The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2017 Fed Cup.

Group I

  • Venue: Club Deportivo la Asunción, Metepec, Mexico (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 6–11 February

The nine teams were divided into two pools of four and five teams. The two pool winners took part in a play-off to determine the nation advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The four nations finishing last and second last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations 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 Pot 4
  1.  Canada (17)
  2.  Argentina (19)
  1.  Paraguay (20)
  2.  Brazil (21)
  1.  Mexico (32)
  2.  Bolivia (36)
  1.  Colombia (39)
  2.  Venezuela (43)
  3.  Chile (51)

Pools

Pool A CAN PAR VEN BOL
1  Canada (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Paraguay (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Venezuela (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4  Bolivia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B CHI ARG COL BRA MEX
1  Chile (3–1) 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1
2  Argentina (3–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1
3  Colombia (2–2) 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2
4  Brazil (1–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
5  Mexico (1–3) 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Canada2–0 Chile
3rd–4th Paraguay2–0 Argentina
5th— Colombia
Relegation Venezuela2–0 Mexico
Relegation Bolivia0–2 Brazil

Final placements

Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Canada
Second  Chile
Third  Paraguay
Fourth  Argentina
Fifth  Colombia
Sixth  Venezuela  Brazil
Relegated/Eighth  Mexico  Bolivia

Group II

  • Venue: Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 19–22 July

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 two nations 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.  Ecuador (43)
  2.  Guatemala (51)
  3.  Puerto Rico (52)
  4.  Peru (55)
  1.  Bahamas (75)
  2.  Barbados (80)
  3.  Honduras (86)
  4.  Panama (97)
  5.  Cuba (-)

Pools

Pool A ECU CUB URU
1  Ecuador (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Cuba (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Uruguay (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Pool B GUA DOM BAR
1  Guatemala (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Dominican Republic (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Barbados (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool C PUR TTO HON
1  Puerto Rico (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Trinidad and Tobago (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Honduras (0–2) 0–3 1–2
Pool D PER CRC BAH PAN
1  Peru (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Costa Rica (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3  Bahamas (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Panama (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreC Team
Promotional Ecuador0–2 Puerto Rico
5th–8th Cuba2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
9th–12th Uruguay1–1 Honduras
PlacingB TeamScoreD Team
Promotional Guatemala2–1 Peru
5th–8th Dominican Republic1–1 Costa Rica
9th–12th Barbados1–1 Bahamas
13th— Panama

Final placements

Placing Teams
Promoted  Puerto Rico  Guatemala
Third  Ecuador  Peru
Fifth  Cuba
Sixth  Dominican Republic  Costa Rica
Eighth  Trinidad and Tobago
Ninth  Uruguay  Honduras  Barbados  Bahamas
Thirteenth  Panama

References

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