2000 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2000 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan (outdoor hard)
• Date: 25–30 April

The eleven teams were divided into one pool of six and one pool five teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group Play-offs next year. The two nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2001.

Pools

Pool A JPN IND THA KAZ HKG 1  Japan (3–1) 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 2  India (3–1) 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3  Thailand (3–1) 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 4  Kazakhstan (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–2 2–1 5  Hong Kong (0–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2

Pool B CHN INA TPE KOR NZL SIN 1  China (5–0) 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 2  Indonesia (4–1) 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 3  Chinese Taipei (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 4  South Korea (2–3) 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 5  New Zealand (1–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–0 6  Singapore (0–5) 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-off

Japan 2	Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan 30 April 2000 Decoturf (outdoors)		China 1
1 2 3 1 Shinobu Asagoe Li Na 66 78 2 6     2 Ai Sugiyama Yi Jing-Qian 6 4 6 2     3 Nana Miyagi / Ai Sugiyama Li Fang / Li Na 1 6 6 4 6 1

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•  Japan advanced to 2001 World Group Play-offs.^[2]
•  Hong Kong and  Singapore relegated to Group II in 2001.^[3]

Group II

• Venue: Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan (outdoor hard)
• Date: 25–30 April

The eleven teams were divided into two pools of six and five teams. The top two teams from each pool then moved on to the play-off stage of the competition. The two teams that won a match from the play-off stage would advance to Group I for 2001.

Pools

Pool A UZB POC MAS FIJ IRQ 1  Uzbekistan (4–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 2  Pacific Oceania (3–1) 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 3  Malaysia (2–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0 2–0 4  Fiji (1–3) 0–3 0–2 0–3 3–0 5  Iraq (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–3

Pool B PHI TJK SRI JOR PAK SYR 1  Philippines (5–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 2  Tajikistan (4–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3  Sri Lanka (2–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 4  Jordan (2–3) 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 5  Pakistan (2–3) 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 6  Syria (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–2

Play-offs

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team
Uzbekistan	2–0	Tajikistan
Pacific Oceania	2–0	Philippines

•  Uzbekistan and  Pacific Oceania advanced to Group I in 2001.^[4][5]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website