# 1996 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 1997.

## Participating nations

* Bahrain
* Hong Kong
* Iran
* Pakistan
* Saudi Arabia
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand
* Uzbekistan

### Draw

| Relegation Play-offs | Relegation Play-offs | Relegation Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round |
| | | | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) | | | | | | |
| | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 5 | | | | | | |
| Tehran, Iran (clay) | Tehran, Iran (clay) | Tehran, Iran (clay) | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 0 | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | | | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | | | |
| Iran | Iran | 4 | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Thailand | Thailand | 5 | | | |
| | | | Thailand | Thailand | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Iran | Iran | 1 | | | | Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay) |
| | | | | | | | | | Thailand | Thailand | 0 |
| | | | Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay) | Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay) | Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay) | | | | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | 5 |
| | | | Pakistan | Pakistan | 5 | | | | | |
| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard) | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard) | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard) | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 0 | Peshawar, Pakistan (grass) | Peshawar, Pakistan (grass) | Peshawar, Pakistan (grass) | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 3 | | | | Pakistan | Pakistan | 0 | | | |
| Bahrain | Bahrain | 2 | Manama, Bahrain (hard) | Manama, Bahrain (hard) | Manama, Bahrain (hard) | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | 5 | | | |
| | | | Bahrain | Bahrain | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | 5 | | | | | | |
* Sri Lanka and Bahrain relegated to Group III in 1997.
* Uzbekistan promoted to Group I in 1997.

## First round
### Hong Kong vs. Sri Lanka

| Hong Kong 5 | Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 9–11 February 1996 Hard | Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 9–11 February 1996 Hard | Sri Lanka 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 John Hui Manjule Weerakoon 6 3 6 0 6 2       2 Pang Lui Jayendra Wijeyesekera 7 5 6 3 6 3       3 John Hui / So Chun-yen Lahiru Jayasuriya / Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 3 6 4 6 1       4 John Hui Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^5$         5 Pang Lui Manjule Weerakoon 6 0 6 0 ||||

### Thailand vs. Iran

| Thailand 4 | Huamark Centre, Bangkok, Thailand 9–11 February 1996 Hard | Huamark Centre, Bangkok, Thailand 9–11 February 1996 Hard | Iran 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Woraphol Thongkhamchu Mansour Bahrami 6 2 6 4 6 4       2 Tanakorn Srichaphan Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli 6 2 6 1 6 1       3 Vittaya Samrej / Narathorn Srichaphan Mansour Bahrami / Ramin Raziani 7 5 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 3       4 Tanakorn Srichaphan Mansour Bahrami 4 6 2 6         5 Woraphol Thongkhamchu Ramin Raziani 7 5 6 4 ||||

### Pakistan vs. Saudi Arabia

| Pakistan 5 | Artillery Mess, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 23–25 February 1996 Clay | Artillery Mess, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 23–25 February 1996 Clay | Saudi Arabia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Omer Rashid Zulfiqar Ahmed 6 0 6 1 6 1       2 Hamed-ul-Haq Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6 2 6 0 6 2       3 Omer Rashid / Hamed-ul-Haq Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Farah Al-Somali 6 3 6 2 6 0       4 Omer Rashid Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6 1 6 3         5 Hamed-ul-Haq Farah Al-Somali 6 0 6 0 ||||

### Bahrain vs. Uzbekistan

| Bahrain 0 | Isa Town Stadium, Manama, Bahrain 23–25 February 1996 Hard | Isa Town Stadium, Manama, Bahrain 23–25 February 1996 Hard | Uzbekistan 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Esam Abdulaal Dmitri Tomashevich 3 6 5 7 3 6       2 Shehab Shehab Oleg Ogorodov 0 6 1 6 2 6       3 Esam Abdulaal / Nader Abdul-Aal Vadim Kutsenko / Oleg Ogorodov 4 6 1 6 2 6       4 Esam Abdulaal Oleg Ogorodov 5 7 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 1 6       5 Shehab Shehab Dmitri Tomashevich 2 6 0 6 ||||

## Second round
### Thailand vs. Hong Kong

| Thailand 5 | National Centre, Bangkok, Thailand 5–7 April 1996 Hard | National Centre, Bangkok, Thailand 5–7 April 1996 Hard | Hong Kong 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tanakorn Srichaphan John Hui 6 2 6 2 6 2       2 Woraphol Thongkhamchu Pang Lui 6 3 6 4 6 3       3 Vittaya Samrej / Narathorn Srichaphan Graeme Foster / So Chun-yen 7 5 6 1 6 3       4 Narathorn Srichaphan Graeme Foster 6 0 6 4         5 Woraphol Thongkhamchu John Hui 6 3 6 2 ||||

### Pakistan vs. Uzbekistan

| Pakistan 0 | Peshawar Tennis Club, Peshawar, Pakistan 5–7 April 1996 Grass | Peshawar Tennis Club, Peshawar, Pakistan 5–7 April 1996 Grass | Uzbekistan 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Omer Rashid Dmitri Tomashevich 3 6 4 6 1 6       2 Hamed-ul-Haq Oleg Ogorodov 3 6 6 4 2 6 3 6     3 Omer Rashid / Hamed-ul-Haq Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 1 6 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 3 6     4 Omer Rashid Oleg Ogorodov 5 7 1 6         5 Hamed-ul-Haq Dmitri Tomashevich 3 6 2 6 ||||

## Relegation play-offs
### Iran vs. Sri Lanka

| Iran 4 | Enghelab Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran 5–7 April 1996 Clay | Enghelab Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran 5–7 April 1996 Clay | Sri Lanka 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mansour Bahrami Rohan de Silva 6 2 6 1 7 5       2 Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 2 6 2 6 2       3 Mansour Bahrami / Ramin Raziani Arjun Fernando / Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 4 6 2 6 4       4 Ramin Raziani Jayendra Wijeyesekera 4 6 2 6         5 Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli Rohan de Silva 6 0 6 2 ||||

### Saudi Arabia vs. Bahrain

| Saudi Arabia 3 | InterContinental Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 5–7 April 1996 Hard | InterContinental Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 5–7 April 1996 Hard | Bahrain 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Shehab Shehab 6 1 6 2 6 4       2 Othman Al-Anazi Esam Abdulaal 1 6 2 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 4 6 4   3 Othman Al-Anazi / Bader Mohammed Almuqail Esam Abdulaal / Nader Abdul-Aal 3 6 4 6 7 5 3 6     4 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Esam Abdulaal 6 4 2 6 2 6 5 7     5 Othman Al-Anazi Shehab Shehab 6 4 7 5 6 3 ||||

## Third round
### Uzbekistan vs. Thailand

| Uzbekistan 5 | Dynamo Tennis Club, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 20–22 September 1996 Clay | Dynamo Tennis Club, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 20–22 September 1996 Clay | Thailand 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Dmitri Tomashevich Narathorn Srichaphan 6 0 6 3 6 1       2 Oleg Ogorodov Tanakorn Srichaphan 6 1 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^2$       3 Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich Vittaya Samrej / Woraphol Thongkhamchu 6 3 6 4 6 2       4 Oleg Ogorodov Narathorn Srichaphan 6 3 5 7 6 3       5 Dmitri Tomashevich Tanakorn Srichaphan 6 0 6 3 ||||