The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the
2012 Fed Cup
The 2012 Fed Cup (also known as the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 50th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis. The draw took place on 17 July 2011 in Kobe, Japan.
The fin ...
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Group I
*Venue: Graciosa Country Club,
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
(outdoor clay)
*Date: Week of 30 January
The nine teams were divided into two pools of four and five teams. The winners of both pools played off to decide which nation progresses to
World Group II play-offs. Nations finishing in the bottom two places in each pool play-off to determine which nation was relegated to Americas Zone Group II for 2012.
Pools
Play-offs
* advanced to
World Group II play-offs.
*' and ' were relegated to Americas Group II in 2013.
Group II
*Venue: Club San Javier,
Guadalajara,
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
(clay, outdoors)
*Date: 16–21 April
The nine teams were divided into one pool of four and one pool of five teams. The top two teams of both pools played off to decide which nation was promoted to the Americas Zone Group I for 2012.
Play-offs
* and were promoted to Americas Group I in 2013.
See also
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Fed Cup structure
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan ...
References
Fed Cup 2012, Americas, Group IFed Cup 2012, Americas, Group II
External links
Fed Cup website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fed Cup Americas Zone,2012
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
Sport in Curitiba
Tennis tournaments in Brazil
Sport in Guadalajara, Jalisco
Tennis tournaments in Mexico
2012 in Mexican tennis
2012 in Brazilian tennis
21st century in Guadalajara, Jalisco
21st century in Curitiba