# 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.
| Placing | Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| 1 | Russia | Italy | Switzerland | Romania |
| 2 | Belarus | Sweden | Croatia | Hungary |
| 3 | Slovenia | Latvia | Georgia | Greece |
| 4 | Great Britain | Norway | Yugoslavia | Portugal |
The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

## Draw

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Russia | Russia | 3 | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 0 | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 0 | Russia | Russia | 1 |
| | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 2 |
| Hungary | Hungary | 1 | Switzerland | Switzerland | 2 |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 2 | | | |
| Italy | Italy | 0 | | | |
| Belarus | Belarus | 3 | | | |
| Belarus | Belarus | 3 | Belarus | Belarus | 1 |
| | | | Croatia | Croatia | 2 |
| Croatia | Croatia | 3 | Croatia | Croatia | 2 |
| Romania | Romania | 0 | | | |

### Semifinals
#### Russia vs. Sweden

| Russia 3 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | Sweden 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Elena Likhovtseva Åsa Carlsson 6 4 6 4     2 Anna Kournikova Anna-Karin Svensson 6 0 6 3     3 Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova Åsa Carlsson / Maria Lindström 6 3 6 3 ||||

#### Hungary vs. Switzerland

| Hungary 1 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | Switzerland 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anna Földényi Patty Schnyder 3 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     2 Andrea Temesvári Martina Hingis 0 6 3 6     3 Petra Mandula / Andrea Temesvári Angela Bürgis / Emanuela Zardo 6 4 6 2 ||||

#### Italy vs. Belarus

| Italy 0 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | Belarus 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rita Grande Natasha Zvereva 6 4 1 6 4 6   2 Adriana Serra Zanetti Olga Barabanschikova 5 7 7 5 1 6   3 Nathalie Baudone / Laura Golarsa Olga Barabanschikova / Tatiana Ignatieva 0 3     retired ||||

#### Croatia vs. Romania

| Croatia 3 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | Romania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mirjana Lučić Cătălina Cristea 6 0 6 4     2 Iva Majoli Ruxandra Dragomir 6 2 6 3     3 Maja Murić / Silvija Talaja Cătălina Cristea / Raluca Sandu 6 3 3 6 7 5 ||||

### Finals
#### Russia vs. Switzerland

| Russia 1 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 26 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 26 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | Switzerland 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anna Kournikova Patty Schnyder 4 6 4 6     2 Elena Likhovtseva Martina Hingis 3 6 0 6     3 Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova Angela Bürgis / Emanuela Zardo 7 5 6 1 ||||

#### Belarus vs. Croatia

| Belarus 1 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 26 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 26 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) | Croatia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Natasha Zvereva Iva Majoli 1 6 2 6     2 Olga Barabanschikova Mirjana Lučić 4 6 6 2 4 6   3 Olga Barabanschikova / Olga Glouschenko Maja Murić / Silvija Talaja 1 0      retired ||||