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Team nominations announced The ITF has announced the team nominations for the Semifinals and Play-offs of the 2005 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and eight Zonal ties to be played on 23-25 September. In addition to the list below, teams can also be viewed by selecting the relevant tie from the 'draws and results' toolbar on the homepage.

WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS

SLOVAK REPUBLIC v ARGENTINA
Venue: Bratislava, Slovak Republic (hard – indoors)

Slovak Republic
Dominik Hrbaty
Karol Beck
Karol Kucera
Michal Mertinak
Captain: Miloslav Mecir

Argentina
Guillermo Coria
David Nalbandian
Mariano Puerta
Gaston Gaudio
Captain: Alberto Mancini

CROATIA v RUSSIA
Venue: Split, Croatia (carpet – indoors)

Croatia
Ivan Ljubicic
Mario Ancic
Ivo Karlovic
Sasa Tuksar
Captain: Niki Pilic

Russia
Nikolay Davydenko
Mikhail Youzhny
Igor Andreev
Dmitry Tursunov
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

AUSTRIA v ECUADOR
Venue: Portschach, Austria (hard – outdoors)

Austria
Jurgen Melzer
Stefan Koubek
Alexander Peya
Julian Knowle
Captain: Thomas Muster

Ecuador
Nicolas Lapentti
Giovanni Lapentti
Carlos Avellan
Jhony De Leon
Captain: Raul Viver

CANADA v BELARUS
Venue: Toronto, Canada (hard – outdoors)

Canada
Frank Dancevic
Daniel Nestor
Frederic Niemeyer
Robert Steckley
Captain: Martin Laurendeau

Belarus
Max Mirnyi
Vladimir Voltchkov
Andrei Karatchenia
Alexander Bury
Captain: Dzmitry Tatur

CHILE v PAKISTAN
Venue: Santiago, Chile (clay – outdoors)

Chile
Fernando Gonzalez
Nicolas Massu
Adrian Garcia
Paul Capdeville
Captain: Hans Gildemeister

Pakistan
Aisam Qureshi
Aqeel Khan
Asim Shafik
Shahzad Khan
Captain: Khalid Mohammad

CZECH REPUBLIC v GERMANY
Venue: Liberec, Czech Republic (clay – indoors)

Czech Republic
Jiri Novak
Tomas Berdych
Tomas Zib
Robin Vik
Captain: Cyril Suk

Germany
Nicolas Kiefer
Tommy Haas
Rainer Schuettler
Alexander Waske
Captain: Patrik Kuhnen

ITALY v SPAIN
Venue: Torre del Greco, Italy (clay – outdoors)

Italy
Daniele Bracciali
Giorgio Galimberti
Andreas Seppi
Potito Starace
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

Spain
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Feliciano Lopez
Captain: Jordi Arrese

INDIA v SWEDEN
Venue: New Delhi, India (grass – outdoors)

India
Leander Paes (playing captain)
Mahesh Bhupathi
Prakash Amritraj
Rohan Bopanna

Sweden
Thomas Johansson
Jonas Bjorkman
Andreas Vinciguerra
Simon Aspelin
Captain: Mats Wilander

SWITZERLAND v GREAT BRITAIN
Venue: Geneva, Switzerland (clay – indoors)

Switzerland
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
George Bastl
Yves Allegro
Captain: Severin Luthi

Great Britain
Greg Rusedski
Andrew Murray
Alan Mackin
David Sherwood
Captain: Jeremy Bates

BELGIUM v USA
Venue: Leuven, Belgium (clay – indoors)

Belgium
Olivier Rochus
Christophe Rochus
Kristof Vliegen
Steve Darcis
Captain: Steven Martens

USA
Andy Roddick
James Blake
Mike Bryan
Bob Bryan
Captain: Patrick McEnroe

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I 3RD ROUND PLAY-OFFS

ZIMBABWE v ISRAEL
Venue: Harare, Zimbabwe (hard – indoors)

Zimbabwe
Wayne Black
Genius Chidzikwe
Gwinyai Tongoona
Captain: Murape Claudio

Israel
Dudi Sela
Noam Okun
Andy Ram
Jonathan Erlich
Captain: Eyal Ran

MOROCCO v SOUTH AFRICA
Venue: Khemisset, Morocco (clay – outdoors)

Morocco
Mounir El Aarej
Mehdi Tahiri
Mehdi Ziadi
Captain: Abderrahim Moundir

South Africa
Rik De Voest
Justin Bower
Jeff Coetzee
Christopher Haggard
Captain John-Laffnie De Jager

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I 3RD ROUND PLAY-OFFS

PERU v PARAGUAY
Venue: Lima, Peru (clay – outdoors)

Peru
Luis Horna
Ivan Miranda
Matias Silva
Sergio Rojas
Captain: Jaime Yzaga

Paraguay
Enzo Pigola
Juan-Carlos Ramirez
Ricardo Gorostiaga
Captain: Victor Pecci

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I 3RD ROUND PLAY-OFFS

THAILAND v INDONESIA
Venue: Bangkok, Thailand (hard - outdoors)

Thailand
Paradorn Srichaphan
Danai Udomchoke
Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
Captain: Chanachai Srichaphan

Indonesia
Suwandi Suwandi
Prima Simpatiaji
Bonit Wiryawan
Sunu-Wahyu Trijati
Captain: Tintus Arianto-Wibowo

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II 3RD ROUND

UKRAINE v BULGARIA
Venue: Donetsk, Ukraine (hard – outdoors)

Ukraine
Sergei Yaroshenko
Orest Tereshchuk
Mikhail Filima
Sergei Bubka
Captain: Volodymyr Bogdanov

Bulgaria
Todor Enev
Ilia Kushev
Yordan Kanev
Radoslav Lukaev
Captain: Orlin Stanoytchev

PORTUGAL v SLOVENIA
Venue: Estoril, Portugal (clay - outdoors)

Portugal
Rui Machado
Leonardo Tavares
Frederico Gil
Diogo Rocha
Captain: Pedro Cordeiro

Slovenia
Grega Zemlja
Bostjan Osabnik
Rok Jarc
Marko Tkalec
Captain: Marko Por

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II FINAL

URUGUAY v BRAZIL
Venue: Montevideo, Uruguay (clay – outdoors)

Uruguay
Marcel Felder
Pablo Cuevas
Martin Vilarrubi
Federico Sansonetti
Captain: Jose-Luis Damiani

Brazil
Ricardo Mello
Flavio Saretta
Andre Sa
Gustavo Kuerten
Captain: Fernando Meligeni

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II FINAL

NEW ZEALAND v KOREA, REP.
Venue: Auckland, New Zealand (hard – indoors)

New Zealand
Mark Nielsen
Daniel King-Turner
Jose "Rubin" Statham
Adam Thompson
Captain: Bruce Derlin

Korea, Rep.
Hyung-Taik Lee
Oh-Hee Kwon
Kyu-Tae Im
Sung-Yong Kim
Captain: Gap-Taik Roh