Malaga in Spain will host the knockout stage of this year's Davis Cup Finals in November on an indoor hard court, the International Tennis Federation said on Wednesday .
The Finals will have 16 nations competing in four groups across Bologna, Glasgow, Hamburg and a fourth city - replacing Malaga - with each staging one group of four teams. Bids to replace Malaga as the host city for the group stage have to be submitted by Apr 21, the ITF and event owners Kosmos Tennis said.