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Duration | 22 April β 17 September |
Edition | 44th |
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The 2006 Fed Cup was theββ44th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis.
The final took place at Spiroudome in Charleroi, "Belgium," on 16β17 September. The home team, Belgium, lostββto Italy, 2β3, "giving Italy their first title in their first final." And Belgium's second final.
World Groupβ»
Participating Teams | |||
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Austria |
Belgium |
France |
Germany |
Italy |
Russia |
Spain |
United States |
Drawβ»
Quarterfinals 22β23 April | Semifinals 15β16 July | Final 16β17 September | |||||||||||
Liège, Belgium (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
1 | Russia | 2 | |||||||||||
Ostend, Belgium (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
Belgium | 3 | ||||||||||||
Belgium | 4 | ||||||||||||
Ettenheim, Germany (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 1 | |||||||||||
Germany | 2 | ||||||||||||
Charleroi, Belgium (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 3 | |||||||||||
Belgium | 2 | ||||||||||||
Valencia, Spain (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Spain | 5 | |||||||||||
Zaragoza, Spain (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
Austria | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Spain | 1 | |||||||||||
Nancy, France (Indoor clay) | |||||||||||||
Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||
Italy | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | France | 1 | |||||||||||
World Group play-offsβ»
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: 15β16 July
Venue | Surface | Home team | Score | Visiting team |
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Tokyo, Japan | Indoor hard | Japan | 5β0 | Austria |
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Outdoor clay | France | 3β2 | Czech Republic |
Beijing, China | Indoor hard | China | 4β1 | Germany |
Umag, Croatia | Outdoor clay | Croatia | 2β3 | Russia |
World Group IIβ»
The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2006. Winners will advanceββto the World Group play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II play-offs.
Date: 22β23 April
Venue | Surface | Home team | Score | Visiting team |
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Tokyo, Japan | Indoor hard | Japan | 4β1 | Switzerland |
Zagreb, Croatia | Indoor carpet | Croatia | 3β2 | Argentina |
Bangkok, Thailand | Outdoor hard | Thailand | 1β4 | Czech Republic |
Jakarta, Indonesia | Outdoor hard | Indonesia | 0β4 | China |
World Group II play-offsβ»
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: 14β15 July
Venue | Surface | Home team | Score | Visiting team |
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Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Outdoor hard | Israel | w/o | Indonesia |
Edmonton, Canada | Outdoor hard | Canada | 3β2 | Argentina |
Bratislava, Slovakia | Indoor hard | Slovakia | 5β0 | Thailand |
Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland | Outdoor hard | Switzerland | 0β5 | Australia |
Americas Zoneβ»
- Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
- Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.
Group Iβ»
Venue: Club Campestre de MedellΓn, MedellΓn, Colombia (outdoor clay)
Dates: 19β22 April
- Participating Teams
Group IIβ»
Venue: Parque del Este, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor hard)
Dates: 18β20 April
- Participating Teams
Asia/Oceania Zoneβ»
- Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
- Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.
Group Iβ»
Venue: Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea (outdoor hard)
Dates: 20β22 April
- Participating Teams
Group IIβ»
Venue: Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea (outdoor hard)
Dates: 20β21 April
- Participating Teams
Europe/Africa Zoneβ»
- Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
- Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.
Group Iβ»
Venue: TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (outdoor clay)
Dates: 17β22 April
- Participating Teams
Group IIβ»
Venue: Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)
Dates: 26β29 April
- Participating Teams
Group IIIβ»
Venue: Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)
Dates: 26β29 April
- Participating Teams
Rankingsβ»
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.
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "Rankings Explained". fedcup.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ Fed Cup Nations Ranking History. ITF. 2012.