Draw for 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Play-offs

Written by: Staff on 11th April 2012

The Draw for the 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs was held today at the ITF’s headquarters in London. The World Group play-offs will take place on 14-16 September alongside the World Group semifinals.

The winning nations in the World Group play-offs will qualify for the 2013 World Group, while the losing nations will compete in their respective Zone Group I competitions in 2013.

Seeds for the draw were based on the latest ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 9 April.

The draw is as follows:

2012 World Group play-offs

Kazakhstan (s) (*) v Uzbekistan

Germany (s) v Australia

Japan (*) v Israel (s)

Belgium v Sweden (s)

South Africa (*) v Canada (s)

Brazil v Russia (s)

Italy (s) v Chile

Netherlands v Switzerland (s)

Nations with choice of ground are listed first