Draw announced for 2015 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs

The Draw for the 2015 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs was held on Tuesday at the ITF headquarters in London. The World Group play-offs will take place on 18-20 September alongside the World Group semifinals.

The winning nations in the World Group play-offs will qualify for the 2016 World Group, while the losing nations will compete in their respective Zone Group I events in 2016.

In the World Group semifinals, Great Britain will be at home to Australia, and Belgium will be at home to Argentina.

Seeds for the draw were based on the latest ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 20 July.

The draw is as follows:

2015 World Group play-offs (18-20 September)

India (c) v Czech Republic (s)

Switzerland (s) (c) v Netherlands

Russia (c) v Italy (s)

Uzbekistan (c) (*) v USA (s)

Colombia (c) v Japan (s)

Dominican Republic (c) (*) v Germany (s)

Brazil (c) v Croatia (s)

Poland (c) v Slovakia (s)

(s) denotes seeded nation

(c) denotes choice of ground

(*) denotes choice of ground determined by lot

Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the World Cup of Tennis. It is the largest annual international team competition in sport, with 126 nations entered in 2015. The competition is 115 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 NH Hotels (Official Hotel). 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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