1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Subsection of tennis competition 1996 Fed Cup 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 35em Pool A RUS RUS (2–1) BLR BLR (2–1) SLO SLO (1–2) GBR GBR (1–2) 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–3 3–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 35em Pool B ITA ITA (3–0) SWE SWE (2–1) LAT LAT (1–2) NOR NOR (0–3) 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 35em Pool C SUI SUI (3–0) CRO CRO (2–1) GEO GEO 1990 (1–2) YUG FR Yugoslavia (0–3) 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 35em Pool D ROU ROU (3–0) HUN HUN (2–1) GRE GRE (1–2) POR POR (0–3) 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 Knockout stage 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage 2 25 April 26 April Semifinals Finals RUS 3 SWE 0 HUN 1 SUI 2 ITA 0 BLR 3 CRO 3 ROU 0 RUS 1 SUI 2 BLR 1 CRO 2 SUI and CRO advanced to World Group II Play-offs.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20005763 Switzerland v Indonesia fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003543 Croatia v Chile fedcup.com GBR, NOR, FR Yugoslavia and POR relegated to Group II in 1997.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004038 Great Britain v Lithuania fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004004 Bosnia and Herzegovina v Norway fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003843 Yugoslavia v Algeria fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003661 Portugal v Ethiopia fedcup.com 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 35em Pool A POL POL (3–0) LTU LTU (2–1) BOT BOT (1–2) ETH ETH (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 35em Pool B FIN FIN (4–0) TUR TUR (3–1) TUN TUN (2–2) LIE LIE (1–3) CYP CYP (0–4) 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 35em Pool C ISR ISR (4–0) LUX LUX (3–1) EST EST (2–2) ZIM ZIM (1–3) MKD Macedonia (0–4) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 35em Pool D UKR UKR (4–0) DEN DEN (3–1) IRL IRL (2–2) MLT MLT (1–3) ISL ISL (0–4) 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 Play-offs 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs Winning teamScoreLosing team POL 2–1 DEN FIN 2–1 LUX ISR 3–0 LTU UKR 3–0 TUR POL, FIN, ISR and UKR promoted to Europe/Africa Group I in 1997.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003828 Poland v Hungary fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003938 Finland v Belarus fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004252 Israel v Georgia fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004052 Ukraine v Sweden fedcup.com See also Fed Cup structure References 30em 30em Fed Cup Profile, Russia https://web.archive.org/web/20110905040608/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=RUS 2011-09-05 Fed Cup Profile, Belarus https://web.archive.org/web/20160416120619/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BLR 2016-04-16 Fed Cup Profile, Slovenia https://web.archive.org/web/20101112083744/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=SLO 2010-11-12 Fed Cup Profile, Italy https://web.archive.org/web/20160414031348/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ITA 2016-04-14 Fed Cup Profile, Sweden https://web.archive.org/web/20101112083911/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=SWE 2010-11-12 Fed Cup Profile, Latvia https://web.archive.org/web/20160512215353/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LAT 2016-05-12 Fed Cup Profile, Switzerland https://web.archive.org/web/20160424031337/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=SUI 2016-04-24 Fed Cup Profile, Croatia https://web.archive.org/web/20130314214636/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CRO 2013-03-14 Fed Cup Profile, Georgia https://web.archive.org/web/20160512215337/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GEO 2016-05-12 Fed Cup Profile, Romania https://web.archive.org/web/20160427200851/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ROU 2016-04-27 Fed Cup Profile, Hungary https://web.archive.org/web/20160528125229/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=HUN 2016-05-28 Fed Cup Profile, Greece https://web.archive.org/web/20101112084616/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GRE 2010-11-12 Fed Cup Profile, Poland https://web.archive.org/web/20160325042257/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=POL 2016-03-25 Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222203/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LTU 2016-04-22 Fed Cup Profile, Botswana https://web.archive.org/web/20150531134502/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BOT 2015-05-31 Fed Cup Profile, Finland https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222156/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=FIN 2016-04-22 Fed Cup Profile, Turkey https://web.archive.org/web/20160330225314/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TUR 2016-03-30 Fed Cup Profile, Tunisia https://web.archive.org/web/20120508162449/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TUN 2012-05-08 Fed Cup Profile, Liechtenstein https://web.archive.org/web/20160630174747/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LIE 2016-06-30 Fed Cup Profile, Israel Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg https://web.archive.org/web/20160604055939/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LUX 2016-06-04 Fed Cup Profile, Estonia https://web.archive.org/web/20160531221915/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=EST 2016-05-31 Fed Cup Profile, Zimbabwe https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215024/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ZIM 2016-03-03 Fed Cup Profile, Ukraine https://web.archive.org/web/20160426055239/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=UKR 2016-04-26 Fed Cup Profile, Denmark https://web.archive.org/web/20160517075454/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=DEN 2016-05-17 Fed Cup Profile, Ireland https://web.archive.org/web/20160506085242/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=IRL 2016-05-06 Fed Cup Profile, Malta External links Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07 Europe Africa Category:Sport in Murcia Category:Tennis tournaments in Spain Category:Sport in Ramat HaSharon Category:Tennis tournaments in Israel Fed