(April 8, 2013) The ITF has announced the seeds for the Draw for the 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs. The Draw will take place on Wednesday 10 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 8 April: www.daviscup.com/en/rankings/current-rankings.aspx
The eight seeded nations in the World Group play-offs are:
Spain (1)
Austria (2)
Croatia (3)
Switzerland (4)
Germany (5)
Australia (6)
Belgium (7)
Japan (8)
Each of the seeds will be drawn against one of the following unseeded nations:
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Great Britain
Israel
Netherlands
Poland
Ukraine
The 2013 World Group play-offs will take place alongside the World Group semifinals on 13-15 September. The eight winning nations will contest the 2014 World Group.
The line-up for the World Group play-offs was confirmed when Australia, Colombia, Ecuador, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine all won their Zone Group I second round ties on 5-7 April. They joined the losers from the 2013 World Group first round ties.