1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

• Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay)
• Date: 22–24 April

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The top 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 Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 1997.

Pools

| team-1-abbrev=RUS | team-1= (2–1) | team-2-abbrev=BLR | team-2= (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=SLO | team-3= (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=GBR | team-4= (1–2) | team-1-abbrev=ITA | team-1= (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=SWE | team-2= (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=LAT | team-3= (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=NOR | team-4= (0–3) | team-1-abbrev=SUI | team-1= (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=CRO | team-2= (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=GEO | team-3= (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=YUG | team-4= (0–3) | team-1-abbrev=ROU | team-1= (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=HUN | team-2= (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=GRE | team-3= (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=POR | team-4= (0–3)

Knockout stage

Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

| RD1-date=25 April | RD2-date=26 April

| RD1T1-loc= | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=0

| RD1T2-loc= | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=2

| RD1T3-loc= | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5= | RD1-score5=0 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6= | RD1-score6=3

| RD1T4-loc= | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7= | RD1-score7=3 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8=0

| RD2T1-loc= | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=2

| RD2T2-loc= | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=1 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4=2

• **** and **** advanced to World Group II Play-offs.
• **, **, ** and ** relegated to Group II in 1997.

Group II

• Venue: Ramat HaSharon, Israel (outdoor hard)
• Date: 25–30 March

The nineteen teams were divided into three pools of five and one pool of four. The top two teams from each pool then moved on to the play-off stage of the competition. The four teams that won one match from the play-off stage would advance to Group I for 1997.

Pools

| team-1-abbrev=POL | team-1= (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=LTU | team-2= (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=BOT | team-3= (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=ETH | team-4= (0–3) | team-1-abbrev=FIN | team-1= (4–0) | team-2-abbrev=TUR | team-2= (3–1) | team-3-abbrev=TUN | team-3= (2–2) | team-4-abbrev=LIE | team-4= (1–3) | team-5-abbrev=CYP | team-5= (0–4) | team-1-abbrev=ISR | team-1= (4–0) | team-2-abbrev=LUX | team-2= (3–1) | team-3-abbrev=EST | team-3= (2–2) | team-4-abbrev=ZIM | team-4= (1–3) | team-5-abbrev=MKD | team-5= (0–4) | team-1-abbrev=UKR | team-1= (4–0) | team-2-abbrev=DEN | team-2= (3–1) | team-3-abbrev=IRL | team-3= (2–2) | team-4-abbrev=MLT | team-4= (1–3) | team-5-abbrev=ISL | team-5= (0–4)

Play-offs

Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

• ****, ****, **** and **** promoted to Europe/Africa Group I in 1997.

References

• Fed Cup Profile, Russia
• Fed Cup Profile, Belarus
• Fed Cup Profile, Slovenia
• Fed Cup Profile, Italy
• Fed Cup Profile, Sweden
• Fed Cup Profile, Latvia
• Fed Cup Profile, Switzerland
• Fed Cup Profile, Croatia
• Fed Cup Profile, Georgia
• Fed Cup Profile, Romania
• Fed Cup Profile, Hungary
• Fed Cup Profile, Greece
• Fed Cup Profile, Poland
• Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania
• Fed Cup Profile, Botswana
• Fed Cup Profile, Finland
• Fed Cup Profile, Turkey
• Fed Cup Profile, Tunisia
• Fed Cup Profile, Liechtenstein
• Fed Cup Profile, Israel
• Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg
• Fed Cup Profile, Estonia
• Fed Cup Profile, Zimbabwe
• Fed Cup Profile, Ukraine
• Fed Cup Profile, Denmark
• Fed Cup Profile, Ireland
• Fed Cup Profile, Malta

References

1. "Switzerland v Indonesia". fedcup.com.
2. "Croatia v Chile". fedcup.com.
3. "Great Britain v Lithuania". fedcup.com.
4. "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Norway". fedcup.com.
5. "Yugoslavia v Algeria". fedcup.com.
6. "Portugal v Ethiopia". fedcup.com.
7. "Poland v Hungary". fedcup.com.
8. "Finland v Belarus". fedcup.com.
9. "Israel v Georgia". fedcup.com.
10. "Ukraine v Sweden". fedcup.com.