The 2016 Davis Cup was the 105th edition of the

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organi ...

, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by

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. From this season's tournament the deciding set of each match would be settled by a tiebreak at 6 games all rather than playing an advantage set until a player or a team were two games clear.

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...

won their first Davis Cup title, after 4 runner-up finishes, defeating

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in the final.

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defeated Ivo Karlović in the final match to give Argentina its first Davis Cup title, after a comeback from Juan Martín del Potro against Marin Čilić in the fourth match.

World Group

Seeds

Draw

Final

World Group Play-offs

''Date: 16–18 September'' The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group Play-offs for spots in the 2017 World Group. Seeded teams # # # # # # # # Unseeded teams * * * * * * * * * , , , , and will remain in the World Group in

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. * and are promoted to the World Group in

. * , , , , and will remain in Zonal Group I in

. * and are relegated to Zonal Group I in

Americas Zone

Group I

Seeds: ''All seeds'' received a bye into the second round. # # Remaining nations: * * * *

Draw

Group II

Seeds: # # # # Remaining nations: * * * *

Draw

Group III

Date: 11–16 July Location:

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(clay) Confirmed teams: Inactive teams: Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Americas Zone Group II in 2017. Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below). Group A Group B Play-Offs and promoted to Group II in 2017.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Seeds: ''All seeds'' received a bye into the second round. # # Remaining nations: * * * *

Draw

Group II

Seeds: # # # # Remaining nations: * * * *

Draw

Group III

Date: 11–16 July Location:

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(clay) Confirmed teams: Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2017. Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below). Group A Group B Play-Offs and promoted to Group II in 2017. ' and ' relegated to Group IV in 2017.

Group IV

Date: 13–16 July Location:

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is ...

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(clay) Confirmed teams: Inactive teams: Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2017. Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below). Group A Group B Play-Offs and promoted to Group III in 2017.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Seeds: # # # # Remaining nations: * * * * * * * *

Draw

Group II

Seeds: # # # # # # # # Remaining nations: * * * * * * * *

Draw

Group III Europe

Date: 2–5 March Location:

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(indoor hard) Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of four teams (Pools A, B, C and D). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017. Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 30 November 2015 (shown in parentheses below). Groups: Group A Group B Group C Group D Play-Offs and promoted to Group II in 2017.

Group III Africa

Date: 11–16 July Location:

Antananarivo Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "A ...

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(clay) Confirmed teams: Inactive teams: Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of five teams (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017. Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below). Group A Group B Play-Offs and promoted to Group II in 2017.

References

External links

Official website
{{2016 ATP World Tour

Davis Cups by year