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2006 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – play-offs
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Tennis tournament
2006 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
The play-offs of the 2006 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Using the positions determined in their pools, the nine teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2006 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I, the top country of each pool played for first and second placings, while the bottom two of each pool competed for fifth to eighth. The team that ended up placing first overall advanced to World Group play-offs, whilst those coming in seventh were relegated down to Group II for the next year.
PlacingPool APool B1 AUS IND2 TPE3 KOR NZL4 UZB PHI
Promotion play-offs
The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.
Australia vs. India
Australia India Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea 22 April 2006 Hard (outdoors) 2 1 Casey Dellacqua 3 2 Shikha Uberoi 6 6 Samantha Stosur 6 6 Sania Mirza 4 2 Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs 7 6 Sania Mirza Shikha Uberoi 6.035 2
http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007821 Australia v India fedcup.com 2012-10-07 2012-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20121007230604/http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007821 dead
Third
As there was only three teams from Pool A as opposed to the four from Pool B, the second-placed team from Pool B (TPE) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Taiwanese were automatically allocated third place.
Relegation play-offs
The last and second-to-last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group II for next year.
South Korea vs. Philippines
South Korea Philippines Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea 22 April 2006 Hard (outdoors) 2 0 Chang Kyung-mi 6 6 Denise Dy 3 1 Yoo Mi 6 6 Czarina-Mae Arévalo 2 2 Kim Mi-ok Kim So-jung Czarina-Mae Arévalo Conchita Corazon Zoleta 1 3
http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007818 South Korea v Philippines fedcup.com
Uzbekistan vs. New Zealand
Uzbekistan New Zealand Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea 22 April 2006 Hard (outdoors) 2 1 Iroda Tulyaganova 6 7 Leanne Baker 3 5 Akgul Amanmuradova 5 1 Marina Erakovic 7 6 Akgul Amanmuradova Iroda Tulyaganova 6 7 Leanne Baker Marina Erakovic 4 5
http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007819 Uzbekistan v New Zealand fedcup.com
Final Placements
Placing Teams Promoted AUS Second IND Third TPEFifth KOR UZBRelegated PHI NZL
AUS advanced to the World Group play-offs, and were drawn against SUI, where they won 5–0. The team thus competed in the 2007 World Group II.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=AUS Fed Cup Profile, Australia fedcup.com 2016-04-14 2012-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160414031447/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=AUS dead
PHI and NZL were relegated down to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II for the next year, but the 2007 Asia/Oceania Zone consisted of simply one group. The New Zealands placed fifth overall, but the Filipinos did not compete.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=PHI Fed Cup Profile, Philippines fedcup.com 2016-04-25 2012-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210804/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=PHI deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NZL Fed Cup Profile, New Zealand fedcup.com 2016-04-25 2012-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210753/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NZL dead
See also
Fed Cup structure
References
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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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