The winners of the first round played off against four other teams from the 2000 World Group pools, with the winners proceeding to the World Group.
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The losers of the first round played off against this year's zonal competition winners, with the winners remaining in World Group for next year, and the losers proceeding to Zonal Competition for next year.
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The winners of Zonal Competition from last year (Argentina, Hungary, Japan) were randomly drawn against five teams from the 2000 World Group pools.
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