1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Chile	Venezuela
2	Colombia	Brazil
3	Mexico	Puerto Rico
4	Paraguay	Uruguay

The four teams were then randomly drawn into a two-stage knockout tournament, with the winner advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw

	Semifinals 27 April					Final 28 April
		Chile	2
		Brazil	1
							Chile	2
							Colombia	1
		Colombia	2
		Venezuela	1

Semifinals

Chile vs. Brazil

Chile 2	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 27 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Brazil 1
1 2 3 1 Paula Cabezas Miriam D'Agostini 6 3 3 6 0 6   2 Bárbara Castro Luciana Tella 6 4 6 3     3 Paula Cabezas / Bárbara Castro Vanessa Menga / Luciana Tella 6 2 6 4

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Colombia vs. Venezuela

Colombia 2	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 27 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Venezuela 1
1 2 3 1 Fabiola Zuluaga María Vento 7 5 6 1     2 Carmina Giraldo Melissa Mazzotta 63 77 1 6     3 Ximena Rodriguez / Fabiola Zuluaga María Virgínia Francesca / Ninfa Marra 6 3 7 5

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Final

Chile vs. Colombia

Chile 2	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Colombia 1
1 2 3 1 Bárbara Castro Fabiola Zuluaga 0 6 1 6     2 Paula Cabezas Carmina Giraldo 7 5 7 5     3 Paula Cabezas / Bárbara Castro Ximena Rodriguez / Fabiola Zuluaga 6 0 7 5

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•  Chile advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Croatia. However, they lost 0–5, and thus returned to the Americas Zone Group I in 1997.^[4]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website