The FIP World Cup gets under way in Doha on Monday, November 2, with 32 national teams, 16 men's and 16 women's, competing at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex until November 7. Argentina arrive as defending champions in the men's draw and Spain in the women's
Both draws are split into four groups of four teams, and the top two in each group advance to the quarter-finals. In the men's draw, Group A has Argentina, France, Australia and the Netherlands, Group B Spain, the UAE, Sweden and Paraguay, Group C Portugal, Chile, Qatar and Germany, and Group D Italy, Brazil, the United States and Mexico
The women's groups look like this: Group A has Spain, Brazil, Germany and Great Britain, Group B Argentina, France, Chile and Belgium, Group C Italy, Sweden, Egypt and Indonesia, and Group D Portugal, the Netherlands, the United States and Paraguay
The tournament splits up the best pairs on the circuit. Agustín Tapia and Delfi Brea play for Argentina, while Arturo Coello and Gemma Triay play for Spain. Ale Galán's place in the Spanish squad depends on his recovery from the injury that kept him out of the Kuwait Major
