Team Announcments

Can someone tell me who the captains of Canada and the Czech Republic have chosen?

...and i'd like to know who will be in Slovakian team! ;)

All the teams have just been announced :

World Group Quarter Finals

Austria v Croatia
Venue: Portschach Werzer Arena, Portschach
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Austria
Barbara Schett - Barbara Schwartz - Patricia Wartusch - Evelyn Fauth
Captain: Alfred Tesar

Croatia
Iva Majoli - Jelena Kostanic - Silvija Talaja - Karolina Sprem
Captain: Goran Prpic

Spain v Germany
Venue: CT. Es Coll d’Os, Mallorca
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Spain
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario - Magui Serna - Marta Marrero - Virginia Ruano Pascual
Captain: Miguel Margets

Germany
Martina Muller - Marlene Weingartner - Barbara Rittner - Bianca Lamade
Captain: Markus Schur

Slovak Republic v France
Venue: Incheba - Hall “C”
Surface: Carpet - indoors

Slovak Republic
Daniela Hantuchova - Janette Husarova - Martina Sucha - Henrieta Nagyova
Captain: Tomas Malik

France
Amelie Mauresmo - Nathalie Dechy - Emilie Loit - Stephanie Foretz
Captain: Guy Forget

Italy v Belgium
Venue: Circolo Tennis Bologna, Bologna
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Italy
Silvia Farina Elia - Rita Grande - Francesca Schiavone - Adriana Serra Zanetti
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

Belgium
Els Callens - Laurence Courtois - Caroline Maes - Elke Clijsters
Captain: Ivo Van Aken


World Group Play Offs team nominations

Australia v Netherlands
Venue: WIN Sports & Entertainment Centre,
Wollongong
Surface: Hard - indoors

Australia
Nicole Pratt - Alicia Molik - Evie Dominikovic - Rennae Stubbs
Captain: Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Netherlands
Miriam Oremans - Kristie Boogert - Marielle Hoogland - Silvana Bauer
Captain: Tjerk Bogtstra

China v Russia
Venue: Beijing International Tennis Centre, Beijing
Surface: Hard - indoors

Russia
Elena Dementieva - Tatiana Panova - Elena Bovina
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev

China
Jie Zheng - Na Li - Nan Nan Liu - Zi Yan
Captain: Li Qio Yu

Czech Republic v Canada
Venue: TC Precolor Prerov, Prerov
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Czech Republic
Iveta Benesova - Klara Koukalova - Petra Cetkovska - Barbora Strycova
Captain: Jan Kukal

Canada
Maureen Drake - Jana Nejedly - Vanessa Webb - Marie-Eve Pelletier
Captain: Rene Simpson

Slovenia v Ukraine
Venue: SRC Marina Portoro, Portoro
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Slovenia
Tina Pisnik - Maja Matevzic - Petra Rampre - Ajda Brumen
Captain: Blaz Trupej

Ukraine
Tatiana Perebiynis - Elena Tatarkova - Yulia Beygelzimer - Alyona Bondarenko
Captain: Yuriy Snopko

Hungary v Argentina
Venue: Romai Teniszakademia, Budapest
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Hungary - Petra Mandula - Zsofia Gubacsi - Aniko Kapros - Kira Nagy
Captain: Andrea Temesvari

Argentina
Clarisa Fernandez - Mariana Diaz-Oliva - Maria Emilia Salerni - Laura Montalvo
Captain: Ricardo Rivero

Sweden v Switzerland
Venue: Malmo IP, Malmo
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Switzerland
Patty Schnyder - Emmanuelle Gagliardi - Myriam Casanova - Daniela Casanova
Captain: Annemarie Ruegg

Sweden
Asa Svensson - Sofia Arvidsson - Maria Wolfbrand - Aleksandra Srndovic
Captain: Maria Strandlund

USA v Israel
Venue: Cooper Tennis Complex, Springfield, MO.
Surface: Hard - outdoors

USA
Monica Seles - Lindsay Davenport - Meghann Shaughnessy - Lisa Raymond
Captain: Billie Jean King

Israel
Anna Smashnova - Tzipora Obziler - Shahar Peer - Hila Rosen
Captain: Oded Jacob

Thank You Steve

Go Tina Go Slovenia!! ;)

Paola Suarez not playing:confused: I heard last week she was in the team:(

I am glad Clarisa is in the team, but Mariana is not playing well this season:rolleyes:

Good Luck Girls:wavey:

The QF matches look very interesting.

There's alot of on form players- Daniela, Els, Amelie,
the Italian etc...

Go China !!! :D

and also Myriam, Daniela, Anna and the whole Swedish team !!

Go Croatian team! Kick some ass!

Schiavone is out injured and her place goes to Roberta Vinci

GIO 11/07/2002 La giocatrice Francesca Schiavone, convocata dal capitano Corrado Barazzutti in vista dell´incontro di Fed Cup Italia-Belgio, in programma a Bologna il 20 e 21 luglio e valido per i quarti di finale, ha comunicato oggi che non sarà in grado di far parte della squadra a causa di un infortunio muscolare. Al suo posto Barazzutti ha provveduto a convocare Roberta Vinci.
"Sono molto dispiaciuta di non poter vestire la maglia azzurra. A chi non dispiacerebbe?" ha commentato la Schiavone al telefono. "Spero proprio che questo problema non pregiudichi anche la mia partecipazione ai primi tornei americani che cominceranno tra due settimane...".
Sono stati intanto ufficializzati anche i nomi delle giocatrici che faranno parte della formazione belga, capitanata da Ivo Van Aken. Si tratta di Els Callens, Laurence Courtois, Elke Clijsters e Caroline Maes.
L´incontro si svolgerà al Circolo Tennis Bologna (Giardini Margherita) al quale, per l´occasione, è previsto l´ingresso gratuito. Le azzurre si ritroveranno a Bologna la sera di domenica 14 luglio per cominciare gli allenamenti il giorno dopo, mentre l´arrivo del Belgio è previsto per lunedì 15.