2006 Fed Cup

International women's tennis competition 2006 Fed Cup 22 April – 17 September 44th 2005 2007 The 2006 Fed Cup was the 44th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place at Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium, on 16–17 September. The home team, Belgium, lost to Italy, 2–3, giving Italy their first title in their first final and Belgium's second final.https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2006/09/17/Italy-tops-Belgium-for-Fed-Cup-title/43671158526819/ Italy tops Belgium for Fed Cup title upi.com 15 April 2025https://timesofmalta.com/article/italy-claim-3-2-win-after-henin-hardenne-withdraws.41049 Italy claim 3-2 win after Henin-Hardenne withdraws Times of Malta 15 April 2025 World Group 2006 Fed Cup World Group Participating teams AUT BEL FRA GER ITA RUS ESP USA Draw 22–23 April 15–16 July 16–17 September 16 Liège, Belgium (Indoor hard) 1 RUS 2 BEL 3 Ettenheim, Germany (Outdoor clay) GER 2 4 USA 3 Valencia, Spain (Outdoor clay) 3 ESP 5 AUT 0 Nancy, France (Indoor clay) ITA 4 2 FRA 1 Ostend, Belgium (Indoor hard) BEL 4 4 USA 1 Zaragoza, Spain (Outdoor clay) 3 ESP 1 ITA 3 Charleroi, Belgium (Indoor hard) BEL 2 ITA 3 World Group play-offs 2006 Fed Cup World Group play-offs The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Austria, France, Germany and Russia), and four winners of the World Group II ties (China, Croatia, Czech Republic and Japan) entered the draw for the World Group play-offs. Date: 15–16 July VenueSurfaceHome team ScoreVisiting teamTokyo, Japan Indoor hard JPN 5–0 AUTCagnes-sur-Mer, France Outdoor clay FRA 3–2 CZEBeijing, China Indoor hard CHN 4–1 GERUmag, Croatia Outdoor clay CRO 2–3 RUS World Group II 2006 Fed Cup World Group II The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2006. Winners will advance to the World Group play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II play-offs. Date: 22–23 April VenueSurfaceHome team ScoreVisiting teamTokyo, JapanIndoor hard JPN 4–1 SUIZagreb, CroatiaIndoor carpet CRO 3–2 ARGBangkok, Thailand Outdoor hard THA 1–4 CZEJakarta, Indonesia Outdoor hard INA 0–4 CHN World Group II play-offs 2006 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs The four losing teams from World Group II (Argentina, Indonesia, Switzerland and Thailand) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Israel and Slovakia), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Australia), and one team from the Americas Zone (Canada). Date: 14–15 July VenueSurfaceHome team ScoreVisiting teamRamat HaSharon, IsraelOutdoor hard ISR w/o INAEdmonton, CanadaOutdoor hard CAN 3–2 ARGBratislava, SlovakiaIndoor hard SVK 5–0 THAChavannes-de-Bogis, SwitzerlandOutdoor hard SUI 0–5 AUS Americas Zone 2006 Fed Cup Americas Zone Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition. Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition. Group I Venue: Club Campestre de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia (outdoor clay) Dates: 19–22 April Participating teams 22em BRA CAN CHI COL CUB MEX PUR URU Group II Venue: Parque del Este, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor hard) Dates: 18–20 April Participating teams 22em BER BOL DOM PAN PAR VEN Asia/Oceania Zone 2006 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition. Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition. Group I Venue: Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea (outdoor hard) Dates: 20–22 April Participating teams 22em AUS TPE IND NZL PHI KOR UZB Group II Venue: Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea (outdoor hard) Dates: 20–21 April Participating teams 22em HKG KAZ SIN SYR 1980 Europe/Africa Zone 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition. Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition. Group I Venue: TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (outdoor clay) Dates: 17–22 April Participating teams 22em BLR BUL DEN EST FIN GBR HUN ISR LUX NED ROU SCG SVK SLO RSA SWE UKR Group II Venue: Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay) Dates: 26–29 April Participating teams 22em GEO GRE IRL LAT LTU POL POR Group III Venue: Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay) Dates: 26–29 April Participating teams 22em AZE BIH BOT EGY ISL LIE MDA NAM NOR TUN TUR Rankings The rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.http://www.fedcup.com/en/rankings/rankings-explained.aspx Rankings Explained 21 June 2012 fedcup.com 17 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190417221711/https://www.fedcup.com/en/rankings/rankings-explained.aspx dead 24 April Rank Nation PointsITF 2012 Fed Cup Nations Ranking History Move 1 RUS 35,267.5 2 FRA 27,910.0 3 ESP 14,502.5 4 USA 14,275.0 5 BEL 9,987.5 1 6 ITA 8,855.0 2 7 AUT 7,875.0 2 8 SVK 7,077.5 1 9 GER 4,762.5 10 JPN 4,437.5 4 17 July Rank Nation Points Move 1 RUS 31,960.0 2 FRA 23,292.5 3 BEL 14,592.5 2 4 ITA 13,510.0 2 5 USA 11,442.5 1 6 ESP 10,957.5 3 7 CHN 5,822.5 6 8 JPN 5,767.5 2 9 SVK 5,407.55 1 10 AUT 5,030.0 3 18 September Rank Nation Points Move 1 RUS 27,860.0 2 ITA 21,690.0 2 3 FRA 21,247.5 1 4 BEL 14,592.5 1 5 USA 11,442.5 6 ESP 10,957.5 7 CHN 5,822.5 8 JPN 5,767.5 9 AUT 5,030.0 1 10 CAN 3,995.0 1 References External links Fed Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20101007224436/http://www.fedcup.com/ 2010-10-07 Category:Billie Jean King Cups by year Fed Cup Category:2006 in women's tennis