1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 Russia Italy  Switzerland Romania
2 Belarus Sweden Croatia Hungary
3 Slovenia Latvia Georgia Greece
4 Great Britain Norway FR Yugoslavia Portugal
Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw
  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  

Semifinals

Russia vs. Sweden

Russia
3		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Sweden
0
1 2 3
1
Elena Likhovtseva
Åsa Carlsson		 6
4		 6
4		    
2
Anna Kournikova
Anna-Karin Svensson		 6
0		 6
3		    
3
Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Åsa Carlsson / Maria Lindström		 6
3		 6
3		    

[1]

Hungary vs. Switzerland

Hungary
1		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1
Anna Földényi
Patty Schnyder		 3
6 		65
77		    
2
Andrea Temesvári
Martina Hingis		 0
6 		3
6 		   
3
Petra Mandula / Andrea Temesvári
Angela Bürgis / Emanuela Zardo		 6
4		 6
2		    

[2]

Italy vs. Belarus

Italy
0		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Belarus
3
1 2 3
1
Rita Grande
Natasha Zvereva		 6
4		 1
6 		4
6 		 
2
Adriana Serra Zanetti
Olga Barabanschikova		 5
7 		7
5		 1
6 		 
3
Nathalie Baudone / Laura Golarsa
Olga Barabanschikova / Tatiana Ignatieva		 0
3		     retired
 

[3]

Croatia vs. Romania

Croatia
3		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Romania
0
1 2 3
1
Mirjana Lučić
Cătălina Cristea		 6
0		 6
4		    
2
Iva Majoli
Ruxandra Dragomir		 6
2		 6
3		    
3
Maja Murić / Silvija Talaja
Cătălina Cristea / Raluca Sandu		 6
3		 3
6 		7
5		  

[4]

Finals

Russia vs. Switzerland

Russia
1		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
26 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1
Anna Kournikova
Patty Schnyder		 4
6 		4
6 		   
2
Elena Likhovtseva
Martina Hingis		 3
6 		0
6 		   
3
Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Angela Bürgis / Emanuela Zardo		 7
5		 6
1		    

[5]

Belarus vs. Croatia

Belarus
1		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
26 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Croatia
2
1 2 3
1
Natasha Zvereva
Iva Majoli		 1
6 		2
6 		   
2
Olga Barabanschikova
Mirjana Lučić		 4
6 		6
2		 4
6 		 
3
Olga Barabanschikova / Olga Glouschenko
Maja Murić / Silvija Talaja		 1
0		      
retired

[6]

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See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Russia v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  2. "Hungary v Switzerland". fedcup.com.
  3. "Italy v Belarus". fedcup.com.
  4. "Croatia v Romania". fedcup.com.
  5. "Russia v Switzerland". fedcup.com.
  6. "Belarus v Croatia". fedcup.com.
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