The Group III tournament was held March 6-10, in San Salvador, El Salvador, on outdoor clay courts.
The eleven teams were split into two groups, each of which played a Round-robin tournament. The winner of each pool was promoted to Group II for 1997. The fifth- and sixth-place finishers would be placed in the inaugural Group IV in 1997.
The tournament marked the Davis Cup debuts of Antigua and Barbuda and Panama.
References
1996 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA