1996 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.

Main article: 1996 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 1997.[1]

Participating nations

•  Bahrain
•  Hong Kong
•  Iran
•  Pakistan
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Sri Lanka
•  Thailand
•  Uzbekistan

Draw

Relegation Play-offs 5–7 April

First Round 9–11 February; 23–25 February

Second Round 5–7 April

Third Round 20–22 September

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)

Hong Kong

5

Tehran, Iran (clay)

Sri Lanka

0

Bangkok, Thailand (hard)

Sri Lanka

1

Hong Kong

0

Iran

4

Bangkok, Thailand (hard)

Thailand

5

Thailand

4

Iran

1

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay)

Thailand

0

Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay)

Uzbekistan

5

Pakistan

5

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard)

Saudi Arabia

0

Peshawar, Pakistan (grass)

Saudi Arabia

3

Pakistan

0

Bahrain

2

Manama, Bahrain (hard)

Uzbekistan

5

Bahrain

0

Uzbekistan

5

Sri Lanka and  Bahrain relegated to Group III in 1997.

Uzbekistan promoted to Group I in 1997.

First round

Hong Kong vs. Sri Lanka

Hong Kong 5	Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong [2] 9–11 February 1996 Hard		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Hui Manjule Weerakoon 6 3 6 0 6 2       2 Pang Lui Jayendra Wijeyesekera 7 5 6 3 6 3       3 John Hui / So Chun-yen Lahiru Jayasuriya / Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 3 6 4 6 1       4 John Hui Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 4 7^7 6^5         5 Pang Lui Manjule Weerakoon 6 0 6 0

Thailand vs. Iran

Thailand 4	Huamark Centre, Bangkok, Thailand [3] 9–11 February 1996 Hard		Iran 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Woraphol Thongkhamchu Mansour Bahrami 6 2 6 4 6 4       2 Tanakorn Srichaphan Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli 6 2 6 1 6 1       3 Vittaya Samrej / Narathorn Srichaphan Mansour Bahrami / Ramin Raziani 7 5 7^7 6^4 6 3       4 Tanakorn Srichaphan Mansour Bahrami 4 6 2 6         5 Woraphol Thongkhamchu Ramin Raziani 7 5 6 4

Pakistan vs. Saudi Arabia

Pakistan 5	Artillery Mess, Rawalpindi, Pakistan [4] 23–25 February 1996 Clay		Saudi Arabia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Omer Rashid Zulfiqar Ahmed 6 0 6 1 6 1       2 Hamed-ul-Haq Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6 2 6 0 6 2       3 Omer Rashid / Hamed-ul-Haq Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Farah Al-Somali 6 3 6 2 6 0       4 Omer Rashid Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6 1 6 3         5 Hamed-ul-Haq Farah Al-Somali 6 0 6 0

Bahrain vs. Uzbekistan

Bahrain 0	Isa Town Stadium, Manama, Bahrain [5] 23–25 February 1996 Hard		Uzbekistan 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Esam Abdulaal Dmitri Tomashevich 3 6 5 7 3 6       2 Shehab Shehab Oleg Ogorodov 0 6 1 6 2 6       3 Esam Abdulaal / Nader Abdul-Aal Vadim Kutsenko / Oleg Ogorodov 4 6 1 6 2 6       4 Esam Abdulaal Oleg Ogorodov 5 7 7^7 6^2 1 6       5 Shehab Shehab Dmitri Tomashevich 2 6 0 6

Second round

Thailand vs. Hong Kong

Thailand 5	National Centre, Bangkok, Thailand [6] 5–7 April 1996 Hard		Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tanakorn Srichaphan John Hui 6 2 6 2 6 2       2 Woraphol Thongkhamchu Pang Lui 6 3 6 4 6 3       3 Vittaya Samrej / Narathorn Srichaphan Graeme Foster / So Chun-yen 7 5 6 1 6 3       4 Narathorn Srichaphan Graeme Foster 6 0 6 4         5 Woraphol Thongkhamchu John Hui 6 3 6 2

Pakistan vs. Uzbekistan

Pakistan 0	Peshawar Tennis Club, Peshawar, Pakistan [7] 5–7 April 1996 Grass		Uzbekistan 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Omer Rashid Dmitri Tomashevich 3 6 4 6 1 6       2 Hamed-ul-Haq Oleg Ogorodov 3 6 6 4 2 6 3 6     3 Omer Rashid / Hamed-ul-Haq Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich 7^7 6^4 1 6 6^2 7^7 3 6     4 Omer Rashid Oleg Ogorodov 5 7 1 6         5 Hamed-ul-Haq Dmitri Tomashevich 3 6 2 6

Relegation play-offs

Iran vs. Sri Lanka

Iran 4	Enghelab Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran [8] 5–7 April 1996 Clay		Sri Lanka 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mansour Bahrami Rohan de Silva 6 2 6 1 7 5       2 Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 2 6 2 6 2       3 Mansour Bahrami / Ramin Raziani Arjun Fernando / Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 4 6 2 6 4       4 Ramin Raziani Jayendra Wijeyesekera 4 6 2 6         5 Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli Rohan de Silva 6 0 6 2

Saudi Arabia vs. Bahrain

Saudi Arabia 3	InterContinental Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [9] 5–7 April 1996 Hard		Bahrain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Shehab Shehab 6 1 6 2 6 4       2 Othman Al-Anazi Esam Abdulaal 1 6 2 6 7^7 6^5 6 4 6 4   3 Othman Al-Anazi / Bader Mohammed Almuqail Esam Abdulaal / Nader Abdul-Aal 3 6 4 6 7 5 3 6     4 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Esam Abdulaal 6 4 2 6 2 6 5 7     5 Othman Al-Anazi Shehab Shehab 6 4 7 5 6 3

Third round

Uzbekistan vs. Thailand

Uzbekistan 5	Dynamo Tennis Club, Tashkent, Uzbekistan [10] 20–22 September 1996 Clay		Thailand 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dmitri Tomashevich Narathorn Srichaphan 6 0 6 3 6 1       2 Oleg Ogorodov Tanakorn Srichaphan 6 1 6 3 7^7 6^2       3 Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich Vittaya Samrej / Woraphol Thongkhamchu 6 3 6 4 6 2       4 Oleg Ogorodov Narathorn Srichaphan 6 3 5 7 6 3       5 Dmitri Tomashevich Tanakorn Srichaphan 6 0 6 3

References

1. "1996 Asia/Oceania Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
2. "Hong Kong v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
3. "Thailand v Iran". daviscup.com.
4. "Pakistan v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.
5. "Bahrain v Uzbekistan". daviscup.com.
6. "Thailand v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
7. "Pakistan v Uzbekistan". daviscup.com.
8. "Iran v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
9. "Saudi Arabia v Bahrain". daviscup.com.
10. "Uzbekistan v Thailand". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website