ITF Media Release, November 23, 2025
The 2026 Davis Cup Qualifiers draw took place ahead of the 2025 Davis Cup final on Sunday 23 November as teams competing in next year’s Qualifiers discovered their route to the 2026 Davis Cup Final 8.
The draw took place at the Bologna Fiere at 1200 CET (1100 GMT) and was streamed live via the Davis Cup website.
As in 2025, the 2026 Qualifiers will be played as two rounds of home-or-away ties. The Qualifiers First Round ties will take place on 6-7 or 7-8 February 2026, and the Qualifiers Second Round ties will take place on 18-19 or 19-20 September 2026. Home nations will have choice of dates.
Germany has already announced that they will be play in Düsseldorf. The chosen venue is the CASTELLO Düsseldorf.
Host nation Italy receive a wild card for the 2026 Davis Cup Final 8. Spain are seeded No. 1 in the 2026 Qualifiers draw and receive a bye to the Qualifiers Second Round. As per the Davis Cup regulations, if Spain are 2025 champions they will also be guaranteed a home tie for the Qualifiers Second Round.
The remaining seeds for the draw are determined by the provisional 2025 year-end Davis Cup nations rankings, which includes results at the Final 8 this week. The full year-end rankings will be published next week.
The 2026 #DavisCup draw is decided
Which matchup are you most looking forward to!? pic.twitter.com/SKhWeMgSmH
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) November 23, 2025
The full draw is listed below.
2026 Qualifiers draw:
Spain (1) receive a bye to Qualifiers 2nd Round
Chile (c)* v Serbia (14)
Germany (2) (c)* v Peru
Croatia (13) (c) v Denmark
Ecuador (c) v Australia (3)
Norway (c)* v Great Britain (12)
Bulgaria (c) v Belgium (4)
Japan (c)* v Austria (11)
India (c) v Netherlands (5)
Korea, Rep. (c)* v Argentina (10)
Hungary (c)* v USA (6)
Czechia (9) (c) v Sweden
France (7) (c)* v Slovakia
Canada (8) (c) v Brazil
(c) = choice of ground; * = choice of ground decided by lot
