Two continents will cover the actions this year. Chile will get to know its city this Tuesday, March 19.
Six months before the start of the 2024 Davis Cup final, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced the four cities that will host the competition between the world’s 16 best nations. One of them will be Chile, qualified after beating Peru in February.
For this 2024 edition, the ITF will play in three cities with previous experience in this format and which will really change the logic of the event. On the one hand, there is the choice of Manchester (England), Valencia (Spain) and Bologna (Italy), which have already hosted the final in 2023. Nicolás Massú’s team played in the latter, finishing third in a group in which Italy, Canada and Sweden also participated.
The great novelty of this year will undoubtedly be the determination of the fourth venue, which will not only make its debut in this type of event, but will bring the Davis Finals for the first time to a continent other than Europe since the change of format. produced by the company Kosmos in 2019.
It is the city of Zhuhai in China. A surprising turn for an event that continues to search for a way to regain its mystique, after five years of questions from players and little support from fans. We will have to wait and see the reactions generated by this decision, which is surprising anyway, because the Asian giant is not even qualified for the event, so it will be the only place that will not have its country playing.
“All three regular hosts have successful experience in organizing large events, and We are delighted to host the Davis Cup Final in China for the first time, a venue suited to facilitate the flow of players to the Asian Tour following the US Open. . The four cities will provide the ideal setting for a more intense and exciting Davis Cup competition, where the world’s best players will proudly represent their nations. We look forward to it,” explained ITF President David Haggerty.
Where will Chile play?
The national team will participate for the second consecutive year in the Davis Cup final, which will take place this season from September 10 to 15. The format will be the same as in 2022 and 2023, with 16 teams divided into four groups, where the best two will advance to the quarter-finals. This knockout event, like the semi-finals and the final, will take place in Malaga.
The teams that will participate in this edition are Italy (reigning champion), Australia, Great Britain, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia and the United States.
The draw to find out the distribution of the groups and the place where each will play will take place this March 19 during an event which will be broadcast on the Davis Cup website.
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