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The ITF has today announced the official team nominations (below) for the 70 nations competing in the by Rakuten Qualifiers and the Davis Cup World Group I and World Group II Play- offs on 6-7 March. A total of 35 ties are taking place during the biggest home-and-away weekend in Davis Cup history.

DAVIS CUP BY RAKUTEN QUALIFIERS

CROATIA v INDIA Venue: Dom Sportova, , CRO (hard - indoor)

Croatia Marin Cilic Borna Gojo Nino Serdarusic Mate Pavic Captain: Vedran Martic

India Captain: Rohit Rajpal

AUSTRIA v URUGUAY Venue: Steiermarkhalle Schwarzlsee, Graz I Premstätten, AUT (hard - indoor)

Austria Jurgen Melzer Captain: Stefan Koubek

Uruguay Martin Cuevas Franco Roncadelli Francisco Llanes Captain: Enrique Perez-Cassarino

JAPAN v ECUADOR Venue: Bourbon Beans Dome, Miki, JPN (hard - indoor)

Japan Ben Mclachlan Captain: Satoshi Iwabuchi

Ecuador Emilio Gomez Antonio Cayetano March Captain: Raul Viver

SWEDEN v Venue: The Royal Hall (Kungl. Tennishallen), , (hard - indoor)

Sweden Carl Soderlund Captain: Robin Soderling

Chile Cristian Garin Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera Bastian Malla Captain: Nicolas Massu

HUNGARY v BELGIUM Venue: Fonix Hall, Debrecen, HUN (clay - indoor)

Hungary Marton Fucsovics Attila Balazs Fabian Marozsan Peter Nagy Captain: Gabor Koves

Belgium Arthur De Greef Sander Gille Captain: Johan Van Herck

COLOMBIA v Venue: Palacio de los Deportes, Bogotá, COL (clay - indoor)

Colombia Daniel Elahi Galan Giraldo Alejandro Gonzalez Juan-Sebastian Cabal Captain:

Argentina Maximo Gonzalez Captain: Gaston Gaudio

USA v Venue: Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, USA (hard - indoor)

USA Captain:

Uzbekistan Khumoyun Sultanov Olimjon Nabiev Captain:

AUSTRALIA v Venue: Memorial Drive Tennis Club, Adelaide, AUS (hard - outdoor)

Australia Captain:

Brazil Joao Menezes Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves Captain: Jaime Oncins

ITALY v KOREA, REP. Venue: Circolo Tennis Cagliari, Cagliari, ITA (clay - outdoor)

Italy Lorenzo Sonego Stefano Travaglia Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

Korea, Rep. Duckhee Lee Ji Sung Nam Yunseong Chung Min-Kyu Song Hong Chung Captain: Heesung Chung

GERMANY v Venue: Castello Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GER (hard - indoor)

Germany Jan-Lennard Struff Captain:

Belarus Andrei Vasilevski Alexander Zgirovsky Martin Borisiouk Captain:

KAZAKHSTAN v NETHERLANDS Venue: National Tennis Center, Nur-Sultan, KAZ (hard - indoor)

Kazakhstan Captain: Yuriy Schukin

Netherlands Botic Van de Zandschulp Jean-Julien Rojer Captain:

SLOVAKIA v CZECH REPUBLIC Venue: AXA Arena NTC, Bratislava, SVK (clay - indoor)

Slovakia Norbert Gombos Jozef Kovalik Filip Polasek Captain: Dominik Hrbaty

Czech Republic Jiri Vesely Lukas Rosol Zdenek Kolar Vit Kopriva Jonas Forejtek Captain: Jaroslav Navratil

WORLD GROUP I PLAY-OFFS

UKRAINE v CHINESE TAIPEI Venue: Palace of Sports "Yunist", Zaporizhzhia, UKR (hard - indoor)

Ukraine Vladyslav Orlov Vitaliy Sachko Captain:

Chinese Taipei Tung-Lin Wu Chun Hsin Tseng Tsung-Hua Yang Cheng-Peng Hsieh Han-Chih Lin Captain: Chia-Yen Tsai

NORWAY v BARBADOS Venue: Tennis Arena, Oslo, NOR (hard - indoor)

Norway David Kristofer Durasovic Lukas Hellum Lilleengen Herman Hoeyeraal Joachim Bjerke Captain: Anders Haseth

Barbados Haydn Lewis Kaipo Marshall Stephen Slocombe Captain: Damien Applewhaite

LITHUANIA v Venue: Siauliai Tennis Academy, Siauliai, LTU (hard - indoor)

Lithuania Julius Tverijonas Lukas Mugevicius Ainius Sabaliauskas Vilius Gaubas Captain: Rimvydas Mugevicius

Portugal Joao Sousa Joao Domingues Captain:

PAKISTAN v SLOVENIA Venue: Sports Complex, , PAK (grass - outdoor)

Pakistan Muzammil Murtaza Aisam Qureshi Muhammad Abid Heera Ashiq Captain: Mushaf Zia

Slovenia Blaz Kavcic Nik Razborsek Tomas Lipovsek Puches Tom Kocevar-Desman Captain: Miha Mlakar

BOLIVIA v DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Venue: Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, , BOL (clay - outdoor)

Bolivia Alejandro Mendoza Murkel Dellien Boris Arias Captain: Oscar Blacutt

Dominican Republic Roberto Cid Subervi Jose Hernandez-Fernandez Jose Olivares Peter Bertran Captain: Federico Rodriguez

TURKEY v Venue: Club Megasaray Tennis Centre, , TUR (clay - outdoor)

Turkey Cem Ilkel Altug Celikbilek Ergi Kirkin Sarp Agabigun Yanki Erel Captain: Haluk Akkoyun

Israel Ben Patael Captain: Jonathan Erlich

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA v SOUTH AFRICA Venue: Arena Zenica, Zenica, BIH (hard - indoor)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Dzumhur Mirza Basic Nerman Fatic Tomislav Brkic Captain: Zoran Zrnic

South Africa Khololwam Montsi Captain: Marcos Ondruska

MEXICO v FINLAND Venue: Club Deportivo La Asunción, Metepec, MEX (clay - outdoor)

Mexico Gerardo Lopez Villasenor Manuel Sanchez Lucas Gomez Santiago Gonzalez Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela Captain: Luis Diaz-Barriga

Finland Patrik Niklas-Salminen Harri Heliovaara Captain: Jarkko Nieminen

LEBANON v THAILAND Venue: Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL), Jounieh, LBN (clay - outdoor)

Lebanon Hasan Ibrahim Jalal Sadek Tamim Hallak Captain: Fadi Youssef

Thailand Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul Kasidit Samrej Thanapet Chanta Jirat Navasirisomboon Phongsapak Kerdlaphee Captain: Roongrit Takong

NEW ZEALAND v VENEZUELA Venue: ASB Tennis Arena, , NZL (hard - outdoor)

New Zealand Captain: Alistair Hunt

Venezuela Jordi Munoz-Abreu Brandon Perez Luis David Martinez Maurice Ruah Captain: Maurice Ruah

PERU v Venue: Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, , PER (clay - outdoor)

Peru Nicolas Alvarez Jorge Brian Panta Conner Huertas del Pino Sergio Galdos Captain: Americo Venero

Switzerland Captain: Severin Luthi

ROMANIA defeated CHINA, P.R. Walkover Venue: Sala Polivalenta Piatra Neamt, Piatra Neamt, ROU (hard - indoor)

WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS

LATVIA v EGYPT Venue: National Tennis Centre Lielupe, Jurmala, LAT (hard - indoor)

Latvia Martins Podzus Robert Strombachs Karlis Ozolins Arturs Lazdins Captain:

Egypt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun Amr Elsayed Abdou Ahmed Mohamed Captain: Mostafa Naim Dalam

DENMARK v PUERTO RICO Venue: Holbæk Sportsby, Holbæk, DEN (hard - indoor)

Denmark Mikael Torpegaard Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune Sebastian Grundtvig Jorgensen Soren Hess-Olesen Captain: Frederik Nielsen

Puerto Rico Ignacio Garcia Quinton Vega Alex Diaz Captain: Alex Llompart

EL SALVADOR v JAMAICA Venue: Polideportivo de Ciudad Merliot, San Salvador, ESA (hard - outdoor)

El Salvador Marcelo Arevalo Alejandro Licea Alberto Emmanuel Alvarado Larin Lluis Miralles Yari Bernardo Captain: Yari Bernardo

Jamaica Rowland Phillips Jacob Bicknell John Chin Dominic Pagon Captain: Dominic Pagon

GEORGIA v ESTONIA Venue: Tennis Club "Mziuri", , GEO (hard - outdoor)

Georgia George Tsivadze Zura Tkemaladze Captain: David Kvernadze

Estonia Oliver Ojakaar Captain: Ekke Tiidemann

PARAGUAY v SRI LANKA Venue: Club Internacional de Tenis, Asuncion, PAR (clay - outdoor)

Paraguay Juan Borba Adolfo Daniel Vallejo Federico Gaston Gonzalez Benitez Ayed Zatar Captain: Ramon Delgado

Sri Lanka Yasitha De Silva Sharmal Dissanayake Dineshkanthan Thangarajah Thehan Sanjaya Wijemanne Captain: Sudantha Soysa

MOROCCO v VIETNAM Venue: Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech, Marrakech, MAR (clay)

Morocco Anas Fattar Aissa BENCHAKROUN Captain: Mehdi Tahiri

Vietnam Nam Hoang Ly Minh Tuan Pham Linh Giang Trinh Phuong Van Nguyen Quoc-Khanh Le Captain: Quang-Vu Truong

INDONESIA v KENYA Venue: Stadion Tenis Gelora Bung Karno, , INA (hard - outdoor)

Indonesia David Agung Susanto Fitriadi M Rifqi Gunawan Trismuwantara Captain: Febi Widhiyanto

Kenya Sheil Kotecha Kevin Cheruiyot Ibrahim Kibet Yego Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Captain: Rosemary Owino

GUATEMALA v Venue: Federación Nacional De Tenis, Guatemala, GUA (hard - outdoor)

Guatemala Wilfredo Gonzalez Sebastian Dominguez Franz Luna Lavidalie Christopher Vleeming Ortiz Captain: Anthony Benjamin Vasquez Rodas

Tunisia Captain: Anis Bouchlaka

COSTA RICA v Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, San José, CRC (hard - outdoor)

Costa Rica Jesse Flores Pablo Nunez Rodrigo Crespo Piedra Julian Saborio Alvaro Daniel Riveros Captain: Kenneth Thome Bolanos

Bulgaria Captain:

POLAND v HONG KONG, CHINA Venue: Arena Kalisz, Kalisz, POL (hard - indoor)

Poland Kacper Zuk Daniel Michalski Jan Zielinski Szymon Walkow Captain:

Hong Kong, China Hong Kit Wong Pak Long Yeung Ching Lam Wai Yu Kai Captain: Hiu-Tung Yu

ZIMBABWE v SYRIA Venue: Sports Club, Harare, ZIM (hard - outdoor)

Zimbabwe Mehluli Don Ayanda Sibanda Courtney John Lock Ethan Denzel Sibanda Captain: Gwinyai Tongoona

Syria Hazem Naw Yacoub Makzoume Amer Naow Rabee Sleem Majdi Salim Captain: Robert Makzoume

PHILIPPINES v Venue: Philippine Columbian Association, Metro , PHI (clay - indoor)

Philippines Eric Jr. Olivarez Francis Casey Alcantara Alberto Lim Captain: Chris Cuarto

Greece Captain: Dimitris Chatzinikolaou