2017 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2017 Fed Cup.

Group I

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  • Venue: Club Deportivo la Asunción, Metepec, Mexico (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 6–11 February

The nine teams were divided into two pools of four and five teams. The two pool winners took part in a play-off to determine the nation advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The four nations finishing last and second last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 14 November 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Canada (17)
  2.   Argentina (19)
  1.   Paraguay (20)
  2.   Brazil (21)
  1.   Mexico (32)
  2.   Bolivia (36)
  1.   Colombia (39)
  2.   Venezuela (43)
  3.   Chile (51)

Pools

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

Play-offs

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Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Canada 2–0   Chile
3rd–4th   Paraguay 2–0   Argentina
5th   Colombia
Relegation   Venezuela 2–0   Mexico
Relegation   Bolivia 0–2   Brazil

Final placements

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Placing Teams
Promoted/First   Canada
Second   Chile
Third   Paraguay
Fourth   Argentina
Fifth   Colombia
Sixth   Venezuela   Brazil
Relegated/Eighth   Mexico   Bolivia

Group II

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  • Venue: Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 19–22 July

The thirteen teams were divided into three pools of three teams and one pool of four teams. The four pool winners took part in a play-off to determine the two nations advancing to Group I in 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 24 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.   Ecuador (43)
  2.   Guatemala (51)
  3.   Puerto Rico (52)
  4.   Peru (55)
  1.   Dominican Republic (58)
  2.   Uruguay (62)
  3.   Trinidad and Tobago (65)
  4.   Costa Rica (67)
  1.   Bahamas (75)
  2.   Barbados (80)
  3.   Honduras (86)
  4.   Panama (97)
  5.   Cuba (-)

Pools

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Pool A ECU CUB URU
1   Ecuador (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2   Cuba (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3   Uruguay (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Pool B GUA DOM BAR
1   Guatemala (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2   Dominican Republic (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3   Barbados (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool C PUR TTO HON
1   Puerto Rico (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2   Trinidad and Tobago (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3   Honduras (0–2) 0–3 1–2
Pool D PER CRC BAH PAN
1   Peru (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Costa Rica (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3   Bahamas (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Panama (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2

Play-offs

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Placing A Team Score C Team
Promotional   Ecuador 0–2   Puerto Rico
5th–8th   Cuba 2–1   Trinidad and Tobago
9th–12th   Uruguay 1–1   Honduras
Placing B Team Score D Team
Promotional   Guatemala 2–1   Peru
5th–8th   Dominican Republic 1–1   Costa Rica
9th–12th   Barbados 1–1   Bahamas
13th   Panama

Final placements

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Placing Teams
Promoted   Puerto Rico   Guatemala
Third   Ecuador   Peru
Fifth   Cuba
Sixth   Dominican Republic   Costa Rica
Eighth   Trinidad and Tobago
Ninth   Uruguay   Honduras   Barbados   Bahamas
Thirteenth   Panama

References

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