24 countries aspire to the twelve vacant places to be part of the group stage of the 2022 Davis Cup Finals, which will be defined after the qualifiers that will be played this Friday and Saturday. This instance will feature the presence of the number 3 in the world, Alexander Zverev, who returns to form part of the German cast after two years.
Regarding the panorama for the next phase of the contest, the winners of the clashes on March 4 and 5 will advance to the final phase where they hope Croatiaas runner-up of the last edition, and the two countries that obtained an invitation: Great Britain and Serbia. It should be noted that Russia, which had its place secured as current champion, has been excluded by the International Tennis Federation for the invasion of Ukraine.
In search of the twelve squares, in the Qualifiers they find each other Spain, France, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Colombia, the United States, Germany, Austria and Ecuador, the 14 teams from last year’s Finals. In addition, there are also the 10 teams from the qualifying phase of World Group I: Korea, Brazil, Finland, Slovakia, Netherlands, Japan, Argentina, Belgium, Romania and Norway.
These 24 teams make up the qualifiers, which will be played this week. In fact, the matches will be as follows: France vs. Ecuador, Spain vs. Romania, Finland vs. Belgium, United States vs. Colombia, Netherlands vs. Canada, Brazil vs. Germany, Slovakia vs. Italy, Australia vs. Hungary, Norway vs. Kazakhstan, Sweden vs. Japan , Argentina vs. Czech Republic and South Korea vs. Austria.
Regardless of what happens to Russia’s place, the remaining teams will make up the group stage of the Finals, which will be played from September 14 to 18. The teams will be divided into four groups and each will play in a different city.
The best two from each zone will access the final phase that will be played from November 23 to 27 in a single city, yet to be defined.
