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{{Short description|International women's tennis group competition}}
{{main|1996 Fed Cup}}

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

==Group I==
* Venue: [[Club Palestino]], [[Santiago, Chile|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 [[1996 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs|World Group II play-offs]]. Nations finishing in the bottom place in each pool were relegated to Americas Zone Group II for 1997.

===Pools===
{{col-float-begin|width=35em}}
{{4TeamRR
| title=[[1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool A|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
}}
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{{4TeamRR
| title=[[1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool B|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
}}
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===Knockout stage===
{{main|1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Knockout Stage}}
{{4TeamBracket
| byes=1
| RD1='''Semifinals'''<br><small>27 April</small>
| RD2='''Final'''<br><small>28 April</small>

| RD1-seed1=&nbsp;
| RD1-team1='''{{fed|CHI}}'''
| RD1-score1='''2'''
| RD1-seed2=&nbsp;
| RD1-team2={{fed|BRA}}
| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=&nbsp;
| RD1-team3='''{{fed|COL}}'''
| RD1-score3='''2'''
| RD1-seed4=&nbsp;
| RD1-team4={{fed|VEN|1930}}
| RD1-score4=1

| RD2-seed1=&nbsp;
| RD2-team1='''{{fed|CHI}}'''
| RD2-score1='''2'''
| RD2-seed2=&nbsp;
| RD2-team2={{fed|COL}}
| RD2-score2=1
}}
* '''{{fed|CHI}}''' advanced to World Group II Play-offs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003543|title=Croatia v Chile|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>
* ''{{fed|PAR}}'' and ''{{fed|URU}}'' relegated to Group II in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004428|title=Paraguay v Panama|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004299|title=Uruguay v Jamaica|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

==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===
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{{6TeamRR
| title=[[1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool A|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
}}
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{{7TeamRR
| title=[[1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool B|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
}}
{{col-float-end}}

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

==See also==
*[[Fed Cup structure]]

==References==
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{{refbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* [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]
{{refend}}

==External links==
* [http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx Fed Cup website]
{{Fed Cup Americas Zone}}

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