1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Main article: 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  FR 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
Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
  First round
25 April		 Quarterfinals
26 April
                 
  Russia 3  
  Sweden 0  
    Russia 1
     Switzerland 2
  Hungary 1
   Switzerland 2  
  Italy 0  
  Belarus 3  
    Belarus 1
    Croatia 2
  Croatia 3
  Romania 0  

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
Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
Winning TeamScoreLosing Team
 Poland2–1 Denmark
 Finland2–1 Luxembourg
 Israel3–0 Lithuania
 Ukraine3–0 Turkey
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See also
  • Fed Cup structure

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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