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.

PlacingPool APool B
1 Chile Venezuela
2 Colombia Brazil
3 Mexico Puerto Rico
4 Paraguay Uruguay
Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone

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		    

[1]

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
Carmiña Giraldo
Melissa Mazzotta		 63
77		 1
6 		   
3
Ximena Rodríguez / Fabiola Zuluaga
María Virgínia Francesca / Ninfa Marra		 6
3		 7
5		    

[2]

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
Carmiña Giraldo		 7
5		 7
5		    
3
Paula Cabezas / Bárbara Castro
Ximena Rodríguez / Fabiola Zuluaga		 6
0		 7
5		    

[3]

  •  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
  1. "Chile v Brazil". fedcup.com.
  2. "Colombia v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  3. "Chile v Colombia". fedcup.com.
  4. "Chile v Croatia". fedcup.com.
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