Britain and Canada have clashed just once in the Davis Cup -- in 1967 -- and the tie is likely to pit three-times grand slam champion Andy Murray against Canada's world number six Milos Raonic, in a repeat of this year's Wimbledon final.
The United States, Davis Cup champions 32 times, face Switzerland, who won the tournament for the first time in 2014 with a team including this year's U.S. Open winner Stan Wawrinka and 17-times grand slam champion Roger Federer.
The draw for the World Group also gave world number one Novak Djokovic's Serbia a home clash with Russia, with Australia taking on 2012 and 2013 winners Czech Republic.
Croatia, who beat France in the other semi-final of this year's tournament, host Spain, while Argentina clash with Italy. Kei Nishikori's Japan face nine-times winners France.
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The first round ties will be played from Feb. 3-5.
First round ties (home teams named first):
Argentina v Italy
Germany v Belgium
Australia v Czech Republic
United States v Switzerland
Japan v France
Canada v Britain
Serbia v Russia
Croatia v Spain
(Reporting by Ian Rodricks in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)
