ITST Davis Cup 2011 Info/Rules

[Rob ITST]

Welcome to the ITST Davis Cup 2011! The best players of each country will battle it out to see which nation is best!

Each Davis Cup team consists of max. 5 players with 1 team captain. The team selection can be changed for each encounter, the captain is fixed so he'll manage his team throughout the Cup. To sign up the captain of a country must post in The NEW Davis Cup Registration Thread with his team for the 1st round encounter. If you want to be a captain you must discuss this with your fellow countrymates. We do not make the decision who's captain of a country!

Format

The Davis Cup will be a knockout tournament. A maximum of 16 countries can enter. When your country loses an encounter they're out of the Cup. When the draw's made the home country can decide on what court the encounter will be played. An encounter will consist of 5 singles matches played by the best of 5 principle. When a country has won 3 matches the remaining rubbers will be best of 3 sets. The format of the encounter will be:

Match #1: Player B vs Player A
Match #2: Player A vs Player B
Match #3 (SIM): Player C vs Player C
Match #4: Player A vs Player A
Match #5: Player B vs Player B


The captain can also let the two reserve players play the last two matches. Note that all matches should be played in this order. So the first match will be Player 2 of the home team versus Player 1 of the away team.

Regional Teams

If you are the only player from a country, or a country that has only 2 members, post on the Not Enough Players From Your Country? Post Here thread.

We will attempt to form a team for you. The rules will be:

You must first attempt to form a team for your country. If your country already has a team, you must ask to be on that team. If that team is full, you must attempt to form a new team for your country.

If you cannot form a team, place your name and country in this thread. Then will we place you on a team consisting of players from the same geographic region. For instance: Team South America, Team Scandinavia, Team Asia.

We will only allow geographic teams if there is room left in the draw. So, if we already have 8 or 16 teams, we will not allow this type of team.

Schedule

Saturday, October 22nd: All countries must form their teams by this date. After this date, no new members can be added the teams.

Monday, October 24th: The draw will be announced.

Saturday, October 29th: All teams must have their lineups announced - Here they can decide who will be player A, B, and C. The home teams will also need to announce which court they will play on.

Monday, October 31st: Davis Cup will start.

All matches must be played in order, and you will have 1 week to complete each match.