1997 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 1997 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Using the positions determined in their pools, the eight teams faced off to determine their overall placing in the 1997 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. The top team advanced to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom team were relegated down to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Indonesia	China
2	Chinese Taipei	Hong Kong
3	New Zealand	Thailand
4	India	Kazakhstan

Draw[]

	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

First Round[]

Indonesia vs. Hong Kong[]

Indonesia 3	, Wellington, New Zealand 14 March 1997 Plexipave hard (outdoors)		Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 1 Wynne Prakusya Tong Ka-po 6 4 6 2     2 Yayuk Basuki Tang Min 6 1 6 0     3 Mimma Chernovita / Eny Sulistyowati  /  6 3 6 2

^[1]

Chinese Taipei vs. China[]

Chinese Taipei 2	, Wellington, New Zealand 14 March 1997 Plexipave hard (outdoors)		China 1
1 2 3 1 Weng Tzu-ting Yi Jing-Qian 1 6 1 6     2 Wang Shi-ting Chen Li-Ling 6 0 6 1     3 Hsu Hsueh-li / Wang Shi-ting Yi Jing-Qian / Chen Li-Ling 4 6 6 4 6 3

^[2]

New Zealand vs. Kazakhstan[]

New Zealand 3	, Wellington, New Zealand 14 March 1997 Plexipave hard (outdoors)		Kazakhstan 0
1 2 3 1 Rewa Hudson 6 2 6 3     2 6 3 6 4     3 Leanne Baker / Shelley Stephens  /  6 2 6 3

^[3]

India vs. Thailand[]

India 1	, Wellington, New Zealand 14 March 1997 Plexipave hard (outdoors)		Thailand 2
1 2 3 1 65 77 6 3 6 1   2 Suvimol Duangchan 3 6 3 6     3  /  Suvimol Duangchan /  6 2 3 6 2 6

^[4]

Repechage Round[]

Hong Kong vs. China[]

Hong Kong 0	, Wellington, New Zealand 15 March 1997 Plexipave hard (outdoors)		China 3
1 2 3 1 Yi Jing-Qian 1 6 2 6     2 Chen Li-Ling 2 6 0 6     3  /   /  3 6 2 6

^[5]

Second Round[]

Indonesia vs. Chinese Taipei[]

Indonesia 3	, Wellington, New Zealand 15 March 1997 Plexipave hard (outdoors)		Chinese Taipei 0
1 2 3 1 Wynne Prakusya 6 2 6 4     2 Yayuk Basuki Wang Shi-ting 3 6 77 60 6 0   3 Wynne Prakusya / Eny Sulistyowati Hsu Hsueh-li /  6 3 6 2

^[6]

New Zealand vs. Thailand[]

New Zealand 3	, Wellington, New Zealand 15 March 1997 Plexipave hard (outdoors)		Thailand 0
1 2 3 1 Leanne Baker 6 0 6 0     2 6 3 6 1     3 Leanne Baker / Rewa Hudson  /  6 1 6 1

^[7]

Final Placements[]

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Indonesia
Second	Chinese Taipei
Third	China
Fourth	Hong Kong
Fifth	New Zealand
Sixth	Thailand
Relegated	Kazakhstan
	India

•  Indonesia advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Italy. They lost 0–5, and as such were relegated back to Group I for the next year.^[8]
•  Kazakhstan and  India were relegated down to 1998 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II.^[9][10]

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website