Pakistan drawn to face Taiwan

Published September 30, 2005

LONDON, Sept 29: Pakistan having lost to Chilea and back into the Asia/AOceania Zone have been drawn in Group I and will face Taiwan away in their first match next year.

The other teams in the group are Korea, India, Japan, China, Uzbekistan and Thailand.

Draw for the first round of the 2006 Davis Cup (nations with choice of venue listed first):

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Korea v India

Taiwan v Pakistan

Japan v China

Uzbekistan v Thailand

Group II

New Zealand v Lebanon

Kuwait v Kazakhstan

Hong Kong v Pacific Oceania

Indonesia v Malaysia.—Agencies

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