The2012 Davis Cup World Group play-offs were held from September 14 to 16. They were the main play-offs of the 2012 Davis Cup.^[1] Winners of the playoffs advanced to the2013 World Group, and losers were relegated to their respectiveZonal Regions I.

Bold indicates team has qualified for the2013 Davis Cup World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Kazakhstan	3–1	Uzbekistan	Astana	National Tennis Centre	Indoor	Clay
Germany	3–2	Australia	Hamburg	Rothenbaum Stadium	Outdoor	Clay
Japan	2–3	Israel	Tokyo	Ariake Coliseum	Outdoor	Hard
Belgium	5–0	Sweden	Brussels	Royal Primerose Tennis Club	Outdoor	Clay
Canada	4–1	South Africa	Montreal	Uniprix Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Brazil	5–0	Russia	São José do Rio Preto	Harmonia Tenis Clube	Outdoor	Clay
Italy	4–1	Chile	Napoli	Tennis Club Napoli	Outdoor	Clay
Netherlands	2–3	Switzerland	Amsterdam	Westergasfabriek	Outdoor	Clay

•  Canada, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan and  Switzerland will remain in the World Group in2013.
•  Belgium, Brazil and Israel are promoted to the World Group in2013.
•  Australia, Chile, Netherlands, South Africa, and Uzbekistan will remain in Zonal Group I in2013.
•  Japan, Russia and Sweden are relegated to Zonal Group I in2013.

Kazakhstan 3	National Tennis Centre,Astana,Kazakhstan[2] 14–16 September 2012 Clay (i)		Uzbekistan 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Evgeny Korolev Denis Istomin 3 6 6 4 2 6 6 0 3 6   2 Mikhail Kukushkin Farrukh Dustov 6 2 6 4 3 6 77 65     3 Andrey Golubev / Yuri Schukin Farrukh Dustov / Denis Istomin 77 63 6 3 6 4       4 Mikhail Kukushkin Denis Istomin 6 4 6 2 64 77 6 2     5 Evgeny Korolev Farrukh Dustov           not played

Germany 3	Rothenbaum Stadium,Hamburg,Germany[3] 14–16 September 2012 Clay		Australia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Bernard Tomic 6 2 3 6 4 6 64 77     2 Florian Mayer Lleyton Hewitt 7 5 6 3 6 2       3 Benjamin Becker / Philipp Petzschner Chris Guccione / Lleyton Hewitt 3 6 2 6 6 2 64 77     4 Florian Mayer Bernard Tomic 6 4 6 2 6 3       5 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Lleyton Hewitt 6 4 6 1 6 4

Japan 2	Ariake Coliseum,Tokyo,Japan[4] 14–16 September 2012 Hard		Israel 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Go Soeda Dudi Sela 6 2 6 4 3 6 6 4     2 Tatsuma Ito Amir Weintraub 3 6 2 6 4 6       3 Tatsuma Ito / Yuichi Sugita Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 7 5 3 6 3 6 1 6     4 Kei Nishikori Dudi Sela 6 3 3 6 4 6 6 4 7 5   5 Go Soeda Amir Weintraub 3 6 65 77 6 4 3 6

Belgium 5	Royal Primerose Tennis Club,Brussels,Belgium[5] 14–16 September 2012 Clay		Sweden 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Steve Darcis Michael Ryderstedt 6 3 77 63 6 0       2 David Goffin Andreas Vinciguerra 6 4 6 3 7 5       3 Ruben Bemelmans / Olivier Rochus Johan Brunström / Michael Ryderstedt 6 4 4 6 6 3 6 2     4 David Goffin Markus Eriksson 6 3 6 4         5 Steve Darcis Andreas Vinciguerra 6 4 6 2

Canada 4	Uniprix Stadium,Montreal,Canada[6] 14–16 September 2012 Hard		South Africa 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vasek Pospisil Izak van der Merwe 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Milos Raonic Nikala Scholtz 7 5 6 4 7 5       3 Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil Raven Klaasen / Izak van der Merwe 4 6 62 77 65 77       4 Milos Raonic Izak van der Merwe 6 2 6 2 6 4       5 Frank Dancevic Nikala Scholtz 6 2 6 2

Brazil 5	Harmonia Tenis Clube,São José do Rio Preto,Brazil[7] 14–16 September 2012 Clay		Russia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rogério Dutra da Silva Igor Andreev 6 2 6 1 0 0       retired 2 Thomaz Bellucci Teymuraz Gabashvili 6 3 4 6 6 0 77 64     3 Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares Alex Bogomolov, Jr. / Teymuraz Gabashvili 7 5 6 2 79 67       4 Thomaz Bellucci Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 77 64 6 3         5 Rogério Dutra da Silva Stanislav Vovk 6 2 6 2

Italy 4	Tennis Club Napoli,Napoli,Italy[8] 14–16 September 2012 Clay		Chile 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andreas Seppi Guillermo Hormazábal 7 5 6 1 6 2       2 Fabio Fognini Paul Capdeville 2 6 6 2 66 78 6 1 6 2   3 Daniele Bracciali / Andreas Seppi Jorge Aguilar / Paul Capdeville 4 6 6 4 4 6 2 6     4 Andreas Seppi Paul Capdeville 6 3 6 1 6 3       5 Simone Bolelli Christian Garín 6 4 6 3

Netherlands 2	Westergasfabriek,Amsterdam,Netherlands[9] 14–16 September 2012 Clay		Switzerland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thiemo de Bakker Roger Federer 3 6 4 6 4 6       2 Robin Haase Stanislas Wawrinka 3 6 6 3 3 6 64 77     3 Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka 6 4 6 2 5 7 6 3     4 Robin Haase Roger Federer 1 6 4 6 4 6       5 Thiemo de Bakker Marco Chiudinelli 6 2 77 64

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