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2006 Fed Cup

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The 2006 Fed Cup was the 44th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis.

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The final took place at Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium, on 16–17 September. The home team, Belgium, lost to Italy, 2–3, giving Italy their first title in their first final and Belgium's second final.

World Group Play-offs

The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Austria, France, Germany and Russia), and four winners of the World Group II ties (China, Croatia, Czech Republic and Japan) entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs.

Date: 15–16 July

World Group II

The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2006. Winners will advance to the World Group Play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II Play-offs.

Date: 22–23 April

World Group II Play-offs

The four losing teams from World Group II (Argentina, Indonesia, Switzerland and Thailand) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Israel and Slovakia), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Australia), and one team from the Americas Zone (Canada).

Date: 14–15 July

Americas Zone

  • Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
  • Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.
  • Group I

    Venue: Club Campestre de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia (outdoor clay)

    Dates: 19–22 April

    Participating Teams

    Group II

    Venue: Parque del Este, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor hard)

    Dates: 18–20 April

    Participating Teams

    Asia/Oceania Zone

  • Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
  • Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.
  • Group I

    Venue: Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea (outdoor hard)

    Dates: 20–22 April

    Participating Teams

    Group II

    Venue: Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea (outdoor hard)

    Dates: 20–21 April

    Participating Teams

    Europe/Africa Zone

  • Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
  • Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.
  • Group I

    Venue: TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (outdoor clay)

    Dates: 17–22 April

    Participating Teams

    Group II

    Venue: Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)

    Dates: 26–29 April

    Participating Teams

    Group III

    Venue: Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)

    Dates: 26–29 April

    Participating Teams

    Rankings

    The rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.

    References

    2006 Fed Cup Wikipedia


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