:1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone

{{Short description|International women's tennis group competition}}

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1996 Fed Cup.

Group I

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=

{{4TeamRR

| title=Pool A

| team-1-abbrev=CHI

| team-1={{fed|CHI}} (3–0)

| team-2-abbrev=COL

| team-2={{fed|COL}} (2–1)

| team-3-abbrev=MEX

| team-3={{fed|MEX}} (1–2)

| team-4-abbrev=PAR

| team-4={{nowrap|{{fed|PAR}} (0–3)}}

| 1v2=2–1 |1v3=2–1 |1v4=2–1

|2v1=1–2 | 2v3=2–1 |2v4=2–1

|3v1=1–2 |3v2=1–2 | 3v4=2–1

|4v1=1–2 |4v2=1–2 |4v3=1–2

}}

{{4TeamRR

| title=Pool B

| team-1-abbrev=VEN

| team-1={{fed|VEN|1930}} (3–0)

| team-2-abbrev=BRA

| team-2={{fed|BRA}} (2–1)

| team-3-abbrev=PUR

| team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|PUR}} (1–2)}}

| team-4-abbrev=URU

| team-4={{fed|URU}} (0–3)

| 1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0

|2v1=0–3 | 2v3=3–0 |2v4=3–0

|3v1=0–3 |3v2=0–3 | 3v4=2–1

|4v1=0–3 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=1–2

}}

=Knockout stage=

{{4TeamBracket

| byes=1

| RD1=Semifinals
27 April

| RD2=Final
28 April

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{fed|CHI}}

| RD1-score1=2

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{fed|BRA}}

| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3={{fed|COL}}

| RD1-score3=2

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4={{fed|VEN|1930}}

| RD1-score4=1

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1={{fed|CHI}}

| RD2-score1=2

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2={{fed|COL}}

| RD2-score2=1

}}

{{fed|CHI}} advanced to World Group II Play-offs.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003543|title=Croatia v Chile|publisher=fedcup.com}}
{{fed|PAR}} and {{fed|URU}} relegated to Group II in 1997.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004428|title=Paraguay v Panama|publisher=fedcup.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004299|title=Uruguay v Jamaica|publisher=fedcup.com}}

Group II

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=

{{6TeamRR

| title=Pool A

| team-1-abbrev=ECU

| team-1={{fed|ECU}} (5–0)

| team-2-abbrev=BOL

| team-2={{fed|BOL}} (4–1)

| team-3-abbrev=ESA

| team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|ESA}} (3–2)}}

| team-4-abbrev=GUA

| team-4={{fed|GUA}} (2–3)

| team-5-abbrev=BAH

| team-5={{fed|BAH}} (1–4)

| team-6-abbrev=BAR

| team-6={{fed|BAR}} (0–5)

| 1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0 |1v5=3–0 |1v6=3–0

|2v1=0–3 |2v3=3–0 |2v4=3–0 |2v5=3–0 |2v6=3–0

|3v1=0–3 |3v2=0–3 |3v4=3–0 |3v5=3–0 |3v6=3–0

|4v1=0–3 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=0–3 |4v5=2–1 |4v6=3–0

|5v1=0–3 |5v2=0–3 |5v3=0–3 |5v4=1–2 |5v6=2–1

|6v1=0–3 |6v2=0–3 |6v3=0–3 |6v4=0–3 |6v5=1–2

}}

{{7TeamRR

| title=Pool B

| team-1-abbrev=PER

| team-1={{fed|PER}} (5–1)

| team-2-abbrev=CUB

| team-2={{fed|CUB}} (5–1)

| team-3-abbrev=DOM

| team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|DOM}} (5–1)}}

| team-4-abbrev=CRC

| team-4={{fed|CRC}} (3–3)

| team-5-abbrev=TRI

| team-5={{nowrap|{{fed|TRI}} (2–4)}}

| team-6-abbrev=JAM

| team-6={{fed|JAM}} (1–5)

| team-7-abbrev=BER

| team-7={{fed|BER}} (0–6)

| |1v2=1–2 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0 |1v5=2–1 |1v6=3–0 |1v7=3–0

|2v1=2–1 |2v3=1–2 |2v4=3–0 |2v5=3–0 |2v6=3–0 |2v7=3–0

|3v1=0–3 |3v2=2–1 |3v4=2–1 |3v5=3–0 |3v6=2–1 |3v7=3–0

|4v1=0–3 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=1–2 |4v5=3–0 |4v6=2–1 |4v7=2–1

|5v1=1–2 |5v2=0–3 |5v3=0–3 |5v4=0–3 |5v6=2–1 |5v7=3–0

|6v1=0–3 |6v2=0–3 |6v3=1–2 |6v4=1–2 |6v5=1–2 |6v7=3–0

|7v1=0–3 |7v2=0–3 |7v3=0–3 |7v4=1–2 |7v5=0–3 |7v6=0–3

}}

{{fed|ECU}} and {{fed|PER}} advanced to Group I in 1997.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003418|title=Canada v Ecuador|publisher=fedcup.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004725|title=Peru v Puerto Rico|publisher=fedcup.com}}

References

[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CHI Fed Cup Profile, Chile]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=COL Fed Cup Profile, Colombia]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=MEX Fed Cup Profile, Mexico]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=VEN Fed Cup Profile, Venezuela]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BRA Fed Cup Profile, Brazil]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=PUR Fed Cup Profile, Puerto Rico]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ECU Fed Cup Profile, Ecuador]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BOL Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ESA Fed Cup Profile, El Salvador]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GUA Fed Cup Profile, Guatemala]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BAH Fed Cup Profile, Bahamas]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=PER Fed Cup Profile, Peru]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CUB Fed Cup Profile, Cuba]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=DOM Fed Cup Profile, Dominican Republic]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CRC Fed Cup Profile, Costa Rica]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TRI Fed Cup Profile, Trinidad and Tobago]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=JAM Fed Cup Profile, Jamaica]