2016 Fed Cup Americas Zone

Main article: 2016 Fed Cup

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2016 Fed Cup.

Group I

Venue: Country Club Las Palmas, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (outdoor clay)
Date: 3–6 February

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The two pool winners took part in a play-off to determine the nation advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The four nations finishing third and fourth in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2017.

Pools

	Pool A	PAR	MEX	BOL	COL
1	Paraguay (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Mexico (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Bolivia (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Colombia (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	ARG	BRA	ECU	PER
1	Argentina (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Brazil (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Ecuador (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Peru (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2016 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Paraguay	0–2	Argentina
3rd–4th	Mexico	0–2	Brazil
Relegation	Bolivia	2–0	Peru
Relegation	Colombia	2–0	Ecuador

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Argentina
Second	Paraguay
Third	Brazil
Fourth	Mexico
Fifth	Bolivia	Colombia
Relegated/Seventh	Ecuador	Peru

Argentina was promoted to the 2016 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs.
Ecuador and Peru were relegated to Americas Zone Group II in 2017.

Group II

Venue: Centro de Tenis Honda, Bayamón, Puerto Rico (outdoor hard)
Date: 1–6 February

The nine teams were divided into one pool of four teams and one pool of five teams. The top two nations in each pool took part in play-offs, with the two winning nations being promoted to Group I for 2017.

Pools

	Pool A	VEN	CHI	HON	CRC
1	Venezuela (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Chile (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Honduras (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Costa Rica (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	PUR	GUA	URU	DOM	BAH
1	Puerto Rico (4–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Guatemala (3–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Uruguay (2–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0	2–1
4	Dominican Republic (1–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3		2–1
5	Bahamas (0–4)	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2016 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotion	Venezuela	2–0	Guatemala
Promotion	Chile	2–1	Puerto Rico
5th–6th	Honduras	0–2	Uruguay
7th–8th	Costa Rica	2–0	Dominican Republic
9th	N/A		Bahamas

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Chile	Venezuela
Third	Guatemala	Puerto Rico
Fifth	Uruguay
Sixth	Honduras
Seventh	Costa Rica
Eighth	Dominican Republic
Ninth	Bahamas

Chile and Venezuela were promoted to Americas Zone Group I in 2017.

References

External links

Fed Cup website

Fed Cup Americas Zone

2016 Americas Zone Group I teams	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Colombia Ecuador Mexico Paraguay Peru

2016 Americas Zone Group II teams	Bahamas Barbados Chile Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala Honduras Puerto Rico Uruguay Venezuela

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