2000 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2000 Fed Cup.

Group I

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The ten teams were divided into two pools of five teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group play-offs next year. The two nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2001.

Pools

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Pool A CAN VEN BRA URU CHI
1   Canada (4–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Venezuela (3–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
3   Brazil (2–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0
4   Uruguay (1–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0
5   Chile (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B ARG COL MEX PAR CUB
1   Argentina (4–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Colombia (3–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
3   Mexico (2–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
4   Paraguay (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
5   Cuba (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2

Play-off

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Canada
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Santinho Coast, Florianópolis, Brazil
18 April 2000
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Argentina
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Jana Nejedly
Gisela Dulko
6
3
7
5
   
2  
 
Sonya Jeyaseelan
María Emilia Salerni
4
6
5
7
   
3  
 
Maureen Drake / Sonya Jeyaseelan
Laura Montalvo / María Emilia Salerni
1
6
3
6
   

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Group II

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The fourteen teams were randomly divided into two pools of four and two pools of three teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The play-off stage of the group was used to determine placings. The top two teams from each pool would be drawn in a knockout stage to determine which teams would be promoted, while the remaining teams played-off to determine the other placings.

Pools

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Pool A DOM TRI BAR
1   Dominican Republic (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2   Trinidad and Tobago (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3   Barbados (0–2) 0–3 1–2
Pool B ECU BAH PAN ATG
1   Ecuador (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Bahamas (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3   Panama (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Antigua and Barbuda (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool C PUR GUA BER JAM
1   Puerto Rico (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Guatemala (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3   Bermuda (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Jamaica (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool D BOL ESA CRC
1   Bolivia (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2   El Salvador (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3   Costa Rica (0–2) 0–3 1–2

Play-offs

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Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
  Dominican Republic2
  Puerto Rico1
  Puerto Rico0  Dominican Republic0
  Bolivia3  Ecuador3
  Bolivia0
  Ecuador3
Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
  Dominican Republic2
  Puerto Rico1
  Puerto Rico0  Dominican Republic0
  Bolivia3  Ecuador3
  Bolivia0
  Ecuador3
Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
  Barbados0
  Costa Rica3
  Barbados1  Costa Rica3
  Panama2  Bermuda0
  Bermuda2
  Panama1
First round
12 May
   
    Antigua and Barbuda 1
    Jamaica 2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Canada v Argentina". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Japan v Argentina". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Bahamas v Chile". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Cuba v Barbados". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Canada v Ecuador". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Mexico v Dominican Republic". fedcup.com.
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