2006 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2006 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Using the positions determined in their pools, the nine teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2006 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I, the top country of each pool played for first and second placings, while the bottom two of each pool competed for fifth to eighth. The team that ended up placing first overall advanced to World Group Play-offs, whilst those coming in seventh were relegated down to Group II for the next year.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Australia	India
2		Chinese Taipei
3	South Korea	New Zealand
4	Uzbekistan	Philippines

Promotional Play-Offs

The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.

Australia vs. India

Australia 2	Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea 22 April 2006 Hard (outdoors)		India 1
1 2 3 1 Casey Dellacqua Shikha Uberoi 3 6 2 6     2 Samantha Stosur Sania Mirza 6 4 6 2     3 Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs Sania Mirza / Shikha Uberoi 77 64 6 2

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Third

As there was only three teams from Pool A as oppose to the four from Pool B, the second-placed team from Pool B ( Chinese Taipei) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Taiwanese were automatically allocated third place.

Relegation Play-Offs

The last and second-to-last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group II for next year.

South Korea vs. Philippines

South Korea 2	Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea 22 April 2006 Hard (outdoors)		Philippines 0
1 2 3 1 Chang Kyung-mi Denise Dy 6 3 6 1     2 Yoo Mi Czarina-Mae Arévalo 6 2 6 2     3 Kim Mi-ok / Kim So-jung Czarina-Mae Arévalo / Conchita Corazon Zoleta

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Uzbekistan vs. New Zealand

Uzbekistan 2	Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea 22 April 2006 Hard (outdoors)		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 1 Iroda Tulyaganova Leanne Baker 6 3 7 5     2 Akgul Amanmuradova Marina Erakovic 5 7 1 6     3 Akgul Amanmuradova / Iroda Tulyaganova Leanne Baker / Marina Erakovic 6 4 7 5

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Final Placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Australia
Second	India
Third	Chinese Taipei
Fifth	South Korea
	Uzbekistan
Relegated	Philippines
	New Zealand

•  Australia advanced to the World Group Play-offs, and were drawn against   Switzerland, where they won 5–0. The team thus competed in the 2007 World Group II.^[4]
•  Philippines and  New Zealand were relegated down to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II for the next year, but the 2007 Asia/Oceania Zone consisted of simply one group. The New Zealands placed fifth overall, but the Filipinos did not compete.^[5][6]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website