RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – FIFA on Saturday unveiled the definitive list of base camps for the 32 nations participating at this year’s World Cup in Brazil. Most teams — 24 in all — will be based in the south east of the country, 15 of them in Sao Paulo state. Five will pitch camp in the north east and the south will host the other three, FIFA said. Brazil will be based in the small town of Teresopolis, 90km north of Rio, while reigning champions Spain have chosen the southern city of Curitiba and England have selected Rio de Janeiro. Herewith the full base camp list for the event, starting on June 12 and running to July 13: Algeria: Sorocaba Argentina: Vespasiano Australia: Vitoria Belgium: Mogi das Cruzes Bosnia-Herzegovina: Guaruja Brazil: Teresopolis Cameroon: Vitoria Chile: Belo Horizonte Colombia: Cotia Costa Rica: Santos Croatia: Mata de Sao Joao Ecuador: Viamao England: Rio de Janeiro France: Ribeirao Preto Germany: Santa Cruz Cabralia Ghana: Maceio Greece: Aracaju Holland: Rio de Janeiro Honduras: Porto Feliz Italy: Mangaratiba Iran: Guarulhos Ivory Coast: Aguas de Lindoia Japan: Itu Mexico: Santos Nigeria: Campinas Portugal: Campinas Russia: Itu South Korea: Foz do Iguaçu Spain: Curitiba Switzerland: Porto Seguro United States: Sao Paulo Uruguay: Sete Lagoa
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:14:24 +0000
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