The ITF has announced the seeds for the Draw for the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs. The Draw will take place on Tuesday 8 April at the ITF offices in London at 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT). The seeds are based on the new ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 7 April: http://www.daviscup.com/en/rankings/current-rankings.aspx
The eight seeded nations in the World Group play-offs are:
Serbia (1)
Spain (2)
Argentina (3)
Canada (4)
USA (5)
Australia (6)
Croatia (7)
Belgium (8)
Each of the seeds will be drawn against one of the following unseeded nations:
Brazil
Colombia
India
Israel
Netherlands
Slovak Republic
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
The 2014 World Group play-offs will take place alongside the World Group semifinals on 12-14 September. The eight winning nations will contest the 2015 World Group.
The line-up for the World Group play-offs was confirmed when Brazil, Croatia, Colombia, India, Israel, Slovak Republic, Ukraine and Uzbekistan all won their Zone Group I second round ties on 4-6 April. They joined the losers from the 2014 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 122 nations taking part in 2014. The competition is 114 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), while Wilson Sporting Goods (Official Ball) is an international partner.
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