1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool B

Group B of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1996 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage and the bottom team being relegated down to Group II for 1996.

  Italy ITA Sweden SWE Latvia LAT Norway NOR RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
 Italy 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 16–5 114–78 1
 Sweden 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 9–7 79–70 2
 Latvia 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 9–6 77–63 3
 Norway 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–18 56–115 4

Italy vs. Latvia

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Italy
2
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
22 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Latvia
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Adriana Serra Zanetti
Anna Barinova
6
4
6
2
   
2  
 
Rita Grande
Larisa Neiland
6
2
77
61
   
3  
 
Laura Golarsa / Rita Grande
Anna Barinova / Larisa Neiland
2
6
3
6
   

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Sweden vs. Norway

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Sweden
3
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
22 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Norway
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Åsa Carlsson
Tina Samara
6
3
6
1
   
2  
 
Anna-Karin Svensson
Mette Sigmundstad
6
2
6
2
   
3  
 
Maria Lindström / Anna-Karin Svensson
Karoline Borgersen / Tina Samara
6
3
6
3
   

[2]

Italy vs. Sweden

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Italy
2
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
23 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Sweden
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Adriana Serra Zanetti
Åsa Carlsson
6
4
6
3
   
2  
 
Rita Grande
Anna-Karin Svensson
6
4
61
77
6
2
 
3  
 
Nathalie Baudone / Laura Golarsa
Anna-Karin Svensson / Maria Lindström
6
4
6
1
   

[3]

Latvia vs. Norway

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Latvia
3
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
23 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Norway
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Anna Barinova
Karoline Borgersen
6
4
7
5
   
2  
 
Larisa Neiland
Tina Samara
6
1
6
0
   
3  
 
Anna Barinova / Larisa Neiland
Karoline Borgersen / Tina Samara
6
2
6
3
   

[4]

Italy vs. Norway

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Italy
3
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
24 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Norway
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Laura Golarsa
Karoline Borgersen
6
2
3
6
6
2
 
2  
 
Nathalie Baudone
Mette Sigmundstad
6
2
6
2
   
3  
 
Nathalie Baudone / Laura Golarsa
Karoline Borgersen / Tina Samara
77
65
2
6
6
1
 

[5]

Sweden vs. Latvia

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Sweden
3
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
24 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Latvia
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Anna-Karin Svensson
Larisa Neiland
4
1
     
retired
2  
 
Åsa Carlsson
Anna Barinova
1
6
7
5
6
2
 
3  
 
Anna-Karin Svensson / Maria Lindström
Anna Barinova / Larisa Neiland
      w/o
 

[6]

  •   Norway placed last in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1997, where they placed fourth in their pool of six.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Italy v Latvia". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Sweden v Norway". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Italy v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Latvia v Norway". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Italy v Norway". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Sweden v Latvia". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Norway". fedcup.com.
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