The 10 teams in Christchurch – Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Kazakhstan, Korea, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Singapore, New Zealand, and Jordan – will engage in round-robin matches in two pools of five, with the top two teams meeting in Saturday's final for a place in the World Group II Playoffs.
GROUP A
THAILAND
Tamarine Tanasugarn(WTA-68), Napaporn Tongsalee(WTA-300), Montinee Tangphong(WTA-363), Nungnadda Wannasuk (WTA-677)
Captain: Vittaya Samrej
KOREA, REP.
Mi Yoo(WTA-338), Ye-Ra Lee(WTA-390), Eun-Hye Cho(WTA-469), Jin A Lee(WTA-649)
Captain: Soon-Ho Shin
UZBEKISTAN
Iroda Tulyaganova(WTA-131), Akgul Amanmuradova(WTA-208), Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva(WTA-916), Albina Khabibulina
Captain: Samuk Abidov
HONG KONG CHINA
Wing-Yau Venise Chan(WTA-606), Ling Zhang(WTA-656), Po Kuen Lam(WTA-844), Ka-Po Tong
Captain: Yat-Wai Venant Shum
SINGAPORE
Wei-Ping Lee(WTA-995), Beier Ko(WTA-1130), Li-Yun Stefanie Tan, Celina Cassandra Goetti
Captain: Daniel Heryanta Dewandaka
GROUP B
INDIA
Sunitha Rao(WTA-229), Shihka Uberoi(WTA-236), Ankita Bhambri(WTA-489), Tara Iyer(WTA-532)
Captain: Enrico Piperno
CHINESE TAIPEI
Su-Wei Hsieh(WTA-117), Chin-Wei Chan(WTA-160), I-Hsuan Hwang(WTA-294), Yi Chen(WTA-377)
Captain: Shi-Ting Wang
NEW ZEALAND
Leanne Baker(WTA-270), Shona Lee(WTA-608), Diane Hollands(WTA-993), Sacha Jones(WTA-557)
Captain: David Lewis (tbc)
KAZAKHSTAN
Mariya Kovaleva, Yekaterina Morozova, Tatyana Ignatchenko
Captain: Valery Kovalyov