1996 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs

The 1996 World Group II play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group II and four nations from the three Zonal Group I competitions. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 1997 World Group II, while losing nations joined their respective zonal groups.

Canada 2	Timberlane Country Arena, Aurora, Ontario, Canada 13–14 July 1996 Har-Tru clay (outdoors)		Australia 3
1 2 3 1 Rene Simpson Nicole Bradtke 3 6 6 3 6 3   2 Patricia Hy Rachel McQuillan 6 2 7 5     3 Patricia Hy Nicole Bradtke 3 6 6 3 2 6   4 Rene Simpson Rachel McQuillan 3 6 4 6     5 Jill Hetherington / Rene Simpson Nicole Bradtke / Rachel McQuillan 6 4 3 6 0 6

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Indonesia 2	Gelora Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia 13–14 July 1996 Rebound Ace (outdoors)		Switzerland 3
1 2 3 1 Yayuk Basuki Patty Schnyder 6 3 6 3     2 Liza Andriyani Martina Hingis 0 6 0 6     3 Yayuk Basuki Martina Hingis 5 7 6 3 6 1   4 Liza Andriyani Patty Schnyder 2 6 6 2 1 6   5 Yayuk Basuki / Romana Tedjakusuma Martina Hingis / Patty Schnyder 3 6 2 6

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Chile 0	Union Tennis Club, Viña del Mar, Chile 13–14 July 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Croatia 5
1 2 3 1 Bárbara Castro Mirjana Lučić 1 6 6 3 3 6   2 Paula Cabezas Silvija Talaja 2 6 6 0 5 7   3 Bárbara Castro Silvija Talaja 3 6 6 3 2 6   4 Paula Cabezas Mirjana Lučić 3 6 2 6     5 Paula Cabezas / María-Alejandra Quezada Mirjana Lučić / Maja Murić 5 7 2 6

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Bulgaria 1	Lokomotiv Stadium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 13–14 July 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		South Korea 4
1 2 3 1 Pavlina Stoyanova Kim Eun-ha 3 6 6 0 6 1   2 Antoaneta Pandjerova Park Sung-hee 4 6 0 6     3 Pavlina Stoyanova Park Sung-hee 3 6 5 7     4 Antoaneta Pandjerova Kim Eun-ha 77 65 1 6 3 6   5 Teodora Nedeva / Pavlina Stoyanova Choi Ju-yeon / Choi Young-ja 4 6 6 4 63 77

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