Next tie
Ecuador will play in an Americas Zone Group I 1st or 2nd round play-off depending on the outcome of the tie between Colombia and Brazil.
Last tie
Ecuador hosted Colombia in the first round but after winning the opening rubber thanks to Julio-Cesar Campozano failed to win another point as they went down to a 4-1 defeat. Santiago Giraldo's second singles victory of the tie during the fourth rubber sealed their fate.
History
Ecuador was a quarterfinalist in 1985 and - prior to the introduction of the World Group - it won the American Zone in 1967, but lost in the Inter Zonal semifinals. Nicolas Lapentti holds the record for the most number of five-set singles wins in the competition, with 13.