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38 Captains' meeting and Draw to be held on the day prior to the start of the Competition. In addition, the nomination of a non-playing Captain may be changed at any time before the commencement of the Event. The order of merit must be based on the Computer Singles Ranking accepted by the ITF as of the time of team nominations. Players with no Computer ranking must be ranked for the entire event based on national ranking, where available, by their respective Captain. NOTIFICATION OF SINGLES AND DOUBLES PLAYERS Each Captain must give to the Referee the names of the two singles players and the doubles team, no later than sixty (60) minutes before the scheduled start of play each day. The doubles team can be changed until fifteen (15) minutes after the conclusion of the preceding singles match. If, between the nomination/change of nomination deadline and the start of play one of the players, in the opinion of the Referee, is ill or injured, the Referee may sanction the substitution of that player/team by another player/team nominated for the Tie. CAPTAINS' MEETING AND DRAW The Referee must call a meeting of all the Captains, to take place on the day before the start of the Competition. The Draw must take place following the Captains' Meeting unless otherwise decided by the ITF. Player attendance is not obligatory. OFFICIALS The Davis Cup Committee will appoint a Neutral Referee and one Neutral Certified Chair Umpire for each group and venue. The Referee shall be responsible for the allocation of courts for both practice and Competition. The Referee is the final on - site authority for the interpretation of these Rules and Regulations and the Code of Conduct. METHOD OF DETERMINING PLACES IN THE ROUND ROBIN Each Tie will consist of three matches, two singles and one doubles. The Nation which wins the majority of the matches in the Tie shall be declared the winner, and shall be awarded one point. - If two Nations score an equal number of points, the head-to-head result between these Nations shall decide the winner. - If three or more Nations score an equal number of points the following procedure must be used: - The number of matches won shall decide the winner. - If matches won are equal, the percentage of sets won of sets played against all teams in the pool shall decide the winner. - If percentage of sets won are equal, the percentage of games won of games played against all teams in the pool shall decide the winner. When three or more Nations are tied head-to-head results are never used to determine the positions in the Group.

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