The 2021 Davis Cup Finals will be held over 11 days rather than seven and will likely be staged across three European cities instead of just Madrid, the International Tennis Federation says.

The ITF announced on Monday that the international men’s tennis team event will run from November 25 to December 5, with 18 countries participating in six groups of three.

The number of nations reaching the finals will be cut to 16 in 2022.

Under the proposed three-site setup, the two new cities each would host two group stages and one quarter-final match.

Madrid, where the current season-ending tournament made its debut in 2019, would have two group stages, two quarterfinals, the semifinals and the final.

The ITF said there will be an open bidding process to pick contender cities that could join Madrid in 2021.

A decision on which additional hosts to accept, and whether to even add extra sites at all, is expected by March, depending in part on where things stand with the coronavirus pandemic.

The 2020 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid were called off because of the COVID-19 outbreak.