1996 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.

In the Americas Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.

Group I

Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 1997.[1]

Participating nations

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Mar del Plata, Argentina (clay)
Nassau, Bahamas (hard) Argentina4
 Peru2 Bahamas1
Santiago, Chile (clay) Bahamas3
 Peru0Santiago, Chile (clay)
 Chile5 Brazil3
Edmonton, Canada (indoor carpet)Santos, Brazil (clay)
 Chile2
 Chile2 Brazil4
Valencia, Venezuela (hard)
 Canada3 Venezuela1
 Canada2
 Venezuela3
  •  Peru relegated to Group II in 1997.
  •  Argentina and  Brazil advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 1997.[2]

Participating nations

Draw

Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
 Uruguay5
Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard) Guatemala0Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
 Guatemala1 Uruguay3
 Puerto Rico4Bogotá, Colombia (clay) Colombia2
 Puerto Rico0
 Colombia5Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
 Uruguay1
Havana, Cuba (hard) Ecuador4
 Cuba3
Asunción, Paraguay (clay) Paraguay2Havana, Cuba (hard)
 Paraguay5 Cuba0
 Barbados0Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) Ecuador3
 Barbados0
 Ecuador5

Group III

Winners in Group III advanced to the Americas Zone Group II in 1997. In a move to a four-tier system, the bottom three teams were re-assigned to the new Group IV in 1997; all other teams remained in Group III.

Participating nations

Draw

Group A

   HAI  DOM  TRI  ATG  CRC RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
 Haiti 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 12–0 (100%) 24–1 (96%) 1
 Dominican Republic 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 8–4 (67%) 17–9 (65%) 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–8 (33%) 8–19 (30%) 3
 Antigua and Barbuda 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 5–7 (42%) 11–16 (41%) 4
 Costa Rica 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–4 1–11 (8%) 7–22 (24%) 5

Group B

   ESA  PAN  JAM  BOL  BER  ECA RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
 El Salvador 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 14–1 (93%) 28–3 (90%) 1
 Panama 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 9–6 (60%) 21–14 (60%) 2
 Jamaica 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 8–7 (53%) 17–17 (50%) 3
 Bolivia 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–3 8–7 (53%) 18–15 (55%) 4
 Bermuda 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–4 3–12 (20%) 8–27 (23%) 5
 Eastern Caribbean 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–5 3–12 (20%) 9–25 (26%) 6

References

  1. "1996 Americas Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "1996 Americas Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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