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

Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Placing Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1  Russia  Italy   Switzerland  Romania
2  Belarus  Sweden  Croatia  Hungary
3  Slovenia  Latvia  Georgia  Greece
4  Great Britain  Norway  Yugoslavia  Portugal

The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw

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SemifinalsFinals
  Russia3
  Sweden0
  Russia1
   Switzerland2
  Hungary1
   Switzerland2
  Italy0
  Belarus3
  Belarus1
  Croatia2
  Croatia3
  Romania0

Semifinals

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Russia vs. Sweden

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Russia
3 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors) 		 
Sweden
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Elena Likhovtseva
Åsa Carlsson 		6
4 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Anna Kournikova
Anna-Karin Svensson 		6
0 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Åsa Carlsson / Maria Lindström 		6
3 		6
3 		   

[1]

Hungary vs. Switzerland

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Hungary
1 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors) 		 
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Anna Földényi
Patty Schnyder 		3
6 		65
77 		   
2  
  		Andrea Temesvári
Martina Hingis 		0
6 		3
6 		   
3  
  		Petra Mandula / Andrea Temesvári
Angela Bürgis / Emanuela Zardo 		6
4 		6
2 		   

[2]

Italy vs. Belarus

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Italy
0 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors) 		 
Belarus
3
1 2 3
1  
  		Rita Grande
Natasha Zvereva 		6
4 		1
6 		4
6 		 
2  
  		Adriana Serra Zanetti
Olga Barabanschikova 		5
7 		7
5 		1
6 		 
3  
  		Nathalie Baudone / Laura Golarsa
Olga Barabanschikova / Tatiana Ignatieva 		0
3 		    retired
 

[3]

Croatia vs. Romania

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Croatia
3 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors) 		 
Romania
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Mirjana Lučić
Cătălina Cristea 		6
0 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Iva Majoli
Ruxandra Dragomir 		6
2 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Maja Murić / Silvija Talaja
Cătălina Cristea / Raluca Sandu 		6
3 		3
6 		7
5 		 

[4]

Finals

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Russia vs. Switzerland

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Russia
1 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
26 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors) 		 
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Anna Kournikova
Patty Schnyder 		4
6 		4
6 		   
2  
  		Elena Likhovtseva
Martina Hingis 		3
6 		0
6 		   
3  
  		Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Angela Bürgis / Emanuela Zardo 		7
5 		6
1 		   

[5]

Belarus vs. Croatia

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Belarus
1 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
26 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors) 		 
Croatia
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Natasha Zvereva
Iva Majoli 		1
6 		2
6 		   
2  
  		Olga Barabanschikova
Mirjana Lučić 		4
6 		6
2 		4
6 		 
3  
  		Olga Barabanschikova / Olga Glouschenko
Maja Murić / Silvija Talaja 		1
0 		     
retired

[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Russia v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Hungary v Switzerland". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Italy v Belarus". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Croatia v Romania". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Russia v Switzerland". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Belarus v Croatia". fedcup.com.
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