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Draw is at 11:30 tomorrow 

First of all I would like to say it is farcical there is no information about this on the official website with my sources being Wikipedia and twitter.

We will play one of the following teams assuming Spain who are hosts get a wild card.

Australia (venue chosen by lot)

Switzerland (lot)

Czechia (home)

France (away)

Spain (lot)

USA (lot)

Kazakhstan (away)

Germany (lot)

Slovakia (home)

Romania (home)



-- Edited by wolf on Sunday 26th of November 2023 11:48:08 AM



-- Edited by wolf on Tuesday 30th of January 2024 09:41:35 PM



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wolf wrote:

Draw is at 11:30 tomorrow 

First of all I would like to say it is farcical there is no information about this on the official website with my sources being Wikipedia and twitter.

We will play one of the following teams assuming Spain who are hosts get a wild card.

Australia (venue chosen by lot)

Switzerland (lot)

Czechia (home)

France (away)

Spain (lot)

USA (lot)

Kazakhstan (away)

Germany (lot)

Slovakia (home)

Romania (home)

 Isn't Ukraine in this somewhere?



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These are the play-off winners who will be drawn against the teams as posted by wolf above (taken from the official site here).
There is some duplication, so one of the lists is wrong


Belgium
Brazil
Great Britain
Japan
Mexico
Romania
Slovakia
Ukraine



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the addict wrote:

These are the play-off winners who will be drawn against the teams as posted by wolf above (taken from the official site here).
There is some duplication, so one of the lists is wrong


Belgium
Brazil
Great Britain
Japan
Mexico
Romania
Slovakia
Ukraine

 It must be Slovakia and Romania as they are part of the first 10 team list , presumably that was an error by ITF, taking them out of the initial list would make it 8 teams in both lists? 



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The seeding is done on ranking.

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All options other than Germany at home are very tough.

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Wild card goes to Czechia and Spain also get a spot so my seedings above are correct minus those two.



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France away, same as this year. Brilliant.

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Meh. Very few tie options we'd be favourites in to be honest.

Would have preferred a few other teams ahead of France, a few are not as strong as they were. But let's see, we came pretty close this year.



-- Edited by PaulM on Sunday 26th of November 2023 11:49:01 AM

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The FFT announced a couple of weeks ago that the tie will be played at "The Cauldron" in Le Portel on 12/13 April. Unsurprisingly the choice of surface is indoor clay. It has a capacity of 3,400. A rather small venue considering with it not being far from Calais there should be a good British support.

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The FFT announced a couple of weeks ago that the tie will be played at "The Cauldron" in Le Portel on 12/13 April. Unsurprisingly the choice of surface is indoor clay. It has a capacity of 3,400. A rather small venue considering with it not being far from Calais there should be a good British support.

 The BJK Cup website doesnt seem to have caught up with that news - and its not as if the website admin is run off their feet with news to update! 

https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/draws--results?stage=FC-QLS&year=2024&region=W-FC-2024-QLSQualifiers



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Have the French made a strategic mistake? Probably not but by choosing clay it brings Emma into consideration as there is no quick transition of surface, which she said would rule her out, and it's ideal preparation for her for the indoor clay in Stuttgart the following week.

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Have the French made a strategic mistake? Probably not but by choosing clay it brings Emma into consideration as there is no quick transition of surface, which she said would rule her out, and it's ideal preparation for her for the indoor clay in Stuttgart the following week.

 Emma has little experience on the surface and Katie skipped most of the clay court season last year so ought to give France a big advantage. Fitness permitting i'd bring in Fran and/or Sonay into the squad as they're probably our best players on the dirt.



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I believe today is deadline day for team nominations (28 days before the first day of the tie). With Jodie out, I think our team selects itself. If it's not Katie , Harriet, Heather and Emma I'll be surprised. That's assuming Emma makes herself available, which according to Russell Fuller at the beginning of the week, she told him that she was 'likely to play' the BJK Cup.

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Confirmed as Katie, Harriet, Heather and Emma.

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