2017 Fed Cup Americas Zone
# 2017 Fed Cup Americas Zone

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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Canada (17) Argentina (19) | Paraguay (20) Brazil (21) | Mexico (32) Bolivia (36) | Colombia (39) Venezuela (43) 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

| Placing | A Team | Score | B Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| Promotional | Canada | 2–0 | Chile |
| 3rd–4th | Paraguay | 2–0 | Argentina |
| 5th | — | — | Colombia |
| Relegation | Venezuela | 2–0 | Mexico |
| Relegation | Bolivia | 0–2 | Brazil |

### Final placements

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

* Canada was promoted to the 2017 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs.
* Mexico and Bolivia were relegated to Americas Zone Group II in 2018.

## 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Ecuador (43) Guatemala (51) Puerto Rico (52) Peru (55) | Dominican Republic (58) Uruguay (62) Trinidad and Tobago (65) Costa Rica (67) | Bahamas (75) Barbados (80) Honduras (86) Panama (97) 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

| Placing | A Team | Score | C Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| Promotional | Ecuador | 0–2 | Puerto Rico |
| 5th–8th | Cuba | 2–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 9th–12th | Uruguay | 1–1 | Honduras |
| Placing | B Team | Score | D Team |
| Promotional | Guatemala | 2–1 | Peru |
| 5th–8th | Dominican Republic | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
| 9th–12th | Barbados | 1–1 | Bahamas |
| 13th | — | — | Panama |

### Final placements

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

* Puerto Rico and Guatemala advanced to Americas Zone Group I in 2018.
