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1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 1996 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1996 Fed Cup.

Group I

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  • 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

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Pool A RUS BLR SLO GBR
1   Russia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
2   Belarus (2–1) 2–1 0–3 2–1
3   Slovenia (1–2) 0–3 3–0 1–2
4   Great Britain (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
Pool B ITA SWE LAT NOR
1   Italy (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2   Sweden (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3   Latvia (1–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0
4   Norway (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool C SUI CRO GEO YUG
1    Switzerland (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Croatia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Georgia (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Yugoslavia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool D ROU HUN GRE POR
1   Romania (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2   Hungary (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3   Greece (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4   Portugal (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Knockout stage

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Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
SemifinalsFinals
  Russia3
  Sweden0
  Russia1
   Switzerland2
  Hungary1
   Switzerland2
  Italy0
  Belarus3
  Belarus1
  Croatia2
  Croatia3
  Romania0

Group II

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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

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Pool A POL LTU BOT ETH
1   Poland (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Lithuania (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3   Botswana (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Ethiopia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool B FIN TUR TUN LIE CYP
1   Finland (4–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Turkey (3–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0
3   Tunisia (2–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0 3–0
4   Liechtenstein (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
5   Cyprus (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool C ISR LUX EST ZIM MKD
1   Israel (4–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Luxembourg (3–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
3   Estonia (2–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1
4   Zimbabwe (1–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–0
5   Macedonia (0–4) 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3
Pool D UKR DEN IRL MLT ISL
1   Ukraine (4–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Denmark (3–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
3   Ireland (2–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0
4   Malta (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0
5   Iceland (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs

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Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
Winning Team Score Losing Team
  Poland 2–1   Denmark
  Finland 2–1   Luxembourg
  Israel 3–0   Lithuania
  Ukraine 3–0   Turkey

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Switzerland v Indonesia". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Croatia v Chile". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Great Britain v Lithuania". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Norway". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Yugoslavia v Algeria". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Portugal v Ethiopia". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Poland v Hungary". fedcup.com.
  8. ^ "Finland v Belarus". fedcup.com.
  9. ^ "Israel v Georgia". fedcup.com.
  10. ^ "Ukraine v Sweden". fedcup.com.
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