体坛英语新闻：Barcelona chosen as Davis Cup final venue

MADRID, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona was named this Saturday as the city to host the final of the Davis cup between Spain and the Czech Republic.

    The final of tennis team tournament, will be held in the Palau San Jordi in Barcelona. The Palau was the venue of the 2000 final, which saw Spain beat Australia to win the trophy for the first time.

    Barcelona was chosen ahead of Valencia after the city of Madrid opted not to present an offer to host the event.

    The Palau San Jordi has seats for 17,600 spectators and will almost certainly be sold out as Spain attempts to retain the trophy that it won last year in Argentina.

    The final will be played on December 4-6.