Davis Cup Group Stage Finals 2024: World Group I & II draw, All participating teams revealed, full list.
The 2024 Davis Cup World Group I draw has delivered some mouthwatering clashes - including a home tie for Novak Djokovic's Serbia against Stefanos Tsitsipas' Greece.
The draw, which took place at the ITF headquarters in London on Thursday, determined the 12 ties that will take place in World Group I on either 13-14 or 14-15 September.
The teams that win in World Group I in September will all book their places in the 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers - from where they will be one tie victory away from the Davis Cup Finals.
The clash between Serbia and Greece - which could pit world No. 1 Djokovic against world No. 10 Tsitsipas - is just one of many intriguing encounters for fans to look forward to this September.
Kazakhstan were drawn at home against Denmark in a tie that could feature Alexander Bublik and Holger Rune, while Hubert Hurkacz's Poland take on Korea, Republic, who have competed in the Davis Cup Finals for the last two seasons.
Stan Wawrinka's Switzerland will be at home to Peru - with both nations falling in decisive fifth matches in this year's Qualifiers (to Netherlands and Chile respectively).
Casper Ruud could be back in action on home soil for Norway against Portugal; Japan meanwhile will be hoping to preserve their perfect record against visiting Colombia.
2024 Davis Cup World Group I Line-up
World Group I
Serbia (1) (c) v Greece
Croatia (2) (c)* v Lithuania
Sweden (3) (c) v India
Kazakhstan (4) (c)* v Denmark
Poland (c)* v Korea, Rep. (5)
Switzerland (6) (c) v Peru
Egypt (c) v Hungary (7)
Norway (c) v Portugal (8)
Austria (9) (c)* v Turkiye
Chinese Taipei (c)* v Bosnia and Herzegovina (10)
Israel (11) (c) v Ukraine
Japan (c) v Colombia (12)
(#) = seed; (c) = choice of ground; * = choice of ground decided by lot.
2024 Davis Cup World Group II Line-up
The ITF has announced the draw for the 2024 Davis Cup World Group II ties taking place on either 13-14 or 14-15 September.
The draw, which took place alongside the World Group I draw at the ITF offices on Thursday, determined the match-ups for the 12 World Group II ties taking place in September.
Winning nations from World Group II ties will compete in the 2025 World Group I Play-offs; losing nations from World Group II ties will compete in the 2025 World Group II Play-offs alongside the best-performing teams at the 2024 regional Group III events.
Romania (1) (c)* v China, P.R.
Hong Kong, China (c)* v Ecuador (2)
Uzbekistan (3) (c)* v winner of Iran/Estonia***
Bulgaria (4) (c)* v El Salvador
Barbados (c)* v Pakistan (5**)
Togo (c)* v Latvia (6**)
Georgia (c)* v Mexico (7**)
New Zealand (8**) (c)* v Luxembourg
Tunisia (c) v Ireland (9)
Lebanon (10) (c)* v South Africa
Morocco (11) (c) v Monaco
Bolivia (c) v Uruguay (12)
(#) = seed; (c) = choice of ground; * = choice of ground decided by lot
** = Pakistan, Latvia, Mexico and New Zealand are all ranked 45= in the latest Davis Cup Nations Rankings. Lots were drawn to determine their seeding order.
*** = The World Group II Play-off tie between Iran and Estonia will take place on 15-16 March in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The winning nation will play away against Uzbekistan in World Group II. The losing nation will compete in a regional Group III event later this year
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