| 2016 Fed Cup World Group | |
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| Date | 6 February – 13 November |
| Edition | 26th |
| Champions | |
 Czech Republic | |
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2016.
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Czech Republic |  France |  Germany |  Italy |
 Netherlands |  Romania |  Russia |  Switzerland |
| Quarterfinals 6–7 February | Semifinals 16–17 April | Final 12–13 November | |||||||||||
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| 1 |  Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||||
| Lucerne, Switzerland | |||||||||||||
 Romania | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||||
| Leipzig, Germany | |||||||||||||
 Switzerland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Strasbourg, France | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||||
| Marseille, France | |||||||||||||
 France | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Italy | 1 | |||||||||||
| Trélazé, France | |||||||||||||
| France | 4 | ||||||||||||
| France | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Russia | 1 | |||||||||||
 Romania 2 | Sala Polivalentă, Cluj-Napoca, Romania [1] 6–7 February 2016 Hard (indoors) |  Czech Republic 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Germany 2 | Leipzig Trade Fair, Leipzig, Germany [2] 6–7 February 2016 Hard (indoors) |  Switzerland 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 France 4 | Palais des sports, Marseille, France [3] 6–7 February 2016 Hard (indoors) |  Italy 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Russia 1 | Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia [4] 6–7 February 2016 Hard (indoors) |  Netherlands 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The match between Kuznetsova and Hogenkamp, which lasted for 4 hours, became the longest singles match in the history of the Fed Cup. [5]
Switzerland 2 | Messe Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland [6] 16–17 April 2016 Hard (indoors) | Czech Republic 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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France 3 | Arena Loire, Trélazé, France [7] 16–17 April 2016 Clay (indoors) | Netherlands 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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France 2 | Rhénus Sport, Strasbourg, France [8] 12–13 November 2016 Hard (indoors) | Czech Republic 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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