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1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
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1996 Fed Cup
The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1996 Fed Cup. The 1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone was a tennis competition held as part of the Fed Cup tournament, which is the premier international team competition in women's tennis. The Asia/Oceania Zone is one of the regional zones in the Fed Cup competition, and teams from this zone compete for the opportunity to advance to the higher stages of the tournament.
Group I
Venue: 700 Years Anniversary Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand (outdoor hard)
Date: 21–24 February
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 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II for 1997.
Pools
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Pool A KOR KOR (3–0) IND IND (2–1) HKG HKG 1959 (1–2) MAS MAS (0–3) 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3
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Pool B CHN CHN (3–0) THA THA (2–1) KAZ KAZ (1–2) PHI PHI 1986 (0–3) 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–0 3–0 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2
Knockout stage
1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
1 Semifinals23 February Final24 February KOR 3 THA 0 IND 0 CHN 3 KOR 2 CHN 1
KOR advanced to World Group II Play-offs.https://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004057 South Korea v Bulgaria fedcup.com
MAS and PHI 1986 relegated to Group II in 1997.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20005829 Malaysia v Uzbekistan fedcup.comhttps://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20005707 Philippines v Pakistan fedcup.comAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot
Group II
Venue: 700 Years Anniversary Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand (outdoor hard)
Date: 19–24 January
The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four. The top two teams from each pool then moved on to the play-off stage of the competition. The two teams that won a match from the play-off stage would advance to Group I for 1997.
Pools
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Pool A NZL NZL (2–0) SIN SIN (1–1) SYR SYR (0–2) 3–0 3–0 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3
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Pool B TPE TPE (3–0) UZB UZB (2–1) POC Pacific Oceania (1–2) BRU BRU (0–3) 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3
Play-offs
1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Play-offs
Winning teamScoreLosing team NZL 3–0 UZB TPE 3–0 SIN
NZL and TPE advanced to Group I in 1997.https://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20005647 New Zealand v Indonesia fedcup.comhttps://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20005671 Chinese Taipei v India fedcup.com
See also
Fed Cup structure
References
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Fed Cup Profile, South Korea https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210854/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=KOR 2016-04-25
Fed Cup Profile, India https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210844/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=IND 2016-04-25
Fed Cup Profile, Hong Kong https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210738/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=HKG 2016-04-25
Fed Cup Profile, China https://web.archive.org/web/20110110030226/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CHN 2011-01-10
Fed Cup Profile, Thailand https://web.archive.org/web/20160330215425/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=THA 2016-03-30
Fed Cup Profile, Kazakhstan https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210743/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=KAZ 2016-04-25
Fed Cup Profile, New Zealand https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210753/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NZL 2016-04-25
Fed Cup Profile, Singapore https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210914/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=SIN 2016-04-25
Fed Cup Profile, Chinese Taipei https://web.archive.org/web/20160614004045/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TPE 2016-06-14
Fed Cup Profile, Uzbekistan https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210820/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=UZB 2016-04-25
Fed Cup Profile, Pacific Oceania
External links
Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07
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