1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

• Venue: 700 Years Anniversary Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand (outdoor hard)
• Date: 21–24 February

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The top two teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nation progresses to World Group II play-offs. Nations finishing in the bottom place in each pool were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II for 1997.

Pools

	Pool A	KOR	IND	HKG	MAS
1	South Korea (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	India (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Hong Kong (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Malaysia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	CHN	THA	KAZ	PHI
1	China (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Thailand (2–1)	0–3		2–0	3–0
3	Kazakhstan (1–2)	0–3	0–2		2–1
4	Philippines (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Knockout Stage

Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

	Semifinals 23 February					Final 24 February
		South Korea	3
		Thailand	0
							South Korea	2
							China	1
		India	0
		China	3

•  South Korea advanced to World Group II Play-offs.[1]
•  Malaysia and  Philippines relegated to Group II in 1997.[2][3]

• Venue: 700 Years Anniversary Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand (outdoor hard)
• Date: 19–24 January

The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four. 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 1997.

Pools

	Pool A	NZL	SIN	SYR
1	New Zealand (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Singapore (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Syria (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	TPE	UZB	POC	BRU
1	Chinese Taipei (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Uzbekistan (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Pacific Oceania (1–2)	1–2	0–3		3–0
4	Brunei (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Play-offs

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team
New Zealand	3–0	Uzbekistan
Chinese Taipei	3–0	Singapore

•  New Zealand and  Chinese Taipei advanced to Group I in 1997.[4][5]

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