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.
1996, europe, africa, zone, group, knockout, stage, main, article, 1996, europe, africa, zone, knockout, stage, 1996, europe, africa, zone, group, final, stage, zonal, competition, involving, teams, from, europe, africa, those, that, qualified, this, stage, pl. 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 Contents 1 Draw 1 1 Semifinals 1 1 1 Russia vs Sweden 1 1 2 Hungary vs Switzerland 1 1 3 Italy vs Belarus 1 1 4 Croatia vs Romania 1 2 Finals 1 2 1 Russia vs Switzerland 1 2 2 Belarus vs Croatia 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksDraw editSemifinalsFinals nbsp Russia3 nbsp Sweden0 nbsp Russia1 nbsp Switzerland2 nbsp Hungary1 nbsp Switzerland2 nbsp Italy0 nbsp Belarus3 nbsp Belarus1 nbsp Croatia2 nbsp Croatia3 nbsp Romania0 Semifinals edit Russia vs Sweden edit nbsp Russia3 La Manga Club Murcia Spain25 April 1996Red clay outdoors nbsp Sweden0 1 2 3 1 nbsp nbsp Elena LikhovtsevaAsa Carlsson 6 4 6 4 2 nbsp nbsp Anna KournikovaAnna Karin Svensson 6 0 6 3 3 nbsp nbsp Anna Kournikova Elena MakarovaAsa Carlsson Maria Lindstrom 6 3 6 3 1 Hungary vs Switzerland edit nbsp Hungary1 La Manga Club Murcia Spain25 April 1996Red clay outdoors nbsp Switzerland2 1 2 3 1 nbsp nbsp Anna FoldenyiPatty Schnyder 3 6 65 77 2 nbsp nbsp Andrea TemesvariMartina Hingis 0 6 3 6 3 nbsp nbsp Petra Mandula Andrea TemesvariAngela Burgis Emanuela Zardo 6 4 6 2 2 Italy vs Belarus edit nbsp Italy0 La Manga Club Murcia Spain25 April 1996Red clay outdoors nbsp Belarus3 1 2 3 1 nbsp nbsp Rita GrandeNatasha Zvereva 6 4 1 6 4 6 2 nbsp nbsp Adriana Serra ZanettiOlga Barabanschikova 5 7 7 5 1 6 3 nbsp nbsp Nathalie Baudone Laura GolarsaOlga Barabanschikova Tatiana Ignatieva 03 retired 3 Croatia vs Romania edit nbsp Croatia3 La Manga Club Murcia Spain25 April 1996Red clay outdoors nbsp Romania0 1 2 3 1 nbsp nbsp Mirjana LucicCătălina Cristea 6 0 6 4 2 nbsp nbsp Iva MajoliRuxandra Dragomir 6 2 6 3 3 nbsp nbsp Maja Muric Silvija TalajaCătălina Cristea Raluca Sandu 6 3 3 6 7 5 4 Finals edit Russia vs Switzerland edit nbsp Russia1 La Manga Club Murcia Spain26 April 1996Red clay outdoors nbsp Switzerland2 1 2 3 1 nbsp nbsp Anna KournikovaPatty Schnyder 4 6 4 6 2 nbsp nbsp Elena LikhovtsevaMartina Hingis 3 6 0 6 3 nbsp nbsp Anna Kournikova Elena MakarovaAngela Burgis Emanuela Zardo 7 5 6 1 5 Belarus vs Croatia edit nbsp Belarus1 La Manga Club Murcia Spain26 April 1996Red clay outdoors nbsp Croatia2 1 2 3 1 nbsp nbsp Natasha ZverevaIva Majoli 1 6 2 6 2 nbsp nbsp Olga BarabanschikovaMirjana Lucic 4 6 6 2 4 6 3 nbsp nbsp Olga Barabanschikova Olga GlouschenkoMaja Muric Silvija Talaja 10 retired 6 See also editFed Cup structureReferences edit Russia v Sweden fedcup com Hungary v Switzerland fedcup com Italy v Belarus fedcup com Croatia v Romania fedcup com Russia v Switzerland fedcup com Belarus v Croatia fedcup com External links editFed Cup website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 Fed Cup Europe Africa Zone Group I Knockout Stage amp oldid 1107540592, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
