2017 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	3 February – 26 November 2017
Edition	106th
Champion
Winning Nation	France
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The 2017 Davis Cup was the 106th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas. ^[1] France won their tenth title (their first since 2001), with Lucas Pouille defeating Steve Darcis of Belgium on indoor hard in the final match held at Stade Pierre-Mauroy located in Villeneuve-d'Ascq on 26 November. ^{[2] [3]}

World Group

Participating teams
Argentina	Australia	Belgium	Canada
Croatia	Czech Republic	France	Germany
Great Britain	Italy	Japan	Russia
Serbia	Spain	Switzerland	United States

Seeds

Draw

Final

France 3	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France [5] 24–26 November 2017 Hard (i)		Belgium 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lucas Pouille David Goffin 5 7 3 6 1 6       2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Steve Darcis 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Richard Gasquet /  Pierre-Hugues Herbert Ruben Bemelmans /  Joris De Loore 6 1 3 6 77 62 6 4     4 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga David Goffin 65 77 3 6 2 6       5 Lucas Pouille Steve Darcis 6 3 6 1 6 0

World Group play-offs

Date: 15–17 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2018 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Kazakhstan	3–2	Argentina	Astana	National Tennis Center	Indoor	Hard
Colombia	1–4	Croatia	Bogotá	Plaza de Toros La Santamaría	Outdoor	Clay
Switzerland	3–2	Belarus	Biel/Bienne	Swiss Tennis Arena	Indoor	Hard
Netherlands	3–2	Czech Republic	The Hague	Sportcampus Zuiderpark	Indoor	Clay
Portugal	2–3	Germany	Lisbon	Clube de Ténis do Jamor	Outdoor	Clay
Japan	3–1	Brazil	Osaka	Utsubo Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard
Hungary	3–1	Russia	Budapest	Margaret Island Athletic Centre	Outdoor	Clay
Canada	3–2	India	Edmonton	Northlands Coliseum	Indoor	Hard

•   Canada,   Croatia,   Germany,   Japan and    Switzerland will remain in the World Group in 2018.
•   Hungary,   Kazakhstan and   Netherlands are promoted to the World Group in 2018.
•   Belarus,   Brazil,   Colombia,   India and   Portugal will remain in Zonal Group I in 2018.
•   Argentina,   Czech Republic and   Russia are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2018.

Americas Zone

Group I

Draw

•   Peru relegated to Group II in 2018.
•   Brazil and   Colombia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Draw

•   Paraguay and   Bahamas relegated to Group III in 2018.
•   Barbados promoted to Group I in 2018.

Group III

Date: 12–17 June

Location: Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Americas Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Uruguay (53)   Puerto Rico (79)	Costa Rica (84)   Honduras (86)	Cuba (91)   Jamaica (94)	Bermuda (107)   Panama (115)   Antigua and Barbuda (-)

Pool A

		URU	CRC	PAN	CUB	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
53	Uruguay		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	18–0 (100%)	111–40 (74%)	1
84	Costa Rica	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	11–11 (50%)	99–106 (48%)	2
115	Panama	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	6–14 (30%)	74–107 (41%)	3
91	Cuba	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	5–15 (25%)	75–106 (41%)	4

Pool B

		PUR	HON	JAM	BER	ANT	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
79	Puerto Rico		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	24–3 (89%)	162–89 (65%)	1
86	Honduras	0–3		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	15–11 (58%)	128–107 (54%)	2
94	Jamaica	0–3	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–2	16–12 (57%)	148–122 (55%)	3
107	Bermuda	0–3	1–2	0–3		2–1	1–3	6–18 (25%)	79–126 (39%)	4
NR	Antigua and Barbuda	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–4	4–21 (16%)	68–141 (33%)	5

Playoffs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Uruguay	2–0	Honduras
Promotional	Costa Rica	1–2	Puerto Rico
5th–6th	Panama	2–1	Jamaica
7th–8th	Cuba	2–0	Bermuda
9th	—		Antigua and Barbuda

  Uruguay and   Puerto Rico promoted to Group II in 2018.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Draw

•   Chinese Taipei relegated to Group II in 2018.
•   Kazakhstan and   India advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Draw

•   Vietnam and   Kuwait relegated to Group III in 2018.
•   Pakistan promoted to Group I in 2018.

Group III

Date: 17–22 July

Location: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)

Participating teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Sri Lanka (78)   Lebanon (88)	Malaysia (89)   Syria (93)	Pacific Oceania (97)   Qatar (100)	United Arab Emirates (103)   Jordan (104)   Turkmenistan (105)

Pool A

		SRI	JOR	POC	SYR	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
78	Sri Lanka		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	12–6 (67%)	96–66 (59%)	1
104	Jordan	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	10–9 (53%)	82–95 (46%)	2
97	Pacific Oceania	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	10–11 (48%)	91–91 (50%)	3
93	Syria	1–2	1–2	1–2		0–3	7–13 (35%)	78–95 (45%)	4

Pool B

		LBN	QAT	MAS	UAE	TKM	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
88	Lebanon		3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	19–8 (70%)	147–100 (60%)	1
100	Qatar	0–3		2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	15–12 (56%)	118–111 (52%)	2
89	Malaysia	1–2	0–2		2–1	3–0	2–2	14–11 (56%)	121–100 (55%)	3
103	United Arab Emirates	1–2	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–3	11–17 (39%)	109–142 (43%)	4
105	Turkmenistan	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–2		0–4	9–20 (31%)	111–153 (42%)	5

Playoffs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Sri Lanka	2–0	Qatar
Promotional	Jordan	0–2	Lebanon
5th	—		Malaysia
Relegation	Pacific Oceania	2–1	Turkmenistan
Relegation	Syria	2–0	United Arab Emirates

•   Sri Lanka and   Lebanon promoted to Group II in 2018.
•   Turkmenistan and   United Arab Emirates relegated to Group IV in 2018.

Group IV

Date: 3–8 April

Location: Bahrain Polytechnic, Isa Town, Bahrain (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of five and six teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Cambodia (101)   Iraq (106)	Bahrain (107)   Singapore (107)	Saudi Arabia (111)   Bangladesh (112)	Myanmar (120)   Oman (122)	Tajikistan (123)   Mongolia (124)   Kyrgyzstan (126)

Pool A

		CAM	KSA	MYA	BHR	KGZ	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
101	Cambodia		2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	20–8 (71%)	150–92 (62%)	1
111	Saudi Arabia	1–2		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	20–7 (74%)	137–91 (60%)	2
120	Myanmar	0–3	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–2	10–17 (37%)	106–140 (43%)	3
107	Bahrain	0–3	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–3	12–17 (41%)	123–141 (47%)	4
126	Kyrgyzstan	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–3		0–4	7–20 (26%)	98–150 (40%)	5

Pool B

		SGP	OMA	MGL	TJK	BAN	IRQ	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
107	Singapore		1–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	27–5 (84%)	189–83 (69%)	1
122	Oman	2–1		1–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	25–9 (74%)	178–122 (59%)	2
124	Mongolia	0–3	2–1		2–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	17–15 (53%)	145–124 (54%)	3
123	Tajikistan	0–3	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–2	1–4	11–22 (33%)	124–170 (42%)	4
112	Bangladesh	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–4	9–23 (28%)	102–168 (38%)	5
106	Iraq	0–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2		1–4	9–24 (27%)	117–182 (39%)	6

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Cambodia	2–0	Oman
Promotional	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Singapore
5th–6th	Myanmar	2–1	Mongolia
7th–8th	Bahrain	1–2	Tajikistan
9th–10th	Kyrgyzstan	2–1	Bangladesh
11th	—		Iraq

  Cambodia and   Saudi Arabia promoted to Group III in 2018.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Draw

•   Poland and   Romania relegated to Group II in 2018.
•   Hungary,   Netherlands,   Belarus, and   Portugal advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Draw

•   Cyprus,   Madagascar,   Latvia, and   Monaco relegated to Group III in 2018.
•   Sweden and   South Africa promoted to Group I in 2018.

Group III Europe

Date: 5–8 April

Location: Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of three teams (Pool A) and three pools of four teams (Pools B, C and D). The winners of each pool played-off against each other to determine which two nations were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Bulgaria (50)   Moldova (61)   Luxembourg (67)   Ireland (79)	Macedonia (88)   Montenegro (92)   Greece (97)   Liechtenstein (102)	Malta (102)   Andorra (113)   San Marino (114)   Iceland (116)   Armenia (119)   Albania (125)   Kosovo (128)

Pool A

		BUL	GRE	ARM	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
50	Bulgaria		3–0	3–0	2–0	12–1 (92%)	79–36 (69%)	1
97	Greece	0–3		3–0	1–1	7–7 (50%)	64–53 (55%)	2
119	Armenia	0–3	0–3		0–2	1–12 (8%)	23–77 (23%)	3

Pool B

		MKD	MDA	MLT	ISL	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
88	Macedonia		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	16–4 (80%)	111–70 (61%)	1
61	Moldova	1–2		2–1	1–2	1–2	9–11 (45%)	76–90 (46%)	2
102	Malta	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	8–12 (40%)	77–94 (45%)	3
116	Iceland	0–3	2–1	1–2		1–2	7–13 (35%)	77–87 (47%)	4

Pool C

		LUX	LIE	ALB	SMR	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
67	Luxembourg		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	18–1 (95%)	115–41 (74%)	1
102	Liechtenstein	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	11–9 (55%)	88–84 (51%)	2
125	Albania	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	3–16 (16%)	59–106 (36%)	3
114	San Marino	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	7–15 (32%)	86–117 (42%)	4

Pool D

		IRL	MNE	AND	KOS	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
79	Ireland		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	17–2 (89%)	110–35 (76%)	1
92	Montenegro	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	12–5 (71%)	90–71 (56%)	2
113	Andorra	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	8–11 (42%)	75–86 (47%)	3
128	Kosovo	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	1–18 (5%)	28–111 (20%)	4

Playoffs

Placing A Team Score D Team Promotional   Bulgaria 1–2   Ireland 5th–8th   Greece 1–2   Montenegro 9th–12th   Armenia 2–1   Andorra 13th–15th —   Kosovo

Placing B Team Score C Team Promotional   Macedonia 1–2   Luxembourg 5th–8th   Moldova 2–1   Liechtenstein 9th–12th   Malta 2–1   Albania 13th–15th   Iceland 2–0   San Marino

  Ireland and   Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2018.

Group III Africa

Date: 17–22 July

Location: Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Zimbabwe (73)   Algeria (81)	Benin (83)   Egypt (96)	Nigeria (98)   Kenya (117)	Botswana (119)   Rwanda (126)   Libya (129)

Pool A

		EGY	ZIM	NGR	RWA	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
96	Egypt		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	18–1 (95%)	113–35 (76%)	1
73	Zimbabwe	0–3		2–1	3–0	2–1	10–9 (53%)	85–75 (53%)	2
98	Nigeria	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	10–10 (50%)	91–93 (49%)	3
126	Rwanda	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–18 (0%)	22–108 (17%)	4

Pool B

		KEN	BEN	ALG	LBA	BOT	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
117	Kenya		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–0	20–7 (74%)	148–89 (62%)	1
83	Benin	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	19–8 (70%)	138–95 (59%)	2
81	Algeria	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–2	17–9 (65%)	134–86 (61%)	3
129	Libya	1–2	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–3	7–20 (26%)	83–151 (35%)	4
119	Botswana	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–4	4–23 (15%)	67–149 (31%)	5

Playoffs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Egypt	2–0	Benin
Promotional	Zimbabwe	2–0	Kenya
5th–6th	Nigeria	2–0	Algeria
7th–8th	Rwanda	2–1	Libya
9th	—		Botswana

•   Egypt and   Zimbabwe promoted to Group II in 2018.

Broadcasting rights

Americas

•   Argentina: TyC Sports and América Sports
•   Brazil: SporTV and BandSports
•   Canada: Sportsnet and TVA Sports
•   Paraguay: Tigo Sports and Personal Sports [ es]
•   Uruguay: VTV [ es]
•   United States: Tennis Channel ^[6]

Asia

Europe

•   Belgium: RTBF, Sporza and VRT
•   France: beIN SPORTS
•   Hungary: MTVA
•   Italy: Super Tennis
•   Poland: TVP Sport
•   Portugal: SPORT.TV4
•   Russia: Match! Arena and Match! Game
•   Serbia: Radio Television of Serbia

Africa

References

External links

• Official website