"It means a lot for the whole country and for tennis in Finland.
Dusan Lajovic crashed to a 6-3 6-2 defeat by Jakub Mensik to leave Serbia in a spot of bother in Valencia.
They will be joined by Australia, after last year's runners-up secured a 3-0 win over Switzerland in Group B in Manchester.
We knew that we still had to win this match," Ebden said after the duo scored a 6-2 6-4 win over Huesler and Stricker.
Nicolas Jarry levelled the Group A tie in Bologna by beating Gabriel Diallo 6-4 6-4 before the deciding doubles rubber.
Persons:
Pabellon Fuente, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Nikola Cacic, Adam Pavlasek, Tomas Machac REUTERS, Pablo Morano, Otto Virtanen, outlasting Mackenzie McDonald, Emil Ruusuvuori, Tommy Paul, Ruusuvuori, Novak Djokovic, Dusan Lajovic, Jakub Mensik, Laslo Djere, Jiri Lehecka, I'm, Lehecka, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Dominic Stricker, Alex de Minaur, Marc, Andrea Huesler, Max Purcell, Matthew Ebden, Ebden, Alexis Galarneau, Chile's Alejandro Tabilo, Nicolas Jarry, Gabriel Diallo, Shrivathsa Sridhar
Organizations:
Czech, Finland, Davis, U.S, Australia, Switzerland, Thomson
Locations:
Serbia, Czech Republic, San Luis, Valencia, Spain, Croatia, United States, Canada, Australia, Finland, Split, It's, Malaga, Manchester, Bologna, Bengaluru