2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup.

Group I edit

Venue: Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile (clay)
Date: 5–8 February 2020

The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four teams. The two pool winners took part in a play-off to determine the nation advancing to the play-offs. The nations finishing last (in Pool A) and second last (in Pool B) took part in a relegation play-off, with the losing nation relegated to Group II for 2022. The nation finishing last in Pool B was automatically relegated to Group II for 2022.^[1]

Seeding edit

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Paraguay	20	1
1	Argentina	25	2
2	Chile	31	3
2	Colombia	32	4
3	Mexico	33	5
	Venezuela	41	6
	Peru	43	7

¹Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 11 November 2019

Pools edit

	Pool A	PAR	COL	VEN
1	Paraguay (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Colombia (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Venezuela (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	ARG	MEX	CHI	PER
1	Argentina (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Mexico (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Chile (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Peru (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs edit

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Paraguay	1–2	Mexico
Promotional	Colombia	0–2	Argentina
Relegation	Venezuela	1–2	Chile
Relegation	—		Peru

Final placements edit

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Argentina	Mexico
Third	Colombia	Paraguay
Fifth	Chile
Sixth/Relegated	Venezuela
Seventh/Relegated	Peru

Argentina and Mexico were promoted to the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs.
Peru and Venezuela were relegated to Americas Zone Group II in 2022.

Group II edit

Venue 1: Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama (clay)
Venue 2: Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia (clay)
Dates: 23–26 June 2021 (Panama City) and 27–30 October 2021 (La Paz)

The fourteen teams will compete across two different venues, with 7 nations taking part in La Paz, and 7 nations taking part in Panama City. In La Paz, the seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four teams. The winners of each pool will play-off to determine the nation advancing to Group I in 2022. In Panama City, the seven teams were divided into two pools of four and three teams, with the winning nation promoted to Group I in 2022.^[2]

Seeding edit

Panama City

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Bahamas	55	1
1	Ecuador	62	2
2	Cuba	66	3
2	Uruguay	69	4
3	Costa Rica	70	5
	Panama	74	6
	El Salvador	98	7

¹Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 19 April 2021

La Paz

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Guatemala	61	1
1	Bolivia	64	2
2	Dominican Republic	67	3
2	Puerto Rico	80	4
3	Honduras	85	5
	Jamaica	98	6
	Barbados	103	7

¹Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 19 April 2021

Pools edit

	Pool A (Panama City)	URU	BAH	CRC
1	Uruguay (2–0)		2–1	2–1
2	Bahamas (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Costa Rica (0–2)	1–2	1–2

	Pool B (Panama City)	ECU	ESA	CUB	PAN
1	Ecuador (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	El Salvador (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Cuba (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Panama (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool A (La Paz)	GUA	DOM	JAM
1	Guatemala (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Dominican Republic (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Jamaica (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B (La Paz)	BOL	HON	PUR	BAR
1	Bolivia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Honduras (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Puerto Rico (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Barbados (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs edit

Placing (Panama City)	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Uruguay	0–2	Ecuador
3rd–4th	Bahamas	2–0	El Salvador
5th–6th	Costa Rica	2–0	Cuba
7th	—		Panama

Placing (La Paz)	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Guatemala	2–0	Bolivia
3rd–4th	Dominican Republic	2–1	Honduras
5th–6th	Jamaica	0–3	Puerto Rico
7th	—		Barbados

Final placements edit

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Ecuador	Guatemala
Second	Uruguay	Bolivia
Third	Bahamas	Dominican Republic
Fourth	El Salvador	Honduras
Fifth	Costa Rica	Puerto Rico
Sixth	Cuba	Jamaica
Seventh	Panama	Barbados

Ecuador and Guatemala were promoted to Americas Zone Group I in 2022.

References edit

^ "Group I Americas 2020". www.fedcup.com.
^ "Group II Americas 2020". www.fedcup.com.

External links edit

Billie Jean King Cup website

[1] "Group I Americas 2020". www.fedcup.com.

[2] "Group II Americas 2020". www.fedcup.com.

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