 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 3 0 Laura Golarsa 6 3 6 Karoline Borgersen 2 6 2 Nathalie Baudone 6 6 Mette Sigmundstad 2 2 Nathalie Baudone Laura Golarsa 7 2 6 Karoline Borgersen Tina Samara 6.045 6 1 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003415 Italy v Norway fedcup.com Sweden vs. Latvia Sweden Latvia La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 24 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 3 0 Anna-Karin Svensson 4 Larisa Neiland 1 1 Åsa Carlsson 1 7 6 Anna Barinova 6 5 2 Anna-Karin Svensson Maria Lindström Anna Barinova Larisa Neiland 1 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003575 Sweden v Latvia fedcup.com NOR placed last in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1997, where they placed fourth in their pool of six.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NOR Fed Cup Profile, Norway fedcup.com 2016-04-25 2012-04-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425195351/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NOR dead See also Fed Cup structure References External links Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07 Category:1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone