The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1996. Winning nations advanced to the World Group play-offs, and the losing nations were demoted to the World Group II play-offs.

Bulgaria 0	Lokomotiv Stadium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Slovakia 5
1 2 3 1 Lubomira Bacheva Karina Habšudová 0 6 1 6     2 Svetlana Krivencheva Katarína Studeníková 5 7 4 6     3 Svetlana Krivencheva Karina Habšudová 3 6 2 6     4 Lubomira Bacheva Katarína Studeníková 3 6 4 6     5 Antoaneta Pandjerova / Pavlina Stoyanova Henrieta Nagyová / Radka Zrubáková 7 5 3 6 1 6

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Netherlands 4	Kampen Lawn Tennis Club, Kampen, Netherlands 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Australia 1
1 2 3 1 Miriam Oremans Rennae Stubbs 6 4 6 3     2 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Rachel McQuillan 7 5 6 3     3 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Rennae Stubbs 6 4 6 2     4 Kristie Boogert Rachel McQuillan 6 1 6 3     5 Manon Bollegraf / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Rachel McQuillan / Rennae Stubbs 3 6 6 3 64 77

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Indonesia 2	Gelora Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia 27–28 April 1996 Rebound Ace (outdoors)		Belgium 3
1 2 3 1 Yayuk Basuki Dominique Van Roost 6 4 5 7 7 5   2 Romana Tedjakusuma Sabine Appelmans 1 6 0 6     3 Yayuk Basuki Sabine Appelmans 6 4 7 6     4 Romana Tedjakusuma Dominique Van Roost 2 6 0 6     5 Liza Andriyani / Wynne Prakusya Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber 1 6 2 6

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Canada 0	Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 27–28 April 1996 Decoturf (outdoors)		Czech Republic 3
1 2 3 1 Jana Nejedly Jana Novotná 1 6 1 6     2 Patricia Hy Helena Suková 6 3 0 6 6 8   3 Patricia Hy Jana Novotná 77 64 0 6 1 6   4 Jana Nejedly Helena Suková 1 6 5 4   not completed 5 Jill Hetherington / Rene Simpson Jana Novotná / Helena Suková       not played

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• Fed Cup structure