1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

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The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1996 Fed Cup. The 1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone was a tennis competition held as part of the Fed Cup tournament, which is the premier international team competition in women's tennis. The Asia/Oceania Zone is one of the regional zones in the Fed Cup competition, and teams from this zone compete for the opportunity to advance to the higher stages of the tournament.

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Group I

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 World Group II play-offs. Nations finishing in the bottom place in each pool were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II for 1997.

Pools

Pool A KORINDHKGMAS
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (3–0)3–03–03–0
2Flag of India.svg  India (2–1)0–32–13–0
3Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong (1–2)0–31–23–0
4Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (0–3)0–30–30–3
Pool B CHNTHAKAZPHI
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (3–0)3–03–03–0
2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (2–1)0–32–03–0
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan (1–2)0–30–22–1
4Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines (0–3)0–30–31–2

Knockout stage

Semifinals
23 February
Final
24 February
      
 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3
 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0
 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1
 Flag of India.svg  India 0
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3

Group II

The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four. The top two teams from each pool then moved on to the play-off stage of the competition. The two teams that won a match from the play-off stage would advance to Group I for 1997.

Pools

Pool A NZLSINSYR
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (2–0)3–03–0
2Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore (1–1)0–33–0
3Flag of Syria.svg  Syria (0–2)0–30–3
Pool B TPEUZBPOCBRU
1Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei (3–0)2–12–13–0
2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (2–1)1–23–03–0
3 Pacific Oceania (1–2)1–20–33–0
4Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei (0–3)0–30–30–3

Play-offs

Winning TeamScoreLosing Team
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3–0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3–0Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore

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