1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II 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	Poland	Finland	Israel	Ukraine
2	Lithuania	Turkey	Luxembourg	Denmark
3	Botswana	Tunisia	Estonia	Ireland
4	Ethiopia	Liechtenstein	Zimbabwe	Malta
5		Cyprus	Macedonia	Iceland

The four teams were then paired up the team from a different placing of the other group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to Group I in 1997.

Poland vs. Denmark[]

Poland 2	Ramat HaSharon, Israel 30 March 1996 Hard (outdoors)		Denmark 1
1 2 3 1 Aleksandra Olsza Karin Ptaszek 6 4 6 1     2 Ewa Radzikowska 62 77 6 3 4 6   3 Magdalena Feistel / Aleksandra Olsza Karin Ptaszek / Tine Scheuer-Larsen 6 3 7 5

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Finland vs. Luxembourg[]

Finland 2	Ramat HaSharon, Israel 30 March 1996 Hard (outdoors)		Luxembourg 1
1 2 3 1 Nanne Dahlman Anne Kremer 6 4 6 3     2 Hanna-Katri Aalto 6 4 6 4     3 Hanna-Katri Aalto / Petra Thorén Anne Kremer /  3 0     retired

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Israel vs. Lithuania[]

Israel 3	Ramat HaSharon, Israel 30 March 1996 Hard (outdoors)		Lithuania 0
1 2 3 1 Anna Smashnova 6 1 6 2     2 Hila Rosen 6 0 6 2     3 Nataly Cahana / Tzipora Obziler  /  6 4 6 3

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Ukraine vs. Turkey[]

Ukraine 3	Ramat HaSharon, Israel 30 March 1996 Hard (outdoors)		Turkey 0
1 2 3 1 Elena Tatarkova Gülberk Gültekin 6 4 6 2     2 Elena Brioukhovets İpek Şenoğlu 6 0 6 4     3 Elena Brioukhovets / Elena Tatarkova  / İpek Şenoğlu 6 2 6 0

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See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website