DAVIS CUP 23-25 September 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
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