Canada will face Romania, Japan within the qualifiers for the Billie Jean King Cup

Canada will face Romania and Japan of their qualifying group for the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup worldwide girls’s tennis match.

The draw for the qualifiers was held on Thursday in London. Prime-seeded Canada and their rivals have been drawn in Group A, the place Japan is the host.

Qualifying will start on April 7. The winners of the six groups from the three nations will compete within the closing in opposition to host nation China and 2024 champions Italy.

Canada misplaced to Britain in final 12 months’s quarterfinals after profitable the occasion for the primary time in 2023.

Romania beat Canada 3-0 in girls’s worldwide tennis. Its most up-to-date win got here within the World Group II playoff in 2018 when the occasion was often known as the Federation Cup.

Canada is 1-3 in opposition to Japan, though the edges haven’t met because the occasion switched to a world workforce from a regional qualifying format in 1995.

Qualifying groups are getting used this 12 months because the match strikes from 12 groups to an eight-team closing. Conventional residence or away ties will return to playoffs and playoffs in 2026.

Tennis Canada says the precise schedule and full schedule will likely be confirmed at a later date.