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. 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: http://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.

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