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USA to host Hungary in BJK Cup play-offs whilst Australia travel to France

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Published 2 months ago

Record winners, the United States, ⁠will host Hungary, while France will welcome Australia ‌in the Billie Jean King ‌Cup play-offs set for ‌November, tournament organisers said ‌on Thursday.

[p]The play-offs, featuring seven ‌promoted teams from the regional Group I events ‌and seven countries that ⁠lost ‌in the 2026 qualifiers this ​month, will send the winners up to ​next year's qualifiers.[/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/usa/8xOuys1b/"]US[/a], who have won the ⁠title ​18 times, failed to reach the finals after a shock loss to Belgium ‌earlier this month, while seven-time champions Australia were defeated by Britain.[/p][embed guid="7a09c659-b695-4222-9476-f348aa65e387" url="https://x.com/BJKCup/status/2047262851866202300" social-type="twitter" /][p]Brazil will host 2023 champions Canada, while Sweden will visit third seed Poland, with the matches scheduled to ‌take place over two ​days between November 20 ‌and 22.[/p][p]Fourth-seeded Japan will host Argentina, as 2022 winners Switzerland, visit Thailand, and Slovenia welcome ⁠Indonesia.[/p]

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