1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone

Subsection of tennis competition 1996 Fed Cup The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1996 Fed Cup. Group I Venue: Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile (outdoor clay) Date: 22–28 April 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 Americas Zone Group II for 1997. Pools 35em Pool A CHI CHI (3–0) COL COL (2–1) MEX MEX (1–2) PAR PAR (0–3) 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 35em Pool B VEN VEN 1930 (3–0) BRA BRA (2–1) PUR PUR (1–2) URU URU (0–3) 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 Knockout stage 1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Knockout Stage 1 Semifinals27 April Final28 April   CHI 2   BRA 1   COL 2   VEN 1930 1   CHI 2   COL 1 CHI advanced to World Group II Play-offs.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003543 Croatia v Chile fedcup.com PAR and URU relegated to Group II in 1997.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004428 Paraguay v Panama fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004299 Uruguay v Jamaica fedcup.com Group II Venue: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor clay) Date: 6–12 May The thirteen teams were divided into two pools of six and seven. The top team from each pool then moved would advance to Group I for 1997. Pools 40em Pool A ECU ECU (5–0) BOL BOL (4–1) ESA ESA (3–2) GUA GUA (2–3) BAH BAH (1–4) BAR BAR (0–5) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 40em Pool B PER PER (5–1) CUB CUB (5–1) DOM DOM (5–1) CRC CRC (3–3) TRI TRI (2–4) JAM JAM (1–5) BER BER (0–6) 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 ECU and PER advanced to Group I in 1997.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003418 Canada v Ecuador fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004725 Peru v Puerto Rico fedcup.com See also Fed Cup structure References 30em 30em Fed Cup Profile, Chile https://web.archive.org/web/20160419044457/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CHI 2016-04-19 Fed Cup Profile, Colombia https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222441/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=COL 2016-04-22 Fed Cup Profile, Mexico https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222207/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=MEX 2016-04-22 Fed Cup Profile, Venezuela https://web.archive.org/web/20160419044554/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=VEN 2016-04-19 Fed Cup Profile, Brazil https://web.archive.org/web/20160418131053/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BRA 2016-04-18 Fed Cup Profile, Puerto Rico https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212823/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=PUR 2016-03-30 Fed Cup Profile, Ecuador https://web.archive.org/web/20120507153256/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ECU 2012-05-07 Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222151/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BOL 2016-04-22 Fed Cup Profile, El Salvador https://web.archive.org/web/20120512014435/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ESA 2012-05-12 Fed Cup Profile, Guatemala https://web.archive.org/web/20160419044837/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GUA 2016-04-19 Fed Cup Profile, Bahamas https://web.archive.org/web/20101112084458/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BAH 2010-11-12 Fed Cup Profile, Peru https://web.archive.org/web/20160424134711/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=PER 2016-04-24 Fed Cup Profile, Cuba https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231142/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CUB 2016-03-03 Fed Cup Profile, Dominican Republic https://web.archive.org/web/20160419044832/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=DOM 2016-04-19 Fed Cup Profile, Costa Rica https://web.archive.org/web/20120507151109/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CRC 2012-05-07 Fed Cup Profile, Trinidad and Tobago https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170033/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TRI 2016-03-03 Fed Cup Profile, Jamaica External links Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07 Americas Category:Sports competitions in Santiago, Chile Category:Tennis tournaments in Chile Category:Sports competitions in Santo Domingo Category:Tennis tournaments in the Dominican Republic Category:1996 in Chilean tennis Category:1990s in Santiago, Chile Category:20th century in Santo Domingo Category:1996 in Dominican Republic sport