2016 Davis Cup

Argentina won their first Davis Cup title
Details
Duration	2 March - 27 November
Edition	105th
Champion
Winning Nation	Argentina
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The 2016 Davis Cup was the 105th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas. From this season's tournament the deciding set of each match would be settled by a tiebreak at 6 games all rather than playing an advantage set until a player or a team were two games clear.^[1][2] Argentina won their first Davis Cup title, after 4 runner-up finishes, defeating Croatia in the final. Federico Delbonis defeated Ivo Karlovi? in the final match to give Argentina its first Davis Cup title,^[3] after a comeback from Juan Martín del Potro against Marin ?ili? in the fourth match.^[4]

World Group

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

Seeds

Draw

	First Round 4-6 March					Quarterfinals 15-17 July					Semifinals 16-18 September					Final 25-27 November
	Birmingham, Great Britain (indoor hard)
	1	Great Britain	3
						Belgrade, Serbia (clay)
		Japan	1
						1	Great Britain	3
	Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
						7	Serbia	2
	7	Serbia	3
											Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
		Kazakhstan	2
											1	Great Britain	2
	Pesaro, Italy (indoor clay)
										6	Argentina	3
	4	Switzerland	0
						Pesaro, Italy (clay)
		Italy	5
							Italy	1
	Gda?sk, Poland (indoor hard)
						6	Argentina	3
	6	Argentina	3
																Zagreb, Croatia (indoor hard)
		Poland	2
																6	Argentina	3
	Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France (clay)
																	Croatia	2
		Canada	0
						T?inec, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
	5	France	5
						5	France	3
	Hannover, Germany (indoor hard)
						3	Czech Republic	1
		Germany	2
											Zadar, Croatia (indoor hard)
	3	Czech Republic	3
											5	France	2
	Kooyong, Australia (grass)
											Croatia	3
		United States	3
						Portland, United States (hard)
	8	Australia	1
							United States	2
	Liège, Belgium (indoor clay)
							Croatia	3
		Croatia	3
	2	Belgium	2

Final

Croatia 2	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia[5] 25-27 November 2016 Hard (i)		Argentina 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marin ?ili? Federico Delbonis 6 3 7 5 3 6 1 6 6 2   2 Ivo Karlovi? Juan Martín del Potro 4 6 78 66 3 6 5 7     3 Marin ?ili? / Ivan Dodig Juan Martín del Potro / Leonardo Mayer 77 62 77 64 6 3       4 Marin ?ili? Juan Martín del Potro 77 64 6 2 5 7 4 6 3 6   5 Ivo Karlovi? Federico Delbonis 3 6 4 6 2 6

World Group Play-offs

Date: 16-18 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 2017 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Uzbekistan	2-3	Switzerland	Tashkent	Olympic Tennis School	Outdoor	Clay
Belgium	4-0	Brazil	Ostend	Sleuyter Arena	Indoor	Hard
Australia	3-0	Slovakia	Sydney	NSW Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Grass
Canada	5-0	Chile	Halifax	Scotiabank Centre	Indoor	Hard
Russia	3-1	Kazakhstan	Moscow	National Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard
India	0-5	Spain	New Delhi	R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex	Outdoor	Hard
Germany	3-2	Poland	Berlin	Rot-Weiss Tennis Club	Outdoor	Clay
Japan	5-0	Ukraine	Osaka	Utsubo Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard

•  Australia,  Belgium,  Canada,  Germany,  Japan and   Switzerland will remain in the World Group in 2017.
•  Russia and  Spain are promoted to the World Group in 2017.
•  Brazil,  Chile,  India,  Slovakia,  Ukraine and  Uzbekistan will remain in Zonal Group I in 2017.
•  Kazakhstan and  Poland are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2017.

Americas Zone

Group I

Draw

Second Round Play-offs 28-30 October

First Round Play-offs 16-18 September

First Round 4-6 March

Second Round 15-18 July

1

Brazil

bye

bye

1

Brazil

3

Barbados

Ecuador

1

Barbados

0

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (hard)

Ecuador

5

Barbados

2

Dominican Republic

3

Santiago, Chile (clay)

Chile

5

0

Iquique, Chile (clay)

Dominican Republic

1

Chile

3

2

Colombia

4

2

Colombia

1

bye

2

Colombia

Barbados relegated to Group II in 2017.

Brazil and  Chile advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Draw

	Play-offs 15-17 July					First Round 4-6 March					Second Round 15-17 July					Third Round 16-18 September
						Lima, Peru (clay)
						1	Uruguay	2
	Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)						Peru	3			Lima, Peru (clay)
	1	Uruguay	1									Peru	4
		Guatemala	4								3	Mexico	1
						3	Mexico	3
							Guatemala	2								Lima, Peru (clay)
																	Peru	3
						Santa Tecla, El Salvador (hard)										2	Venezuela	2
							Puerto Rico	2
	Asunción, Paraguay (clay)					4	El Salvador	3			Santa Tecla, El Salvador (hard)
		Puerto Rico	0								4	El Salvador	2
		Paraguay	5			Valencia, Venezuela (hard)					2	Venezuela	3
							Paraguay	0
						2	Venezuela	5
Uruguay and  Puerto Rico relegated to Group III in 2017.															Peru promoted to Group I in 2017.

Group III

Date: 11-16 July

Location: La Paz, Bolivia (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Inactive 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 Americas Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Group A

	Bolivia	Jamaica	Cuba	Panama	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Bolivia		3-0	3-0	3-0	3-0	9-0	18-0	109-35	1
Jamaica	0-3		3-0	3-0	2-1	6-3	12-7	93-59	2
Cuba	0-3	0-3		3-0	1-2	3-6	7-12	68-79	3
Panama	0-3	0-3	0-3		0-3	0-9	0-18	11-108	4

Group B

	Bahamas	Costa Rica	Honduras	Bermuda	Trinidad and Tobago	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Bahamas		2-1	2-1	3-0	3-0	4-0	10-2	21-6	149-94	1
Costa Rica	1-2		2-1	2-1	3-0	3-1	8-4	19-11	164-133	2
Honduras	1-2	1-2		3-0	2-1	2-2	7-5	17-13	144-127	3
Bermuda	0-3	1-2	0-3		2-1	1-3	3-9	8-20	106-149	4
Trinidad and Tobago	0-3	0-3	1-2	1-2		0-4	2-10	6-21	87-147	5

Play-Offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Bolivia	2-0	Costa Rica
Promotional	Jamaica	0-2	Bahamas
5th-6th	Cuba	2-0	Honduras
7th-8th	Panama	0-3	Bermuda
9th	N/A	--	Trinidad and Tobago

 Bolivia and  Bahamas promoted to Group II in 2017.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Draw

Second Round Play-offs 16-18 September

First Round Play-offs

First Round 4-6 March

Second Round 15-17 July

1

India

bye

Chandigarh, India (grass)

bye

1

India

4

New Zealand

Seoul, South Korea (hard)

South Korea

1

New Zealand

1

Christchurch, New Zealand (indoor hard)

South Korea

3

New Zealand

5

Pakistan

0

Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)

Pakistan

0

China

5

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay)

Pakistan

China

2

bye

2

Uzbekistan

3

bye

2

Uzbekistan

Pakistan relegated to Group II in 2017.

India and  Uzbekistan advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Draw

	Play-offs 15-17 July					First Round 4-6 March					Second Round 15-17 July					Third Round 16-18 September
						Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)
						1	Chinese Taipei	4
	Mishref, Kuwait (hard)						Malaysia	1			Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
		Malaysia	1								1	Chinese Taipei	3
		Kuwait	4			Pasig, Philippines (indoor clay)					3	Philippines	1
						3	Philippines	5
							Kuwait	0								Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
																1	Chinese Taipei	3
						Surakarta, Indonesia (hard)										2	Thailand	2
							Vietnam	3
	Surakarta, Indonesia (hard)					4	Indonesia	2			Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
	4	Indonesia	5									Vietnam	0
		Sri Lanka	0			Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)					2	Thailand	5
							Sri Lanka	2
						2	Thailand	3
Malaysia and  Sri Lanka relegated to Group III in 2017.															Chinese Taipei promoted to Group I in 2017.

Group III

Davis cup in Tehran (15 July 2016)

Date: 11-16 July

Location: Tehran, Iran (clay)

Confirmed 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 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Group A

	Iran	Hong Kong	Pacific Oceania	Turkmenistan	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Iran		2-1	3-0	3-0	3-0	8-1	16-2	108-60	1
Hong Kong	1-2		3-0	2-1	2-1	6-3	13-7	107-78	2
Pacific Oceania	0-3	0-3		2-1	1-2	2-7	5-14	69-102	3
Turkmenistan	0-3	1-2	1-2		0-3	2-7	4-15	59-103	4

Group B

	Lebanon	Syria	Qatar	Cambodia	Singapore	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Lebanon		3-0	3-0	3-0	3-0	4-0	12-0	24-1	153-79	1
Syria	0-3		2-1	3-0	3-0	3-1	8-4	17-11	149-125	2
Qatar	0-3	1-2		3-0	3-0	2-2	7-5	17-13	161-158	3
Cambodia	0-3	0-3	0-3		2-1	1-3	2-10	7-20	111-153	4
Singapore	0-3	0-3	0-3	1-2		0-4	1-11	3-23	97-156	5

Play-Offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Iran	2-1	Syria
Promotional	Hong Kong	2-1	Lebanon
5th	N/A	--	Qatar
Relegation	Pacific Oceania	3-0	Singapore
Relegation	Turkmenistan	2-1	Cambodia

 Iran and  Hong Kong promoted to Group II in 2017.

 Singapore and  Cambodia relegated to Group IV in 2017.

Group IV

Date: 13-16 July

Location: Amman, Jordan (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Inactive 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 III in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Group A

	United Arab Emirates	Oman	Saudi Arabia	Myanmar	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
United Arab Emirates		3-0	3-0	3-0	3-0	9-0	18-2	117-72	1
Oman	3-0		1-2	2-1	1-2	3-6	9-13	82-109	2
Saudi Arabia	0-3	2-1		1-2	1-2	3-6	8-14	99-105	3
Myanmar	0-3	1-2	2-1		1-2	3-6	8-14	97-109	4

Group B

	Jordan	Bahrain	Iraq	Tajikistan	Mongolia	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Jordan		3-0	3-0	3-0	3-0	4-0	12-0	24-1	149-54	1
Bahrain	0-3		3-0	2-1	2-1	3-1	7-5	15-12	132-111	2
Iraq	0-3	0-3		2-1	2-1	2-2	4-8	8-16	88-114	3
Tajikistan	0-3	1-2	1-2		3-0	1-3	5-7	11-15	100-127	4
Mongolia	0-3	1-2	1-2	0-3		0-4	2-10	6-20	74-137	5

Play-Offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	United Arab Emirates	3-0	Bahrain
Promotional	Oman	1-2	Jordan
5th-6th	Saudi Arabia	0-3	Iraq
7th-8th	Myanmar	2-1	Tajikistan
9th	N/A	--	Mongolia

 United Arab Emirates and  Jordan promoted to Group III in 2017.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Draw

Second Round Play-offs 16-18 September / 28-30 October

First Round Play-offs 16-18 September

First Round 4-6 March

Second Round 15-17 July

1

Spain

bye

Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)

bye

1

Spain

4

Slovenia

Arad, Romania (indoor hard)

Romania

1

Romania

4

Viana do Castelo, Portugal (clay)

Slovenia

1

Slovenia

0

Portugal

5

4

Ukraine

bye

Kyiv, Ukraine (hard)

bye

4

Ukraine

3

Portugal

Guimarães, Portugal (indoor hard)

Austria

2

Portugal

1

Austria

4

Kazan, Russia (indoor hard)

Russia

5

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Sweden

0

Moscow, Russia (hard)

Sweden

0

Russia

4

3

Netherlands

5

3

Netherlands

1

bye

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

3

Netherlands

Sweden

1

Israel

3

Budapest, Hungary (indoor clay)

Hungary

3

Israel

2

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

Israel

Hungary

0

bye

2

Slovakia

3

bye

2

Slovakia

Slovenia and  Sweden relegated to Group II in 2017.

Spain,  Ukraine,  Russia, and  Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Draw

	Play-offs 15-17 July					First Round 4-6 March					Second Round 15-17 July					Third Round 16-18 September
						?iauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
						1	Lithuania	3
	Capellen, Luxembourg (hard)						Norway	2			Kaunas, Lithuania (clay)
		Norway	3								1	Lithuania	3
		Luxembourg	2			Centurion, South Africa (hard)					8	South Africa	2
						8	South Africa	5
							Luxembourg	0								Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard)
																1	Lithuania	0
						Ankara, Turkey (indoor hard)										5		5
						4	Bulgaria	2
	Tunis, Tunisia (hard)						Turkey	3			Biha?, Bosnia and Herzegovina (clay)
	4	Bulgaria	2									Turkey	1
		Tunisia	3			Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (indoor carpet)					5		3
						5		3
							Tunisia	1
						Daugavpils, Latvia (indoor hard)
							Monaco	2
	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)					6	Latvia	3			Minsk, Belarus (hard)
		Monaco	3								6	Latvia	1
		Egypt	1			Cairo, Egypt (clay)					3	Belarus	4
							Egypt	1
						3	Belarus	3								Minsk, Belarus (hard)
																3	Belarus	4
						Kittilä, Finland (indoor hard)										2	Denmark	1
							Zimbabwe	1
	Tbilisi, Georgia (hard)					7	Finland	4			Kongens Lyngby, Denmark (indoor carpet)
		Zimbabwe	2								7	Finland	2
		Georgia	3			Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)					2	Denmark	3
							Georgia	0
						2	Denmark	5
Luxembourg,  Bulgaria,  Egypt, and  Zimbabwe relegated to Group III in 2017.										Bosnia and Herzegovina and  Belarus promoted to Group I in 2017.

Group III Europe

Date: 2-5 March

Location: Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of four teams (Pools A, B, C and D). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 30 November 2015 (shown in parentheses below).

Groups:

Group A

	Moldova	Malta	San Marino	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Moldova		3-0	3-0	2-0	6-0	12-0	72-18	1
Malta	0-3		2-1	1-1	2-4	4-8	47-55	2
San Marino	0-3	1-2		0-2	1-5	2-10	26-72	3

Group B

	Ireland	Macedonia	Armenia	Albania	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Ireland		2-1	3-0	3-0	3-0	8-1	17-2	108-39	1
Macedonia	1-2		3-0	3-0	2-1	7-2	14-5	100-61	2
Armenia	0-3	0-3		2-1	1-2	2-7	5-14	58-94	3
Albania	0-3	0-3	1-2		0-3	1-8	2-17	36-108	4

Group C

	Cyprus	Montenegro	Andorra	Iceland	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Cyprus		3-0	3-0	2-1	3-0	8-1	17-3	115-52	1
Montenegro	0-3		2-1	2-1	2-1	4-5	8-12	89-100	2
Andorra	0-3	1-2		2-1	1-2	3-6	9-12	86-106	3
Iceland	1-2	1-2	1-2		0-3	3-6	6-13	67-99	4

Group D

	Estonia	Greece	Liechtenstein	Kosovo	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Estonia		3-0	3-0	3-0	3-0	9-0	18-0	109-18	1
Greece	0-3		3-0	3-0	2-1	6-3	12-6	75-63	2
Liechtenstein	0-3	0-3		3-0	1-2	3-6	6-12	62-85	3
Kosovo	0-3	0-3	0-3		0-3	0-9	0-18	28-108	4

Play-Offs

Placing A Team Score D Team Promotional  Moldova 0-2  Estonia 5th-8th  Malta 1-2  Greece 9th-12th  San Marino 1-2  Liechtenstein 13th-15th N/A --  Kosovo

Placing B Team Score C Team Promotional  Ireland 0-2  Cyprus 5th-8th  Macedonia 2-0  Montenegro 9th-12th  Armenia 1-2  Andorra 13th-15th  Albania 0-3  Iceland

 Cyprus and  Estonia promoted to Group II in 2017.

Group III Africa

Date: 11-16 July

Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Inactive teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of five teams (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 Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Group A

	Morocco	Namibia	Nigeria	Cameroon	Mozambique	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Morocco		3-0	2-1	3-0	3-0	4-0	11-1	22-4	148-66	1
Namibia	0-3		2-1	3-0	3-0	3-1	8-4	16-10	127-105	2
Nigeria	1-2	1-2		3-0	3-0	2-2	8-4	17-8	125-105	3
Cameroon	0-3	0-3	0-3		3-0	1-3	3-9	9-18	118-134	4
Mozambique	0-3	0-3	0-3	0-3		0-4	0-12	0-24	36-144	5

Group B

	Madagascar	Benin	Kenya	Algeria	Botswana	RR W-L	Matches W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Madagascar		2-1	3-0	3-0	3-0	4-0	11-1	22-6	151-86	1
Benin	1-2		2-1	3-0	3-0	3-1	9-3	21-6	150-93	2
Kenya	0-3	1-2		3-0	2-1	2-2	6-6	14-14	127-129	3
Algeria	0-3	0-3	0-3		2-1	1-3	2-10	5-22	90-149	4
Botswana	0-3	0-3	1-2	1-2		0-4	2-10	6-20	82-143	5

Play-Offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Morocco	2-0	Benin
Promotional	Namibia	0-2	Madagascar
5th-6th	Nigeria	2-1	Kenya
7th-8th	Cameroon	0-2	Algeria
9th-10th	Mozambique	0-2	Botswana

 Morocco and  Madagascar promoted to Group II in 2017.

References

External links

• Official website