The 2021 Davis Cup just concluded with Russia winning the event but we already look ahead to the 2022 edition of the event.
Before we get the final lineup of nations that will play at the Davis Cup Finals we will have the qualifiers where nations will battle it out for a spot at the Finals. In order to know who plays who and where we needed to have a draw and we had it we the pairings now officially known. When it comes to the strongest groups the pairings are these:
France (s) (c*) v Ecuador
Spain (s) (c) v Romania
Finland (c) v Belgium (s)
USA (s) (c) v Colombia
Netherlands (c) v Canada (s)
Brazil (c) v Germany (s)
Slovakia (c) v Italy (s)
Australia (s) (c) v Hungary
Norway (c*) v Kazakhstan (s)
Sweden (s) (c) v Japan
Argentina (s) (c) v Czech Republic
Korea, Rep. (c*) v Austria (s)
(s) = seed; (c) = choice of ground; * = choice of ground decided by lot
When it comes to the World Group I the pairings are these:
Chile (s) (c*) v Slovenia India (s) (c*) v Denmark Uzbekistan (s) (c*) v Turkey Portugal (s) (c) v Poland Tunisia (c) v Bosnia and Herzegovina (s) Israel (s) (c) v South Africa New Zealand (c*) v Uruguay (s) Ukraine (s) (c*) v Barbados Pakistan (s) (c*) v Lithuania Peru (s) (c) v Bolivia Switzerland (c*) v Lebanon (s) Belarus (c*) v Mexico (s)
When it comes to the World Group II the pairings are these:
China, P.R. (s) (c*) v Ireland Dominican Republic (s) (c*) v Vietnam Thailand (s) (c*) v Latvia Guatemala (c*) v Chinese Taipei (s) Indonesia (c*) v Venezuela (s) Estonia (s) (c*) v Pacific Oceania Egypt (s) (c) v Cyprus Greece (s) (c*) v Jamaica Morocco (s) (c) v Monaco Bulgaria (s) (c*) v Paraguay Zimbabwe (s) (c*) v El Salvador Benin (c*) v Hong Kong, China (s)