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

Group I

  • 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

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

Group II

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

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

Winning TeamScoreLosing Team
 Poland2–1 Denmark
 Finland2–1 Luxembourg
 Israel3–0 Lithuania
 Ukraine3–0 Turkey

See also

References

  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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