Malaysia event launches 2012 ITF Junior Team Competitions
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Qualifying events for August’s World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic and September’s Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals in Barcelona, Spain are being held on all continents in the first half of the year.
The first event was last week’s Asia/Oceania pre-qualifying for Junior Davis Cup, Junior Fed Cup and World Junior Tennis in Kuching, Malaysia. In the Junior Davis Cup competition Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan and Singapore will go through to the final qualifying event in Bendigo, Australia, while in the Junior Fed Cup event China, P.R., Malaysia and Vietnam are the three teams to go through to final qualifying. The World Junior Tennis event saw Kazakhstan and Philippines qualify for both the boys’ and girls’ final qualifying event, while Syria took the third qualifying spot in the boys’ event and Singapore in the girls’ event.
World Junior Tennis Competition (14 & Under)
Africa (number of countries TBC): w/c 18 June, TBC
Asia/Oceania (23 countries): Pre-qualifying: 20-25 February, Kuching, Malaysia
Final qualifying boys: w/c 30 April, Kuching, Malaysia
Final qualifying girls: w/c 7 May, Kuching, Malaysia
Europe (33 countries): Pre-qualifying: 1-3 July, various venues
Final qualifying boys: 6-8 July, TBC, Spain
Final qualifying girls: 6-8 July, Loano, Italy
North/Central America & the Caribbean (16 countries):
Pre-qualifying: 12-17 March, La Libertad, El Salvador
Final qualifying: 26-28 April, Merida, Mexico
South America (10 countries): 7-12 May, Santiago, Chile
Junior Davis Cup & Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas (16 & Under)
Africa (number of countries TBC): w/c 18 June, TBC
Asia/Oceania (20 countries): Pre-qualifying: 20-25 February, Kuching, Malaysia
Final qualifying: 24-29 April, Bendigo, Australia
Europe (32 countries): Pre-qualifying: 1-3 August, various venues
Final qualifying boys: 6-8 August, Le Touquet, France
Final qualifying girls: 6-8 August, Leysin, Switzerland
North/Central America & the Caribbean (20 countries):
Pre-qualifying: 19-24 March, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Final qualifying: 26-28 April, Merida, Mexico
South America (10 countries): 30 April – 6 May, Naguanagua, Venezuela
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