2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Main article: 2017 Fed Cup

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2017 Fed Cup.

Group I

The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four teams. The two pool winners took part in a play-off to determine the nation advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in a relegation play-off, with the losing nation being relegated to Group II for 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 14 November 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Thailand (25)
  2.  China (26)
  1.  Kazakhstan (27)
  2.  Japan (28)
  1.  India (35)
  2.  Philippines (37)
  3.  South Korea (40)

Pools

Pool A KAZ KOR THA
1  Kazakhstan (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  South Korea (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Thailand (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B JPN CHN IND PHI
1  Japan (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  China (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  India (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Philippines (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Play-offs
Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional  Kazakhstan 2–1  Japan
3rd–4th  South Korea 0–2  China
5th —  India
Relegation  Thailand 2–0  Philippines

Final placements

Placing Team
Promoted/First  Kazakhstan
Second  Japan
Third  China
Fourth  South Korea
Fifth  India
Sixth  Thailand
Relegated/Seventh  Philippines

Group II

The thirteen teams were divided into three pools of three teams and one pool of four teams. The four pool winners took part in a play-off to determine the nation advancing to Group I in 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 24 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Uzbekistan (50)
  2.  Hong Kong (57)
  3.  Singapore (60)
  4.  Indonesia (61)
  1.  Iran (78)
  2.  Pakistan (79)
  3.  Kyrgyzstan (85)
  4.  New Zealand (87)
  5.  Tajikistan (-)

Pools

Pool A UZB NZL TKM
1  Uzbekistan (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  New Zealand (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Turkmenistan (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B HKG POC IRI
1  Hong Kong (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Pacific Oceania (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Iran (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool C MAS SGP PAK
1  Malaysia (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Singapore (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Pakistan (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool D INA SRI TJK KGZ
1  Indonesia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Sri Lanka (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Tajikistan (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Kyrgyzstan (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Play-offs

1st to 4th playoffs

Semifinals
21 July		Final
22 July
A Uzbekistan2
D Indonesia1
A Uzbekistan1
B Hong Kong2
B Hong Kong3
C Malaysia0

5th to 13th playoffs

Placing A Team Score D Team
5th–8th  New Zealand 2–0  Sri Lanka
9th–12th  Turkmenistan 0–2  Tajikistan
13th —  Kyrgyzstan
Placing B Team Score C Team
5th–8th  Pacific Oceania 3–0  Singapore
9th–12th  Iran 2–1  Pakistan

Final placements

Placing Teams
Promoted  Hong Kong
Second  Uzbekistan
Third  Indonesia  Malaysia
Fifth  New Zealand  Pacific Oceania
Seventh  Sri Lanka  Singapore
Ninth  Tajikistan  Iran
Eleventh  Turkmenistan  Pakistan
Thirteenth  Kyrgyzstan
  •  Hong Kong advanced to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in 2018.

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