| Details | |
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| Duration | 9 February – 1 December |
| Edition | 85th |
| Teams | 124 |
| Champion | |
| Winning Nation | France |
| ← 1995 1997 → |
| Participating teams | |||
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Austria |
Belgium |
Czech Republic |
Denmark |
France |
Germany |
Hungary |
India |
Italy |
Mexico |
Netherlands |
Russia |
South Africa |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
United States |
| First Round 9–11 February |
Quarterfinals 5–7 April |
Semifinals 20–22 September |
Final 29 November–1 December |
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| Rome, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rome, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johannesburg, South Africa (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nantes, France (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Geneva, Switzerland (indoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| France | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Limoges, France (indoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Besançon, France (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malmö, Sweden (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jaipur, India (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Calcutta, India (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Katrineholm, Sweden (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prague, Czech Republic (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plzeň, Czech Republic (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prague, Czech Republic (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carlsbad, CA, United States (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| United States | 5 |
Sweden 2 |
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden 29 November – 1 December 1996 Hard (indoors) |
France 3 |
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| 1 | Stefan Edberg Cédric Pioline |
3 6 |
4 6 |
3 6 |
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| 2 | Thomas Enqvist Arnaud Boetsch |
6 4 |
6 3 |
7 6 |
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| 3 | Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti Guy Forget / Guillaume Raoux |
3 6 |
6 1 |
3 6 |
3 6 |
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| 4 | Thomas Enqvist Cédric Pioline |
3 6 |
6 7 |
6 4 |
6 4 |
9 7 |
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| 5 | Nicklas Kulti Arnaud Boetsch |
6 7 |
6 2 |
6 4 |
6 7 |
8 10 |
| Home team | Score | Visiting team | Location | Venue | Door | Surface |
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| Mexico | 3–2 | Argentina | Mexico City | Club Alemán de México | Outdoor | Hard |
| Croatia | 1–4 | Australia | Split | Teniski klub Split | Outdoor | Clay |
| Brazil | 4–1 | Austria | São Paulo | Hotel Transamérica | Indoor | Carpet |
| Romania | 3–2 | Belgium | Bucharest | Arenele BNR | Outdoor | Clay |
| Spain | 4–1 | Denmark | Tarragona | Club de Tennis Tarragona | Outdoor | Clay |
| Russia | 4–1 | Hungary | Moscow | Olympic Stadium | Indoor | Carpet |
| Switzerland | 5–0 | Morocco | Olten | Olten Hallenstadion | Indoor | Carpet |
| Netherlands | 4–1 | New Zealand | Haarlem | Sportclub Haarlem | Outdoor | Hard |
| Second Round Play-offs 20–22 September |
First Round Play-offs 5–7 April |
First Round 9–11 February |
Second Round 5–7 April |
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| Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Mar del Plata, Argentina (clay) | |||||||||||||||||
| Peru | Argentina | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | Nassau, Bahamas (hard) | Bahamas | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Peru | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Santiago, Chile (clay) | Bahamas | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chile | 5 | Santiago, Chile (clay) | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edmonton, Canada (indoor carpet) | Chile | 2 | Santos, Brazil (clay) | |||||||||||||||
| Chile | 2 | Brazil | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | 3 | Valencia, Venezuela (hard) | Venezuela | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peru relegated to Group II in 1997. |
Argentina and Brazil advance to World Group Qualifying Round. |
| Relegation Play-offs 5–7 April; 3–5 May |
First Round 9–11 February |
Second Round 5–7 April |
Third Round 20–22 September |
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| Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard) | Guatemala | 0 | Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | |||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 1 | Uruguay | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 4 | Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | Colombia | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | 5 | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Havana, Cuba (hard) | Ecuador | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cuba | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Asunción, Paraguay (clay) | Paraguay | 2 | Havana, Cuba (hard) | |||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 5 | Cuba | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Barbados | 0 | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | Ecuador | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Barbados | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ecuador | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala and Barbados relegated to Group III in 1997. |
Ecuador promoted to Group I in 1997. |
| HAI | DOM | TRI | ATG | CRC | ||
| 1 | Haiti (4–0) | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
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| 2 | Dominican Republic (3–1) | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago (2–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda (1–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| 5 | Costa Rica (0–4) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| ESA | PAN | JAM | BOL | BER | ECA | ||
| 1 | El Salvador (5–0) | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
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| 2 | Panama (4–1) | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 3 | Jamaica (3–2) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Bolivia (2–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 5 | Bermuda (1–4) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| 6 | Eastern Caribbean (0–5) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Second Round Play-offs 20–22 September |
First Round Play-offs 5–7 April |
First Round 9–11 February |
Second Round 5–7 April |
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| Christchurch, New Zealand (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | China | 1 | Seoul, South Korea (clay) | |||||||||||||||
| China | 5 | New Zealand | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 0 | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | South Korea | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Indonesia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | Yokkaichi, Japan (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Taichung, Taiwan (clay) | Japan | 5 | Osaka, Japan (hard) | |||||||||||||||
| Philippines | 3 | Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | Melbourne, Australia (indoor hard) | Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei relegated to Group II in 1997. |
New Zealand and Australia advance to World Group Qualifying Round. |
| Relegation Play-offs 5–7 April |
First Round 9–11 February; 23–25 February |
Second Round 5–7 April |
Third Round 20–22 September |
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| Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tehran, Iran (clay) | Sri Lanka | 0 | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | |||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 1 | Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Iran | 4 | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Thailand | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 1 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay) | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay) | Uzbekistan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard) | Saudi Arabia | 0 | Peshawar, Pakistan (grass) | |||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | Pakistan | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bahrain | 2 | Manama, Bahrain (hard) | Uzbekistan | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Bahrain | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka and Bahrain relegated to Group III in 1997. |
Uzbekistan promoted to Group I in 1997. |
| SIN | MAS | POC | KAZ | SYR | OMA | ||
| 1 | Singapore (5–0) | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
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| 2 | Malaysia (3–2) | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| 3 | Pacific Oceania (3–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan (2–3) | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 5 | Syria (2–3) | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| 6 | Oman (0–5) | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| LIB | KUW | BAN | QAT | JOR | BRU | UAE | ||
| 1 | Lebanon (6–0) | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
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| 2 | Kuwait (5–1) | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Bangladesh (4–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 4 | Qatar (3–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 5 | Jordan (2–4) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 6 | Brunei (1–5) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates (0–6) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Second Round Play-offs 20–22 September |
First Round Play-offs |
First Round 9–12 February |
Second Round 5–7 April |
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| Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | Morocco | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) | Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Romania | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | Romania | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | Finland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | Croatia | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kiev, Ukraine (clay) | Croatia | |||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 1 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 3 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | Israel | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | Spain | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | ||||||||||||||||||
| Finland and Norway relegated to Group II in 1997. |
Morocco, Romania, Croatia, and Spain advance to World Group Qualifying Round. |
| Relegation Play-offs 12–14 July |
First Round 1–5 May |
Second Round 12–14 July |
Third Round 20–22 September |
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| Newcastle, England (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay) | Great Britain | 4 | Accra, Ghana (hard) | |||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 5 | Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Malta | 0 | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Ghana | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malta | 0 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | ||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Egypt | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | Macedonia | 0 | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | |||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | 2 | Egypt | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 3 | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard) | Ivory Coast | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Warsaw, Poland (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | Poznań, Poland (clay) | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | w/o | Poland | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor carpet) | Belarus | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Belarus | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 1 | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Budva, Yugoslavia (clay) | Slovakia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet) | Slovakia | 4 | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 5 | Slovakia | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Algeria | 0 | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Portugal | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Algeria | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malta, Macedonia, Nigeria, and Algeria relegated to Group III in 1997. |
Great Britain and Slovakia promoted to Group I in 1997. |
| LTU | SEN | SMR | ETH | AZE | ISL | SUD | ||
| 1 | Lithuania | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
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| 2 | Senegal | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | San Marino | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 6 | Iceland | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| 7 | Sudan | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| GEO | TUR | ARM | BIH | LIE | TUN | BEN | ||
| 1 | Georgia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
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| 2 | Turkey | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Armenia | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| 6 | Tunisia | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| 7 | Benin | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| IRL | CMR | EST | MDA | CYP | ZAM | DJI | ||
| 1 | Ireland | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
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| 2 | Cameroon | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Estonia | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 4 | Moldova | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 5 | Cyprus | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 6 | Zambia | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | |
| 7 | Djibouti | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| GRE | BUL | MON | KEN | BOT | TOG | CGO | ||
| 1 | Greece | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
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| 2 | Bulgaria | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Monaco | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 4 | Kenya | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 5 | Botswana | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 6 | Togo | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | |
| 7 | Congo | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Date of birth: | 26 April 1985 |
| Birth place: | Greensboro, NC, USA |
| Plays: | Right Handed |
| Singles ranking: | 17 |
| Doubles ranking: | 196 |
| First year played | 2005 |
| Total nominations | 20 |
| Ties played | 19 |
| Singles W/L | 29/2 |
| Doubles W/L | 8/5 |
