The last stage of Finals of the 2022 Davis Cup, which will bring together the eight best teams in the competition between Nov. 21 and 27, is already based. Malagawhich was initially designated as one of the four host cities of round-robinyou will receive the action of quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals in the current edition of the contest, and also next year, as announced by International Tennis Federation and the Cosmos Group.

That change opened up a quota for another city to join bologna (Italy), glasgow (Scotland) at hamburg (Germany) as stage for the group stage, to be played in between September 14 and 18. And any of the 13 countries qualified for the Finals, which have not yet been selected as hosts, can submit their candidacies.

But, to his knowledge Clarion, Argentina will not apply. From the AAT they consider that the conditions are not met to deal with a tender of this magnitude, because of the little time left to prepare, the many requirements that must be met to become an organizer and the economic context of the country.

The deadline to apply is next Thursday April 21 and the new venue will be announced before the draw for groups, to be held Tuesday 26 this month in Malaga, at 8:15 (Argentina time).

“The Region of Andalusia has played a very important role in the history of the Davis Cup and Malaga is a perfect venue for the culmination of this year’s Men’s Tennis World Cup. We look forward to an intense battle between the top 16 teams.” of the next world September to reach the knock-out stage and become world champion in November. “said the American David Haggertypresident of the ITF.

The 16 teams that qualified for the Finals were Croatiafinalist in 2021; Serbian Y Britainguests of the organization; Canada, who entered thanks to a wild card to replace the Russian champion, who was suspended from all international competition due to the invasion of Ukraine; and the 12 winners of the 2022 Qualifiers, Argentina, France (which will start as a favorite stay at the new headquarters), Spain, Belgium, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Sweden Y South Korea.

The light blue and white teams took their place by beating 4 to 0 Czech Republic in the duel that was played on March 4 and 5 at Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis and that marked Guillermo Coria’s debut as captain.

Spanish media expect the weekend that Malaga could be designated as the venue for the playoffs, then Abu Dhabiwhich although not yet officially confirmed is the one that resonated as the host of the final stage, was removed from negotiations with the organizers.

The turns and turns in designating venues for the Finals gave more than the headache of the ITF and Kosmos, which had to delay the groups draw from March 31 until the end of April because they can’t close contracts in all cities on time.

Malaga will once again host the country’s most important world tennis competition after nearly 20 years. The last series played in that city was the one they played in September 2003 Spain and Argentina, for the semifinals of that edition.

The locals, included John Charles Ferrero, Carlos Moya and the pair alex corretja–Albert Costawon 3-2 against the South American team, consisting of Agustin Calleri, Mariano ZabaletaGaston Gaudio and luke arnold and led by Gustavo Luza.