Seeds announced for 2016 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs

The ITF has announced the seeds for the Draw for the 2016 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs.

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The ITF has announced the seeds for the Draw for the 2016 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs. The Draw will take place on Tuesday 19 July at the ITF offices in London at 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT). The seeds are based on the new ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 18 July: www.daviscup.com/en/rankings/current-rankings.aspx

The eight seeded nations in the World Group play-offs are:

Switzerland (1)

Belgium (2)

Australia (3)

Canada (4)

Kazakhstan (5)

Spain (6)

Germany (7)

Japan (8)

Each of the seeds will be drawn against one of the following unseeded nations:

Brazil

Chile

India

Poland

Russia

Slovakia

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

The 2016 World Group play-offs will take place alongside the World Group semifinals on 16-18 September. The eight winning nations will contest the 2017 World Group, while the eight losing nations will contest their respective Zone Group I events in 2017.

The line-up for the World Group play-offs was confirmed when Brazil, Chile, India, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine and Uzbekistan all won their Zone Group I second round ties on 15-17 July. They joined the losers from the 2016 World Group first round ties.

Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the World Cup of Tennis. It is the largest annual international team competition in sport, with 135 teams entered in 2016. The competition is 116 years old having been founded in 1900. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Davis Cup. International sponsors are Rolex (Official Timekeeper), Adecco (Official HR Sponsor) and Betway (Official Betting Sponsor). beIN SPORTS is the Official Global Media Rights Partner. Follow all the action on www.daviscup.com, www.copadavis.com, www.twitter.com/daviscup, www.facebook.com/DavisCupTennis, www.Weibo.com/daviscupofficial and www.DavisCup.tv

For more information, please contact:

ITF Communications

Tel: +44 (0)20 8392 4632

Email: communications@itftennis.com

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