Davis Cup: groups, venues, schedules and match days

New edition of Davis Cup All teams will have one goal: to be among the top eight. From Tuesday the 12th to Sunday the 17th of this month, the 16 countries will face each other in four stadiums: Bologna, Manchester, Valencia and Split.This is in order to qualify for the finals of the competition, which will be held from November 21 to 26 at the Martin Carpena Sports Palace in Malaga, Spain, for the second year in a row. The latest champion is Canada, who beat Australia 2-0.

After becoming champion of the US Open and achieving his twenty-fourth Grand Slam title, Novak Djokovic He announced that he will be part of the Serbia national teamWhich makes her one of the top candidates to advance to the next stage. Then he will skip the entire Asian tour. On the other hand, after losing in the semi-finals of the US Open, Carlos Alcaraz confirmed that he will not be with Spain to play the cup. The Davis Cup is not just about standings and individual duels, so upsets should not be ruled out.

The 16 teams are divided into four groups, competing in different locations with the aim of obtaining a pass to the championship race. The top two teams from each region advance to the finals.

• Canada: Denis Shapovalov, Vasek Pospisil, Gabriel Diallo, and Alexis Galarneau
• Italy: Lorenzo Musetti, Lorenzo Sonego, Matteo Arnaldi, Andrea Vavasori, Simone Bolelli
• Sweden: Elias Ymer, Dragos Madaras, Leo Borg, Filip Bergevi and Andre Göransson
• Chile: Nicolas Jarí, Cristian Jarín, Alejandro Tabello, Tomás Barrios Vera, Gonzalo Lama

• Australia: Alex de Minaur, Jordan Thompson, Max Purcell, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Matthew Ebden
• Great Britain: Cameron Norrie, Andy Murray, Daniel Evans, and Neil Skupski
• France: Adrien Mannarino, Hugh Humbert, Arthur Fels, Édouard Roger Vaslin, and Nicolas Mahut.
• Switzerland: Stan Wawrinka, Marc-Andrea Haeusler, Dominik Stricker, Leandro Reddy and Alexandre Richard

• Spain: Albert Ramos, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Roberto Bautista Agut, Bernabe Zapata, Marcel Granollers
• Serbia: Novak Djokovic, Laslo Dere, Miomir Kekmanovic, Dusan Lajovic, and Hamad Medjedovic.
• Czech Republic: Jiri Lehica, Tomas Macák, Jakub Mincic, and Adam Pavláček
• Republic of Korea: Sunwoo Kwon, Seungchan Hong, Yoon Seung Chung, Jisung Nam, Song Min Kyu

• Croatia: Borna Coric, Borna Jojo, Dino Prizmic, Ivan Dodig, Mate Pavic
• Netherlands: Talon Griksboer, Boutique van de Zandschulp, Jess Brouwer, Wesley Koolhoff, and Matwe Middelkoop
• USA: Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Ball, Mackenzie McDonald, Austin Krajicek, and Rajeev Ram
• Finland: Emil Ruusuvuori, Otto Virtanen, Patrik Kokovalta, Harri Heliovaara, and Patrik Niklas-Salminen

• Group A | Bologna, Italy | Sweden vs Chile | 10 o’clock
• Group B | Manchester, Great Britain | France vs Switzerland | 9 o’clock
• Group C | Valencia, Spain | Serbia vs South Korea | 10 o’clock
• Group D | Split, Croatia | Netherlands vs Finland | 10 o’clock

• Group A | Bologna, Italy | Canada vs Italy | 10:00 local time
• Group B | Manchester, Great Britain | Australia vs Great Britain | 9 o’clock
• Group C | Valencia, Spain | Spain vs Czech Republic | 10 o’clock
• Group D | Split, Croatia | Croatia vs. United States | 10 o’clock

• Group A | Bologna, Italy | Canada vs. Sweden | 10 o’clock
• Group B | Manchester, Great Britain | Australia vs France | 9 o’clock
• Group C | Valencia, Spain | Czech Republic vs South Korea | 10 o’clock
• Group D | Split, Croatia | Netherlands vs. United States | 10 o’clock

• Group A | Bologna, Italy | Italy vs Chile | 10 o’clock
• Group B | Manchester, Great Britain | Great Britain vs Switzerland | 9 o’clock
• Group C | Valencia, Spain | Spain vs Serbia | 10 o’clock
• Group D | Split, Croatia | Croatia vs Finland | 10 o’clock

• Group A | Bologna, Italy | Canada vs Chile | 10 o’clock
• Group B | Manchester, Great Britain | Australia vs Switzerland | 9 o’clock
• Group C | Valencia, Spain | Serbia vs Czech Republic | 10 o’clock
• Group D | Split, Croatia | United States vs. Finland | 10 o’clock

• Group A | Bologna, Italy | Italy vs Sweden | 10 o’clock
• Group B | Manchester, Great Britain | Great Britain vs. France | 9 o’clock
• Group C | Valencia, Spain | Spain vs South Korea | 10 o’clock
• Group D | Split, Croatia | Croatia vs Netherlands | 10 o’clock