The 2006 Fed Cup was the 44th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis.
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| Duration | 22 April – 17 September |
| Edition | 44th |
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← 2005 2007 → | |
The final took place at Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium, on 16–17 September. The home team, Belgium, lost to Italy, 2–3, giving Italy their first title in their first final and Belgium's second final.
World Group edit
| Participating Teams | |||
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 Austria |
 Belgium |
 France |
 Germany |
 Italy |
 Russia |
 Spain |
 United States |
Draw edit
| Quarterfinals 22–23 April | Semifinals 15–16 July | Final 16–17 September | |||||||||||
| Liège, Belgium (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Russia | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ostend, Belgium (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
 Belgium | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Belgium | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Ettenheim, Germany (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  United States | 1 | |||||||||||
 Germany | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Charleroi, Belgium (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
| 4 | United States | 3 | |||||||||||
| Belgium | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Valencia, Spain (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
 Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Spain | 5 | |||||||||||
| Zaragoza, Spain (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
 Austria | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Spain | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nancy, France (Indoor clay) | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Italy | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  France | 1 | |||||||||||
World Group play-offs edit
The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Austria, France, Germany and Russia), and four winners of the World Group II ties (China, Croatia, Czech Republic and Japan) entered the draw for the World Group play-offs.
Date: 15–16 July
| Venue | Surface | Home team | Score | Visiting team |
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| Tokyo, Japan | Indoor hard |  Japan |
5–0 | Austria
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| Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Outdoor clay | France |
3–2 |  Czech Republic
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| Beijing, China | Indoor hard |  China |
4–1 | Germany
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| Umag, Croatia | Outdoor clay |  Croatia |
2–3 | Russia
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World Group II edit
The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2006. Winners will advance to the World Group play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II play-offs.
Date: 22–23 April
| Venue | Surface | Home team | Score | Visiting team |
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| Tokyo, Japan | Indoor hard | Japan |
4–1 |  Switzerland
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| Zagreb, Croatia | Indoor carpet | Croatia |
3–2 |  Argentina
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| Bangkok, Thailand | Outdoor hard |  Thailand |
1–4 | Czech Republic
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| Jakarta, Indonesia | Outdoor hard |  Indonesia |
0–4 | China
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World Group II play-offs edit
The four losing teams from World Group II (Argentina, Indonesia, Switzerland and Thailand) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Israel and Slovakia), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Australia), and one team from the Americas Zone (Canada).
Date: 14–15 July
| Venue | Surface | Home team | Score | Visiting team |
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| Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Outdoor hard |  Israel |
w/o | Indonesia
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| Edmonton, Canada | Outdoor hard |  Canada |
3–2 | Argentina
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| Bratislava, Slovakia | Indoor hard |  Slovakia |
5–0 | Thailand
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| Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland | Outdoor hard | Switzerland |
0–5 |  Australia
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Americas Zone edit
- Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
- Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.
Group I edit
Venue: Club Campestre de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia (outdoor clay)
Dates: 19–22 April
- Participating Teams
Group II edit
Venue: Parque del Este, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor hard)
Dates: 18–20 April
- Participating Teams
Asia/Oceania Zone edit
- Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
- Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.
Group I edit
Venue: Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea (outdoor hard)
Dates: 20–22 April
- Participating Teams
Group II edit
Venue: Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea (outdoor hard)
Dates: 20–21 April
- Participating Teams
Europe/Africa Zone edit
- Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
- Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.
Group I edit
Venue: TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (outdoor clay)
Dates: 17–22 April
- Participating Teams
Group II edit
Venue: Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)
Dates: 26–29 April
- Participating Teams
Group III edit
Venue: Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)
Dates: 26–29 April
- Participating Teams
Rankings edit
The rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.[1]
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