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2023 Davis Cup Qualifying Round
The 2023 Davis Cup qualifying round was held from 3 to 5 February 2023. The twelve winners of this round qualified for the 2023 Davis Cup Finals while the twelve losers qualified for the 2023 Davis Cup World Group I. Teams Twenty-four teams will play for twelve spots in the finals, in series decided on a home and away basis. These twenty-four teams are: * 12 teams ranked 3rd–16th in the 2022 Finals except the 2 wild card teams * 12 winning teams from the 2022 World Group I The 12 winning teams from the qualifying round will play at the Finals and the 12 losing teams will play at the World Group I. ''#: Nations Ranking as of 28 November 2022.'' Qualified teams Seeded teams # (#1) # (#3) # (#5) # (#6) # (#9) # (#10) # (#11) # (#12) # (#13) # (#14) # (#15) # (#17) Unseeded teams * (#18) * (#19) * (#21) * (#22) * (#24) * (#27) * (#28) * (#29) * (#30) * (#31) * (#33) * (#40) Results summary Results Croatia vs. Austria Hungary vs. France Uzbek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Davis Cup Finals
Italy defeated Australia 2-0 in the tennis final of the 2023 Davis Cup. It was Italy's second Davis Cup title, having previously won in 1976. The Finals, formerly known as World Group, is the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2023. It took place from 12 to 17 September and from 21 to 26 November 2023. The ties are contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and played on one day. There are two singles followed by a doubles. Canada was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Finland. Knockout stage Bracket All knockout stage matches took place on indoor hard courts at the Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga, Spain. Team nominations Rankings are as of 20 November 2023. Knockout stage results Quarterfinals Canada vs. Finland Czech Republic vs. Australia Italy vs. Netherlands Serbia vs. Great Britain Semifinals Finland vs. Australia Italy vs. Serbia Final Australia vs. Italy Group stage Participating teams 16 nations took part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espoo
Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi while surrounding the enclaved town of Kauniainen. The city covers with a population of about 300 000 residents in 2022, making it the 2nd-most populous city in Finland. Espoo forms a major part of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Helsinki, home to over 1.5 million people in 2020. Espoo was first settled in the Prehistoric Era, with the first signs of human settlements going back as far as 8,000 years, but the population effectively disappeared in the early stages of the Iron Age. In the Early Middle Ages, the area was resettled by Tavastians and Southwestern Finns. After the Northern Crusades, Swedish settlers started migrating to the coastal areas of present-day Finland, and Espoo was established as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland Vs
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
