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36 APPENDIX A SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR THE ZONAL GROUP III AND IV COMPETITION PARTICIPATION ZONAL GROUP III Nations not qualified to compete in the World Group nor in the Zonal Groups I and II, shall play in the Zonal Group III Competition of their Zone as follows: (a) Americas and Asia/Oceania Zones Eight (8) Nations in the Americas Zone and eight (8) Nations in the Asia/Oceania Zone shall each play in Group III of their Zone. They shall be selected as follows: (i) The two Nations who were relegated from Group II of the Zone the previous year. (ii) Those Nations who competed in Group III in the previous year and were not promoted to Group II or relegated to Group IV and (iii) The two Nations with the best record from Group IV the previous year. (b) Europe/Africa Zone Nations not qualified to compete in the World Group nor in the Zonal Groups I or II in Europe/Africa Zone shall play in Group III. The Nations shall be divided so that European Nations whose principal territory is within the confines of Europe shall play in the Europe Zonal Group III and Nations situated in the continent of Africa shall play in Africa Zonal Group III. They shall be selected as follows: (i) The four Nations who were relegated from Group II the previous year. (ii) Those Nations who competed in Group III in the previous year and were not promoted to Group II. PARTICIPATION ZONAL GROUP IV Nations not qualified to compete in the World Group nor in the Zonal Groups I, II and III and any Nation who did not compete in the previous year, shall play in the Zonal Group IV Competition of their Zone, as follows: Americas and Asia/Oceania Zones Those Nations in America and Asia/Oceania competing in Group IV the previous year who were not promoted, and those who have been relegated from Group III of the previous year, and in addition any Nation entering the competition for the first time or did not compete in the previous year. FORMAT OF PLAY Each Group must be played over a maximum of seven days at one or two venues selected by the Davis Cup Committee. For eight Nations they must be divided into two groups of four Nations in each group. For other number of Nations the Davis Cup Committee will decide the composition of Nations in each group. The Nations in a group must play on a round-robin or on a combined round-robin basis as determined by the Davis Cup Committee from time to time depending on