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11 Bye and lose their first Tie). The losers of this Play-off Round shall play in a second Play-off Round. The two losers of this Play-off Round shall be relegated to Group II of the Zone. (Depending on number of Nations, a third Play-off Round might be needed). 23. AMERICAS AND ASIA/OCEANIA ZONES GROUP II (a) Participation Eight Nations in the Americas Zone and eight Nations in the Asia/Oceania Zone shall each play in Group II of their area. They shall be selected as follows: (i) The Nation who was relegated from Group I of the area the previous year; (ii) Those Nations who competed in Group II the previous year and were not promoted to Group I or relegated to Group III; and (iii) The two Nations with the best record from Group III the previous year. (b) Seeds Four Nations shall be seeded. The seeds shall be drawn and placed as follows: Seeds 1 and 2 shall be placed in positions 1 and 8 respectively. Seeds 3 and 4 shall be drawn first into position 3 and then position 6. The selection of seeds shall be made by the Davis Cup Committee in accordance with the most recent Davis Cup Nations Ranking. (c) Draw If two Nations have been drawn to meet each other in two successive years in the first round, in the third year they shall be drawn in different halves of the draw. (d) Promotion The winner of the Groups shall be promoted and play in Group I of their Zone in the following year. (e) Relegation There shall be two Play-off Ties in each Group for the four Nations losing in the First Round, the Nations playing each other in the order of the original draw. The two losers of these Play-off Ties shall be relegated to the Zonal Group III of their respective Zone (see Appendix A). 24. EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II (a) Participation Sixteen Nations in the Europe/Africa Zone shall play in Group II, selected as follows: (i) The two Nations relegated from Group I the previous year; (ii) Those Nations who competed in Group II the previous year and were not promoted to Group I or relegated to Group III; and (iii) The four Nations with the best record from Group III the previous year.