1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

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

Placing Pool A Pool B
1  Chile  Venezuela
2  Colombia  Brazil
3  Mexico  Puerto Rico
4  Paraguay  Uruguay

The four teams were then randomly drawn into a two-stage knockout tournament, with the winner advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw edit

Semifinals
27 April
Final
28 April
      
    Chile 2
    Brazil 1
    Chile 2
    Colombia 1
    Colombia 2
    Venezuela 1

Semifinals edit

Chile vs. Brazil edit

 
Chile
2
Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile
27 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Brazil
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Paula Cabezas
Miriam D'Agostini
6
3
3
6
0
6
 
2  
 
Bárbara Castro
Luciana Tella
6
4
6
3
   
3  
 
Paula Cabezas / Bárbara Castro
Vanessa Menga / Luciana Tella
6
2
6
4
   

[1]

Colombia vs. Venezuela edit

 
Colombia
2
Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile
27 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Venezuela
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Fabiola Zuluaga
María Vento
7
5
6
1
   
2  
 
Carmiña Giraldo
Melissa Mazzotta
63
77
1
6
   
3  
 
Ximena Rodríguez / Fabiola Zuluaga
María Virginia Francesa / Ninfa Marra
6
3
7
5
   

[2]

Final edit

Chile vs. Colombia edit

 
Chile
2
Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile
28 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Colombia
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Bárbara Castro
Fabiola Zuluaga
0
6
1
6
   
2  
 
Paula Cabezas
Carmiña Giraldo
7
5
7
5
   
3  
 
Paula Cabezas / Bárbara Castro
Ximena Rodríguez / Fabiola Zuluaga
6
0
7
5
   

[3]

  •   Chile advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against   Croatia. However, they lost 0–5, and thus returned to the Americas Zone Group I in 1997.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Chile v Brazil". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Colombia v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Chile v Colombia". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Chile v Croatia". fedcup.com.

External links edit