2006 Fed Cup

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

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

Participating Teams
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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

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Tokyo, Japan	Indoor hard	Template:Fed	5–0	Template:Fed
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Outdoor clay	Template:Fed	3–2	Template:Fed
Beijing, China	Indoor hard	Template:Fed	4–1	Template:Fed
Umag, Croatia	Outdoor clay	Template:Fed	2–3	Template:Fed

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

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Tokyo, Japan	Indoor hard	Template:Fed	4–1	Template:Fed
Zagreb, Croatia	Indoor carpet	Template:Fed	3–2	Template:Fed
Bangkok, Thailand	Outdoor hard	Template:Fed	1–4	Template:Fed
Jakarta, Indonesia	Outdoor hard	Template:Fed	0–4	Template:Fed

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

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Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Outdoor hard	Template:Fed	w/o	Template:Fed
Edmonton, Canada	Outdoor hard	Template:Fed	3–2	Template:Fed
Bratislava, Slovakia	Indoor hard	Template:Fed	5–0	Template:Fed
Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland	Outdoor hard	Template:Fed	0–5	Template:Fed

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

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Group II

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

Dates: 18–20 April

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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

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Group II

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

Dates: 20–21 April

Participating Teams

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Europe/Africa Zone

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
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Group I

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

Dates: 17–22 April

Participating Teams

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Group II

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

Dates: 26–29 April

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Group III

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

Dates: 26–29 April

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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.

24 April Rank Nation Points Move 1 Template:Fed 35,267.5 Steady 2 Template:Fed 27,910.0 Steady 3 Template:Fed 14,502.5 Steady 4 Template:Fed 14,275.0 Steady 5 Template:Fed 9,987.5 Increase 1 6 Template:Fed 8,855.0 Increase 2 7 Template:Fed 7,875.0 Decrease 2 8 Template:Fed 7,077.5 Decrease 1 9 Template:Fed 4,762.5 Steady 10 Template:Fed 4,437.5 Increase 4

17 July Rank Nation Points Move 1 Template:Fed 31,960.0 Steady 2 Template:Fed 23,292.5 Steady 3 Template:Fed 14,592.5 Increase 2 4 Template:Fed 13,510.0 Increase 2 5 Template:Fed 11,442.5 Decrease 1 6 Template:Fed 10,957.5 Decrease 3 7 Template:Fed 5,822.5 Increase 6 8 Template:Fed 5,767.5 Increase 2 9 Template:Fed 5,407.55 Decrease 1 10 Template:Fed 5,030.0 Decrease 3

18 September Rank Nation Points Move 1 Template:Fed 27,860.0 Steady 2 Template:Fed 21,690.0 Increase 2 3 Template:Fed 21,247.5 Decrease 1 4 Template:Fed 14,592.5 Decrease 1 5 Template:Fed 11,442.5 Steady 6 Template:Fed 10,957.5 Steady 7 Template:Fed 5,822.5 Steady 8 Template:Fed 5,767.5 Steady 9 Template:Fed 5,030.0 Increase 1 10 Template:Fed 3,995.0 Increase 1

External links

• Fed Cup