1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – play-offs

The play-offs of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

Placing Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1  Poland  Finland  Israel  Ukraine
2  Lithuania  Turkey  Luxembourg  Denmark
3  Botswana  Tunisia  Estonia  Ireland
4  Ethiopia  Liechtenstein  Zimbabwe  Malta
5  Cyprus  Macedonia  Iceland

The four teams were then paired up the team from a different placing of the other group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to Group I in 1997.

Poland vs. Denmark

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Poland
2
Ramat HaSharon, Israel
30 March 1996
Hard (outdoors)
 
Denmark
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Aleksandra Olsza
Karin Ptaszek
6
4
6
1
   
2  
 
Ewa Radzikowska
Sandra Olsen
62
77
6
3
4
6
 
3  
 
Magdalena Feistel / Aleksandra Olsza
Karin Ptaszek / Tine Scheuer-Larsen
6
3
7
5
   

[1]

Finland vs. Luxembourg

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Finland
2
Ramat HaSharon, Israel
30 March 1996
Hard (outdoors)
 
Luxembourg
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Nanne Dahlman
Anne Kremer
6
4
6
3
   
2  
 
Hanna-Katri Aalto
Fabienne Thill
6
4
6
4
   
3  
 
Hanna-Katri Aalto / Petra Thorén
Anne Kremer / Alexandra Scholer
3
0
    retired
 

[2]

Israel vs. Lithuania

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Israel
3
Ramat HaSharon, Israel
30 March 1996
Hard (outdoors)
 
Lithuania
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Anna Smashnova
Rūta Deduraitė
6
1
6
2
   
2  
 
Hila Rosen
Odeta Naujokaitė
6
0
6
2
   
3  
 
Nataly Cahana / Tzipora Obziler
Rūta Deduraitė / Odeta Naujokaitė
6
4
6
3
   

[3]

Ukraine vs. Turkey

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Ukraine
3
Ramat HaSharon, Israel
30 March 1996
Hard (outdoors)
 
Turkey
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Elena Tatarkova
Gülberk Gültekin
6
4
6
2
   
2  
 
Elena Brioukhovets
İpek Şenoğlu
6
0
6
4
   
3  
 
Elena Brioukhovets / Elena Tatarkova
Seden Özlü / İpek Şenoğlu
6
2
6
0
   

[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Poland v Denmark". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Finland v Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Israel v Lithuania". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Ukraine v Turkey". fedcup.com.
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