1996 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.

In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 1997.^[1]

Participating nations

Draw

Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

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.

First round

Hong Kong vs. Sri Lanka

Hong Kong
5

Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[2]
9–11 February 1996
Hard

Sri Lanka
0

		1	2	3
1	John Hui Manjule Weerakoon	6 3	6 0	6 2
2	Pang Lui Jayendra Wijeyesekera	7 5	6 3	6 3
3	John Hui / So Chun-yen Lahiru Jayasuriya / Jayendra Wijeyesekera	6 3	6 4	6 1
4	John Hui Jayendra Wijeyesekera	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵
5	Pang Lui Manjule Weerakoon	6 0	6 0

Thailand vs. Iran

Thailand
4

Huamark Centre, Bangkok, Thailand^[3]
9–11 February 1996
Hard

Iran
1

		1	2	3
1	Woraphol Thongkhamchu Mansour Bahrami	6 2	6 4	6 4
2	Tanakorn Srichaphan Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli	6 2	6 1	6 1
3	Vittaya Samrej / Narathorn Srichaphan Mansour Bahrami / Ramin Raziani	7 5	7⁷ 6⁴	6 3
4	Tanakorn Srichaphan Mansour Bahrami	4 6	2 6
5	Woraphol Thongkhamchu Ramin Raziani	7 5	6 4

Pakistan vs. Saudi Arabia

Pakistan
5

Artillery Mess, Rawalpindi, Pakistan^[4]
23–25 February 1996
Clay

Saudi Arabia
0

		1	2	3
1	Omer Rashid Zulfiqar Ahmed	6 0	6 1	6 1
2	Hamed-ul-Haq Bader Mohammed Almuqail	6 2	6 0	6 2
3	Omer Rashid / Hamed-ul-Haq Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Farah Al-Somali	6 3	6 2	6 0
4	Omer Rashid Bader Mohammed Almuqail	6 1	6 3
5	Hamed-ul-Haq Farah Al-Somali	6 0	6 0

Bahrain vs. Uzbekistan

Bahrain
0

Isa Town Stadium, Manama, Bahrain^[5]
23–25 February 1996
Hard

Uzbekistan
5

		1	2	3
1	Esam Abdulaal Dmitri Tomashevich	3 6	5 7	3 6
2	Shehab Shehab Oleg Ogorodov	0 6	1 6	2 6
3	Esam Abdulaal / Nader Abdul-Aal Vadim Kutsenko / Oleg Ogorodov	4 6	1 6	2 6
4	Esam Abdulaal Oleg Ogorodov	5 7	7⁷ 6²	1 6
5	Shehab Shehab Dmitri Tomashevich	2 6	0 6

Second round

Thailand vs. Hong Kong

Thailand
5

National Centre, Bangkok, Thailand^[6]
5–7 April 1996
Hard

Hong Kong
0

		1	2	3
1	Tanakorn Srichaphan John Hui	6 2	6 2	6 2
2	Woraphol Thongkhamchu Pang Lui	6 3	6 4	6 3
3	Vittaya Samrej / Narathorn Srichaphan Graeme Foster / So Chun-yen	7 5	6 1	6 3
4	Narathorn Srichaphan Graeme Foster	6 0	6 4
5	Woraphol Thongkhamchu John Hui	6 3	6 2

Pakistan vs. Uzbekistan

Pakistan
0

Peshawar Tennis Club, Peshawar, Pakistan^[7]
5–7 April 1996
Grass

Uzbekistan
5

		1	2	3	4
1	Omer Rashid Dmitri Tomashevich	3 6	4 6	1 6
2	Hamed-ul-Haq Oleg Ogorodov	3 6	6 4	2 6	3 6
3	Omer Rashid / Hamed-ul-Haq Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich	7⁷ 6⁴	1 6	6² 7⁷	3 6
4	Omer Rashid Oleg Ogorodov	5 7	1 6
5	Hamed-ul-Haq Dmitri Tomashevich	3 6	2 6

Relegation play-offs

Iran vs. Sri Lanka

Iran
4

Enghelab Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran^[8]
5–7 April 1996
Clay

Sri Lanka
1

		1	2	3
1	Mansour Bahrami Rohan de Silva	6 2	6 1	7 5
2	Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli Jayendra Wijeyesekera	6 2	6 2	6 2
3	Mansour Bahrami / Ramin Raziani Arjun Fernando / Jayendra Wijeyesekera	6 4	6 2	6 4
4	Ramin Raziani Jayendra Wijeyesekera	4 6	2 6
5	Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli Rohan de Silva	6 0	6 2

Saudi Arabia vs. Bahrain

Saudi Arabia
3

InterContinental Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia^[9]
5–7 April 1996
Hard

Bahrain
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Bader Mohammed Almuqail Shehab Shehab	6 1	6 2	6 4
2	Othman Al-Anazi Esam Abdulaal	1 6	2 6	7⁷ 6⁵	6 4	6 4
3	Othman Al-Anazi / Bader Mohammed Almuqail Esam Abdulaal / Nader Abdul-Aal	3 6	4 6	7 5	3 6
4	Bader Mohammed Almuqail Esam Abdulaal	6 4	2 6	2 6	5 7
5	Othman Al-Anazi Shehab Shehab	6 4	7 5	6 3

Third round

Uzbekistan vs. Thailand

Uzbekistan
5

Dynamo Tennis Club, Tashkent, Uzbekistan^[10]
20–22 September 1996
Clay

Thailand
0

		1	2	3
1	Dmitri Tomashevich Narathorn Srichaphan	6 0	6 3	6 1
2	Oleg Ogorodov Tanakorn Srichaphan	6 1	6 3	7⁷ 6²
3	Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich Vittaya Samrej / Woraphol Thongkhamchu	6 3	6 4	6 2
4	Oleg Ogorodov Narathorn Srichaphan	6 3	5 7	6 3
5	Dmitri Tomashevich Tanakorn Srichaphan	6 0	6 3

References

^ "1996 Asia/Oceania Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ "Hong Kong v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
^ "Thailand v Iran". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.
^ "Bahrain v Uzbekistan". daviscup.com.
^ "Thailand v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Uzbekistan". daviscup.com.
^ "Iran v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
^ "Saudi Arabia v Bahrain". daviscup.com.
^ "Uzbekistan v Thailand". daviscup.com.

External links

Davis Cup official website

[1] "1996 Asia/Oceania Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

[2] "Hong Kong v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.

[3] "Thailand v Iran". daviscup.com.

[4] "Pakistan v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.

[5] "Bahrain v Uzbekistan". daviscup.com.

[6] "Thailand v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.

[7] "Pakistan v Uzbekistan". daviscup.com.

[8] "Iran v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.

[9] "Saudi Arabia v Bahrain". daviscup.com.

[10] "Uzbekistan v Thailand". daviscup.com.

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