1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

• Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay) • Date: 22–24 April The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nation progresses to World Group II play-offs. Nations finishing in the bottom place in each pool were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 1997. Pools Knockout stage • ' and ' advanced to World Group II Play-offs. • ', ', ' and ' relegated to Group II in 1997. ==Group II==

• Venue: Ramat HaSharon, Israel (outdoor hard) • Date: 25–30 March The nineteen teams were divided into three pools of five and one pool of four. The top two teams from each pool then moved on to the play-off stage of the competition. The four teams that won one match from the play-off stage would advance to Group I for 1997. Pools Play-offs • ', , and ' promoted to Europe/Africa Group I in 1997. ==See also==