Davis Cup 1996

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The 1996 Davis Cup was the 85th edition of the ITF competition for men's national tennis teams . France beat hosts Sweden 3-2 in the final in Malmö , which took place between November 29th and December 1st .

The teams

World group

16 teams played in the world group, made up of the 8 best teams from the previous year and the winners of last year's relegation.

Results

  1st round
9-11. February
  Quarter-finals
5-7 April
  Semi-finals
20. – 22. September
  Final
November 29–1. December
                                     
RussiaRussia Russia 2                  
ItalyItaly Italy 3  
ItalyItaly Italy 4th
  South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1  
AustriaAustria Austria 2
 
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 3  
ItalyItaly Italy 2
  FranceFrance France 3  
GermanyGermany Germany 5      
 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 0  
GermanyGermany Germany 0
  FranceFrance France 5  
FranceFrance France 5
 
DenmarkDenmark Denmark 0  
FranceFrance France 3
  SwedenSweden Sweden 2
IndiaIndia India 3            
 
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2  
IndiaIndia India 0
  SwedenSweden Sweden 5  
BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1
 
SwedenSweden Sweden 4th  
SwedenSweden Sweden 4th
  Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 1  
HungaryHungary Hungary 0      
 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 5  
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 3
  United StatesUnited States United States 2  
MexicoMexico Mexico 0
 
United StatesUnited States United States 5  

final

France final Sweden
FranceFrance

Date : November 29 to December 1 1996
Place : MalmöMässan , Malmo ( Sweden )
covering : Hard Court (Hall)

Cédric Pioline 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 3 Stefan Edberg
Arnaud Boetsch 4: 6, 3: 6, 6: 7 2 Thomas Enqvist
Guy Forget
Guillaume Raoux
6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3 Jonas Björkman
Nicklas Kulti
Cédric Pioline 6: 3, 7: 6 8 , 4: 6, 4: 6, 7: 9 Thomas Enqvist
Arnaud Boetsch 7: 6 2 , 2: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6 5 , 10: 8 Nickla's cult

Result : 3: 2

SwedenSweden

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