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Zone Competition Since 1995, nations not qualifying for the World Group or World Group II have competed in zone events, organised on a regional basis. Each zone is divided into groups, with promotion and relegation between the groups on an annual basis with the leading nations in Group I advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The successful nations are listed below: Group I - Nations reaching World Group II play-offs Year Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa 1995 Paraguay Korea Belgium and Czech Republic 1996 Chile Korea Croatia and Switzerland 1997 Canada Indonesia Italy and Russia 1998 Venezuela Korea Belarus and Poland 1999 Argentina Chinese Taipei Romania and Slovenia 2000* Argentina Japan Hungary 2001 Venezuela Indonesia Israel and Sweden 2002** Canada and Colombia China and Japan Israel, Netherlands, Slovenia and Ukraine 2003** Brazil and Canada Indonesia and Japan Hungary, Israel, South Africa and Switzerland 2004** Brazil and Canada Indonesia and Thailand Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia and Ukraine 2005 Puerto Rico China, P. R Bulgaria and Slovenia 2006 Canada Australia Israel and Slovak Republic 2007 Argentina Chinese Taipei Serbia and Ukraine 2008 Colombia Uzbekistan Serbia and Switzerland 2009 Canada Australia Estonia and Poland 2010 Canada Japan Slovenia and Sweden 2011 Argentina Japan Belarus and Switzerland 2012 Argentina China, P.R. Great Britain and Sweden 2013 Canada Kazakhstan Great Britain and Poland * only one team qualified from Europe/Africa due to change in World Group format ** a 16-team World Group meant that eight teams qualified for the World Group play-offs in 2002-04 2013 Fed Cup Final Media Guide | Nation Records, Statistics & Ranking 46