The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1996 Fed Cup.
Group I edit
- Venue: Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile (outdoor clay)
- Date: 22–28 April
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 Americas Zone Group II for 1997.
Pools edit
| Pool A | CHI | COL | MEX | PAR | |
| 1 |  Chile (3–0)
|
2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Colombia (2–1)
|
1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 3 |  Mexico (1–2)
|
1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| 4 |  Paraguay (0–3)
|
1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Pool B | VEN | BRA | PUR | URU | |
| 1 |  Venezuela (3–0)
|
3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Brazil (2–1)
|
0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 |  Puerto Rico (1–2)
|
0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| 4 |  Uruguay (0–3)
|
0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
Knockout stage edit
| Semifinals 27 April | Final 28 April | ||||||||
| Chile
| 2 | ||||||||
| Brazil
| 1 | ||||||||
| Chile
| 2 | ||||||||
| Colombia
| 1 | ||||||||
| Colombia
| 2 | ||||||||
| Venezuela
| 1 | ||||||||
Group II edit
- Venue: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor clay)
- Date: 6–12 May
The thirteen teams were divided into two pools of six and seven. The top team from each pool then moved would advance to Group I for 1997.
Pools edit
| Pool A | ECU | BOL | ESA | GUA | BAH | BAR | |
| 1 |  Ecuador (5–0)
|
3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Bolivia (4–1)
|
0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 |  El Salvador (3–2)
|
0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 4 |  Guatemala (2–3)
|
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 5 |  Bahamas (1–4)
|
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| 6 |  Barbados (0–5)
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0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Pool B | PER | CUB | DOM | CRC | TRI | JAM | BER | |
| 1 |  Peru (5–1)
|
1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Cuba (5–1)
|
2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 |  Dominican Republic (5–1)
|
0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 4 |  Costa Rica (3–3)
|
0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 5 |  Trinidad and Tobago (2–4)
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1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 6 |  Jamaica (1–5)
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0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| 7 |  Bermuda (0–6)
|
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Croatia v Chile". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Paraguay v Panama". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Uruguay v Jamaica". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Canada v Ecuador". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Peru v Puerto Rico". fedcup.com.
- Fed Cup Profile, Chile
- Fed Cup Profile, Colombia
- Fed Cup Profile, Mexico
- Fed Cup Profile, Venezuela
- Fed Cup Profile, Brazil
- Fed Cup Profile, Puerto Rico
- Fed Cup Profile, Ecuador
- Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia
- Fed Cup Profile, El Salvador
- Fed Cup Profile, Guatemala
- Fed Cup Profile, Bahamas
- Fed Cup Profile, Peru
- Fed Cup Profile, Cuba
- Fed Cup Profile, Dominican Republic
- Fed Cup Profile, Costa Rica
- Fed Cup Profile, Trinidad and Tobago
- Fed Cup Profile, Jamaica