The Draw for the 2016 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs was held on Tuesday at the ITF headquarters in London. The World Group play-offs will take place on 16-18 September alongside the World Group semifinals.                                                                                                                

The winning nations in the World Group play-offs will qualify for the 2017 World Group, while the losing nations will compete in their respective Zone Group I events in 2017.

In the World Group semifinals, Great Britain will be at home to Argentina, and Croatia will be at home to France.

Seeds for the draw were based on the latest ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 18 July.

The draw is as follows:

2016 World Group play-offs (16-18 September)

Uzbekistan (c) (*) v Switzerland (s) 
Belgium (s) (c) v Brazil 
Australia (s) (c) (*) v Slovakia 
Canada (s) (c) v Chile
Russia (c) (*) v Kazakhstan (s)
India (c) (*) v Spain (s)
Germany (s) (c) v Poland 
Japan (s) (c) (*) v Ukraine

(s) denotes seeded nation

(c) denotes choice of ground

(*) denotes choice of ground determined by lot

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