2001 Fed Cup Americas Zone Explained

See main article: 2001 Fed Cup.

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2001 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Montevideo, Uruguay (outdoor clay)
• Date: 23–28 April

The nine teams were divided into two pools of four and five teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group play-offs. The two nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2002.

Play-off

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• advanced to 2001 World Group play-offs.^[2]
• and relegated to Group II in 2002.^{[3] [4]}

Group II

• Venue: St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (outdoor hard)
• Date: 15–19 May

The fourteen teams were randomly divided into four pools of three and four teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams then competed in knockout tournaments with teams that had taken equal placements in their pools to determine overall placings for the group. Teams finishing first and second advanced to Group I for 2002.

Play-offs

See main article: 2001 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Play-offs.

• and advanced to Group I in 2002.^[5]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

• Fed Cup Profile, Canada
• Fed Cup Profile, Venezuela
• Fed Cup Profile, Brazil
• Fed Cup Profile, Colombia
• Fed Cup Profile, Uruguay
• Fed Cup Profile, Paraguay
• Fed Cup Profile, Mexico
• Fed Cup Profile, Puerto Rico
• Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia
• Fed Cup Profile, Jamaica
• Fed Cup Profile, Chile
• Fed Cup Profile, Trinidad and Tobago
• Fed Cup Profile, Panama
• Fed Cup Profile, Antigua and Barbuda
• Fed Cup Profile, Costa Rica
• Fed Cup Profile, Guatemala
• Fed Cup Profile, El Salvador
• Fed Cup Profile, Barbados

External links

• Fed Cup website

Notes and References

1. News: Canada v Venezuela. fedcup.com.
2. News: Croatia v Venezuela. fedcup.com.
3. News: Ecuador v Costa Rica. fedcup.com.
4. News: Dominican Republic v Bolivia. fedcup.com.
5. News: Bahamas v Puerto Rico. fedcup.com.