1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

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

Main article: 1996 Fed Cup

Group I
  • Venue: 700 Years Anniversary Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 21–24 February

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The top two 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 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II for 1997.

Pools
Pool A KOR IND HKG MAS
1  South Korea (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  India (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Hong Kong (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Malaysia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B CHN THA KAZ PHI
1  China (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Thailand (2–1) 0–3 2–0 3–0
3  Kazakhstan (1–2) 0–3 0–2 2–1
4  Philippines (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Knockout Stage
Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
  Semifinals
23 February		 Final
24 February
                           
     South Korea 3  
   Thailand 0  
     South Korea 2
       China 1
   India 0
     China 3  

Group II
  • Venue: 700 Years Anniversary Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 19–24 January

The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four. The top two teams from each pool then moved on to the play-off stage of the competition. The two teams that won a match from the play-off stage would advance to Group I for 1997.

Pools
Pool A NZL SIN SYR
1  New Zealand (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Singapore (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Syria (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B TPE UZB POC BRU
1  Chinese Taipei (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Uzbekistan (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3 Pacific Oceania (1–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0
4  Brunei (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Play-offs
Winning TeamScoreLosing Team
 New Zealand3–0 Uzbekistan
 Chinese Taipei3–0 Singapore
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See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "South Korea v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  2. "Malaysia v Uzbekistan". fedcup.com.
  3. "Philippines v Pakistan". fedcup.com.
  4. "New Zealand v Indonesia". fedcup.com.
  5. "Chinese Taipei v India". fedcup.com.
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