Russia 2018: FIFA confirms the list of "Team Base Camps" for the 32 national teams

The list of "Team Base Camps" (TBC's) chosen by the 32 teams that will participate in the 2018 World Cup in Russia has been confirmed by FIFA (document to download, see downloads). These base camps, which will serve as headquarters for the teams during the competition, all consist of a hotel and a training site located close to each other, said the international federation on 09/02/2018.

"The TBCs will be the teams’ headquarters during the tournament and all of them will include a hotel and training site located a short distance from each other. They will also be approximately an hour's drive from an airport capable of landing medium-sized aircraft. A total of 123 visits were made by the various team delegations to the proposed TBCs during the selection process," added FIFA.

"As from five days before the respective team’s first match in the FIFA World Cup, with the sole exception of official training sessions in a stadium, each team should only use the official training sites allocated to it for training sessions or preparation matches. All teams are expected to arrive in the host…