1997 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1997 Fed Cup.

Group I[]

• Venue: , Wellington, New Zealand (outdoor hard)
• Date: 11–15 March

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams.

For the first time, the play-off stage of the group was used to determine placings. The top two teams from each pool would be drawn in a knockout stage to determine final placings and which team would be promoted; while the remaining teams would play-off to determine final placings and which team would be relegated.

Pools[]

	Pool A	INA	TPE	NZL	IND
1	Indonesia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Chinese Taipei (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	New Zealand (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	India (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	CHN	HKG	THA	KAZ
1	China (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Hong Kong (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	Thailand (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Kazakhstan (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

Play-offs[]

	Play-Offs					First Round					Second Round
							Indonesia	3
							Hong Kong	0
		Hong Kong	0									Indonesia	3
		China	3									Chinese Taipei	0
							Chinese Taipei	2
							China	1

	Semifinals 14 March					Final 15 March
		New Zealand	3
		Kazakhstan	0
							New Zealand	3
							Thailand	0
		India	1
		Thailand	2

•  Indonesia advanced to World Group II Play-offs.^[1]
•  Kazakhstan and  India relegated to Group II in 1998.^[2][3]

Group II[]

• Venue: , Wellington, New Zealand (outdoor hard)
• Date: 11–15 March

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams to compete in round-robin competitions.

As with Group I, the play-off stage of the group was used to determine placings. The top two teams from each pool would be drawn in a knockout stage to determine which teams would be promoted and final placings; while the remaining teams would play-off to determine the other placings.

Pools[]

	Pool A	UZB	MAS	SIN	SRI
1	Uzbekistan (2–1)		1–2	3–0	3–0
2	Malaysia (2–1)	2–1		1–2	3–0
3	Singapore (2–1)	0–3	2–1		3–0
4	Sri Lanka (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	PHI	POC	SYR	PAK
1	Philippines (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Pacific Oceania (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Syria (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Pakistan (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

Play-offs[]

	Second Round 15 March					First Round 14 March
							Uzbekistan	2
							Pacific Oceania	1
		Pacific Oceania	1
		Malaysia	2
							Malaysia	1
							Philippines	2

	Play-Offs					First Round					Second Round
							Singapore	3
							Pakistan	0
		Pakistan	2									Singapore	3
		Sri Lanka	1									Syria	0
							Sri Lanka	1
							Syria	2

•  Uzbekistan and  Philippines advanced to Group I in 1998.^[4][5]

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website