Draw for 2025 Davis Cup World Group I and World Group II ties to take place on Thursday 20 February
The draw for the 2025 Davis Cup World Group I and World Group II ties will take place on Thursday 20 February at 11:00 GMT at the ITF offices in London. The outcome of the draw will be published on the Davis Cup website and across the competition’s social media channels shortly afterwards.
The teams competing in World Group I are the 13 losing nations from the 2025 Qualifiers and the 13 winning nations from the 2025 World Group I Play-offs. The 13 winning nations will advance to the 2026 Qualifiers 1st Round, with a chance of winning the 2026 Davis Cup title.
The teams competing in World Group II are the 13 losing nations from the 2025 World Group I Play-offs and the 13 winning nations from the 2025 World Group II Play-offs.
The World Group I and World Group II ties will take place on either 12-13 or 13-14 September 2025 – the same weekend as the Qualifiers 2nd Round, which will see 14 nations compete to secure their place at the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna on 18-23 November.
All ties in the Qualifiers 2nd Round, World Group I and World Group II will be played as best-of-five matches, with two singles matches on day one, followed by the doubles match and the two reverse singles matches on day two. All matches are played as best-of-three tiebreak sets.
The seeded nations for the World Group I and World Group II ties are based on the latest Davis Cup Nations Rankings.
2025 Davis Cup World Group I
Seeded nations
- Canada
- Finland
- Serbia
- Great Britain
- Chile
- Brazil
- Slovakia
- Korea, Rep.
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Portugal
- Chinese Taipei
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Unseeded nations
Bulgaria
Colombia
Ecuador
Greece
India
Israel
Kazakhstan
Luxembourg
Norway
Peru
Poland
Tunisia
Turkiye
2025 Davis Cup World Group II
Seeded nations
- Ukraine
- Romania
- Lithuania
- Egypt
- Uzbekistan
- Ireland
7/8. Monaco*
7/8. New Zealand*
- Uruguay
- Morocco
- Lebanon
12/13. Mexico**
12/13. Pakistan**
Unseeded nations
Barbados
Benin
China, P.R.
Cyprus
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Estonia
Georgia
Hong Kong, China
Paraguay
Slovenia
South Africa
Togo
*Monaco and New Zealand are ranked 48= in the Davis Cup Nations Rankings; lots will be drawn to determine seeding order
**Mexico and Pakistan are ranked 53= in the Davis Cup Nations Rankings; lots will be drawn to determine seeding order
