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(b) World Group Play-off Round There will be a Play-off Round comprising the four (4) losing Nations from the First Round in the World Group and the four (4) Nations who have won their first World Group II match. 19. WORLD GROUP II (a) Participation The four (4) Nations who won the previous year's World Group II Playoff Round and the four (4) Nations who lost in the previous year's World Group Play-off Round will compete in World Group II. (b) World Group II Play-off Round There will be a Play-off Round comprising the four (4) losing Nations from the First Round in World Group II and the four (4) Nations who have qualified from Zone Group Events. 20. ZONE GROUP EVENTS Nations who do not compete in the World Group or World Group II will compete in one of the following Zone Group Events: Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa Additional regulations for the Zone Group Events are set out in Appendix A. V. WORLD GROUP AND WORLD GROUP II 21. DATES FOR ROUNDS (a) All Ties shall be played during the calendar year of the competition. The Fed Cup Committee shall decide dates for all Ties following discussion with the WTA. There will be an interval of no less than twelve days between the dates fixed for each Tie in the World Group and World Group II unless the two Nations and the Fed Cup Committee agree otherwise. The Fed Cup Final must be completed by 31 December. (b) The Fed Cup Committee shall inform the competing Nations of the dates on which the Ties have to be played. 22. THE DRAW World Group (a) The Draw for the World Group, at which each competing Nation may be represented, shall be made by the Fed Cup Committee, no later than 31 December of the previous year. (b) Choice of Ground for all these Ties shall be determined at the same time (c) Seeds i) Four (4) Nations shall be seeded. Seeds 1 and 2 shall be the Finalists of the year immediately prior to the year for which the Seeds are being selected and Seeds 3 and 4 shall be in accordance with the most recent Fed Cup Nations Ranking. 8

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