2000 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2000 Fed Cup.

Group I

The ten teams were divided into two pools of five teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group play-offs next year. The two nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2001.

Pools

Pool A CAN VEN BRA URU CHI
1  Canada (4–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Venezuela (3–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Brazil (2–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0
4  Uruguay (1–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0
5  Chile (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B ARG COL MEX PAR CUB
1  Argentina (4–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Colombia (3–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Mexico (2–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
4  Paraguay (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
5  Cuba (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2

Play-off


Canada
1
Santinho Coast, Florianópolis, Brazil
18 April 2000
Red clay (outdoors)

Argentina
2
1 2 3
1 Canada
Argentina
Jana Nejedly
Gisela Dulko
6
3
7
5
   
2 Canada
Argentina
Sonya Jeyaseelan
María Emilia Salerni
4
6
5
7
   
3 Canada
Argentina
Maureen Drake / Sonya Jeyaseelan
Laura Montalvo / María Emilia Salerni
1
6
3
6
   

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Group II

The fourteen teams were randomly divided into two pools of four and two pools of three teams to compete in round-robin competitions. 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, while the remaining teams played-off to determine the other placings.

Pools

Pool A DOM TRI BAR
1  Dominican Republic (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Trinidad and Tobago (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Barbados (0–2) 0–3 1–2
Pool B ECU BAH PAN ATG
1  Ecuador (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Bahamas (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Panama (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Antigua and Barbuda (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool C PUR GUA BER JAM
1  Puerto Rico (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Guatemala (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3  Bermuda (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Jamaica (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool D BOL ESA CRC
1  Bolivia (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  El Salvador (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Costa Rica (0–2) 0–3 1–2

Play-offs

Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
 Barbados0
 Costa Rica3
 Barbados1 Costa Rica3
 Panama2 Bermuda0
 Bermuda2
 Panama1
First round
12 May
   
   Antigua and Barbuda 1
   Jamaica 2

See also

References

  1. "Canada v Argentina". fedcup.com.
  2. "Japan v Argentina". fedcup.com.
  3. "Bahamas v Chile". fedcup.com.
  4. "Cuba v Barbados". fedcup.com.
  5. "Canada v Ecuador". fedcup.com.
  6. "Mexico v Dominican Republic". fedcup.com.
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