| 2012 Fed Cup World Group | |
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| Date | 4 February – 4 November |
| Edition | 22nd |
| Champions | |
 Czech Republic | |
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2012. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Czech Republic was the defending champion, and they successfully defended their title by defeating first-time finalists Serbia in the final. [1] [2] [3]
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 Belgium | Czech Republic |  Germany |  Italy |
 Russia |  Serbia |  Spain |  Ukraine |
| Quarterfinals 4–5 February | Semifinals 21–22 April | Final 3–4 November | |||||||||||
| Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Russia | 3 | |||||||||||
| Moscow, Russia (Indoor clay) | |||||||||||||
 Spain | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia | 2 | |||||||||||
| Charleroi, Belgium (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
 Serbia | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Serbia | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Prague, Czech Republic (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  Belgium | 2 | |||||||||||
| Serbia | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Biella, Italy (Indoor clay) | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 |  Italy | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ostrava, Czech Republic (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
 Ukraine | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Italy | 1 | |||||||||||
| Stuttgart, Germany (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Czech Republic | 4 | |||||||||||
 Germany | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Czech Republic | 4 | |||||||||||
 Russia 3 | Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia 4–5 February 2012 RuKortHard (indoors) |  Spain 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Serbia 3 | Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium 4–5 February 2012 Decoturf II (indoors) |  Belgium 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Italy 3 | Lauretana Forum, Biella, Italy 4–5 February 2012 Red clay (indoors) |  Ukraine 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Germany 1 | Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany 4–5 February 2012 DecoColor hard (indoors) |  Czech Republic 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Russia 2 | Megasport Arena, Moscow, Russia 21–22 April 2012 Red clay (indoors) | Serbia 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Italy 1 | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic 21–22 April 2012 Novacrylic ultracushion hard (indoors) | Czech Republic 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Serbia 1 | O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic 3–4 November 2012 Novacrylic ultracushion hard (indoors) | Czech Republic 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012 Fed Cup champions |
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Czech Republic Seventh title |
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