2012 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The '''Americas Zone''' was one of three zones of regional competition in the [[2012 Fed Cup]].

==Group I== *Venue: Graciosa Country Club, [[Curitiba, Brazil|Curitiba]], [[Brazil]] (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 [[2011 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs|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=== {{col-float-begin|width=35em}} {{4TeamRR | title=[[2012 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool A|Pool A]] | team-1-abbrev=ARG | team-1={{fed|ARG}} (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=CAN | team-2={{fed|CAN}} (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=PER | team-3={{fed|PER}} (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=BAH | team-4={{fed|BAH}} (0–3) | 1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0 |2v1=0–3 | 2v3=2–1 |2v4=3–0 |3v1=0–3 |3v2=1–2 | 3v4=3–0 |4v1=0–3 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=0–3 }} {{col-float-break|width=35em}} {{5TeamRR | title=[[2012 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool B|Pool B]] | team-1-abbrev=COL | team-1={{fed|COL}} (4–0) | team-2-abbrev=PAR | team-2={{fed|PAR}} (3–1) | team-3-abbrev=BRA | team-3={{fed|BRA}} (2–1) | team-4-abbrev=VEN | team-4={{fed|VEN}} (1–3) | team-5-abbrev=BOL | team-5={{fed|BOL}} (0–4) | 1v2=2–1 |1v3=2–1 |1v4=3–0 |1v5=3–0 |2v1=1–2 | 2v3=2–1 |2v4=2–1 |2v5=3–0 |3v1=1–2 |3v2=1–2 |3v4=2–1 |3v5=3–0 |4v1=0–3 |4v2=1–2 |4v3=1–2 |4v5=3–0 |5v1=0–3 |5v2=0–3 |5v3=0–3 |5v4=0–3 }} {{col-float-end}}

===Play-offs=== {{main|2012 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Play-offs}} {|class=wikitable style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;" |- !Placing!!Team A!!Score!!Team B |- |Promotion || '''{{fed|ARG}}''' ||align="center"|2–0||| {{fed|COL}} |- |3rd–4th || {{fed|CAN}} ||align="center"|0–2||| {{fed|PAR}} |- |5th–6th ||align="center"| N/A||align="center"| –|| {{fed|BRA}} |- |Relegation || {{fed|PER}} ||align="center"|2–0||| ''{{fed|BOL}}'' |- |Relegation || ''{{fed|BAH}}'' ||align="center"|0–2||| {{fed|VEN}} |} *'''{{fed|ARG}}''' advanced to [[2012 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs|World Group II play-offs]]. *''{{fed|BOL}}'' and ''{{fed|BAH}}'' were relegated to Americas Group II in 2013.

==Group II== *Venue: Club San Javier, [[Guadalajara]], [[Mexico]] (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.

{{col-float-begin|width=35em}} {{4TeamRR | title=[[2012 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool A|Pool A]] | team-1-abbrev=TRI | team-1={{nowrap|{{fed|TRI}} (3–0)}} | team-2-abbrev=GUA | team-2={{fed|GUA}} (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=ECU | team-3={{fed|ECU}} (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=DOM | team-4={{nowrap|{{fed|DOM}} (0–3)}} | 1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0 |2v1=0–3 | 2v3=3–0 |2v4=3–0 |3v1=0–3 |3v2=0–3 |3v4=2–1 |4v1=0–3 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=1–2 }} {{col-float-break|width=35em}} {{5TeamRR | title=[[2012 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool B|Pool B]] | team-1-abbrev=CHI | team-1={{fed|CHI}} (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=MEX | team-2={{fed|MEX}} (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=PUR | team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|PUR}} (2–2)}} | team-4-abbrev=URU | team-4={{fed|URU}} (1–2) | team-5-abbrev=CRC | team-5={{fed|CRC}} (0–3) | 1v2=3–0 |1v3=2–1 |1v4=3–0 |1v5=3–0 |2v1=0–3 | 2v3=2–1 |2v4=3–0 |2v5=3–0 |3v1=1–2 |3v2=1–2 | 3v4=2–1 |3v5=3–0 |4v1=0–3 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=1–2 |4v5=2–1 |5v1=0–3 |5v2=0–3 |5v3=0–3 |5v4=1–2 }} {{col-float-end}}

===Play-offs=== {{main|2012 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Play-offs}} {|class=wikitable style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;" |- !Placing!!Team A!!Score!!Team B |- |Promotion || {{fed|TRI}} ||align="center"|0–2||| '''{{fed|MEX}}''' |- |Promotion || {{fed|GUA}} ||align="center"|0–2||| '''{{fed|CHI}}''' |- |5th–6th || {{fed|ECU}} ||align="center"|1–2||| {{fed|PUR}} |- |7th–8th || {{fed|DOM}} ||align="center"|1–2||| {{fed|URU}} |- |9th ||align="center"| N/A||align="center"| – || {{fed|CRC}} |}

*'''{{fed|MEX}}''' and '''{{fed|CHI}}''' were promoted to Americas Group I in 2013.

==See also== *[[Fed Cup structure]]

==References== * [http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-i/americas/2012.aspx Fed Cup 2012, Americas, Group I] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427232755/http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-i/americas/2012.aspx |date=2012-04-27 }} * [http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-ii/americas/2012.aspx Fed Cup 2012, Americas, Group II] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428190112/http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-ii/americas/2012.aspx |date=2012-04-28 }}

==External links== * [http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx Fed Cup website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx |date=2014-01-07 }}

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