2000 Fed Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of competition in the 2000 Fed Cup. This year, the World Group and World Group II merged to become one group, with one more team joining the Group from last year's World Group II Play-offs. Twelve teams were put into three pools of four teams each, with the winner of each pool joining defending champions the United States in a four-team play-off.

The defending champions claimed their record seventeenth and most recent title, defeating five-time champions Spain in the final.

Participating Teams

Participating Teams
Australia	Austria	Belgium	Croatia	Czech Republic
France	Germany	Italy	Russia
Slovakia	Spain	Switzerland	United States

Pools

Pool A

Venue: Bari T.C., Bari, Italy (outdoor clay)

Date: 27–30 April

	Pool A	ESP	GER	ITA	CRO
1	Spain (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Germany (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Italy (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Croatia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	0–3

Pool B

Venue: Incheba Hall, Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

Date: 27–30 April

	Pool B	CZE	SUI	AUT	SVK
1	Czech Republic (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Switzerland (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Austria (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–0
4	Slovakia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	0–2

Pool C

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)

Date: 27–30 April

	Pool C	BEL	FRA	RUS	AUS
1	Belgium (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	France (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Russia (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Australia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

Knockout Stage

Venue: Bari T.C., Bari, Italy (outdoor clay)

Date: 21–25 November

	Semifinals 21–22 November					Final 24–25 November
	1	United States	2
		Belgium	1
						1	United States	5
						2	Spain	0
		Czech Republic	1
	2	Spain	2

See also

• Fed Cup structure