The World Group II play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group II and four nations from the three Zonal Group I competitions. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 2017 World Group II, while losing nations joined their respective zonal groups.

Participating Teams
Argentina	Belgium	Canada	Chinese Taipei
Poland	Serbia	Slovakia	Ukraine

Serbia 2	Hall Aleksandar Nikolić, Belgrade, Serbia[1] 16–17 April 2016 Clay (i)		Belgium 3
1 2 3 1 Aleksandra Krunić Kirsten Flipkens 6 4 710 68     2 Jovana Jakšić Yanina Wickmayer 5 7 0 6     3 Aleksandra Krunić Yanina Wickmayer 6 1 5 7 6 8   4 Ivana Jorović Kirsten Flipkens 68 710 4 6     5 Jovana Jakšić / Nina Stojanović Ysaline Bonaventure / An-Sophie Mestach 4 6 6 0 [10] [5]

Slovakia 3	Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[2] 16–17 April 2016 Clay (i)		Canada 2
1 2 3 1 Dominika Cibulková Françoise Abanda 4 6 6 3 6 1   2 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Aleksandra Wozniak 6 4 4 6 6 4   3 Jana Čepelová Françoise Abanda 5 7 2 6     4 Dominika Cibulková Aleksandra Wozniak 6 2 6 0     5 Jana Čepelová / Tereza Mihalíková Sharon Fichman / Charlotte Robillard-Millette 3 6 6 0 [8] [10]

Poland 1	OSiR Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Inowrocław, Poland[3] 16–17 April 2016 Hard (i)		Chinese Taipei 4
1 2 3 1 Paula Kania Hsu Ching-wen 3 6 4 6     2 Magdalena Fręch Lee Ya-hsuan 4 6 6 0 6 2   3 Paula Kania Lee Ya-hsuan 6 2 3 6 7 9   4 Magdalena Fręch Hsu Ching-wen 2 6 6 4 3 6   5 Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Katarzyna Kawa Chan Chin-wei / Chuang Chia-jung 2 6 61 77

Ukraine 4	Campa Tennis Club, Kyiv, Ukraine[4] 16–17 April 2016 Hard		Argentina 0
1 2 3 1 Kateryna Bondarenko María Irigoyen 6 1 6 1     2 Lesia Tsurenko Nadia Podoroska 6 1 6 4     3 Lesia Tsurenko María Irigoyen 6 0 6 3     4 Katerina Bondarenko Nadia Podoroska       not played 5 Katerina Bondarenko / Olga Savchuk María Lourdes Carlé / Guadalupe Pérez Rojas 6 1 6 3