The 31 teams heading to Qatar will have a Team Base Camp to call home at what's been regarded as the most compact FIFA World Cup to date.
Let's see where all the teams will be based...
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With the FIFA World Cup edging ever closer, most of the 31 travelling teams and hosts Qatar will be staying in close proximity to each other.
Teams will have a Team Base Camp (TBC), meaning that all 32 nations will be based at the same facilities throughout competition.
Let's take a closer look!
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TBC's for World Cup Teams
24 out of the 32 teams will stay within a 10km radius of each other at this year's World Cup. As per FIFA, Teams will check in at their TBC Hotels at least five days before their first match.
A press release on the FIFA web site explained the TBC concept as a headquarters of a participating team for the period of the World Cup.
The TBC's combine a training site with a top class hotel or another form of accommodation.
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FIFA stated that the accommodations ranged from four and five-star hotels to villas, resorts and non-hotel accommodation. That includes sports academy residences and school/university housing.
There will be three types of training sites in use for the tournament: local clubs, cluster training facilities and the usual stadium training sites.
FIFA's Chief Operating Officer for the World Cup, Colin Smith endorses the TBC concept and the close proximity of majority of the teams:
"Players will have more time to train and rest during the competition, while being able to experience the excitement that will take over the country at much closer quarters, as fellow players and passionate fans from all 32 nations will be gathering in a single area."
Unsurprisingly many of these facilities have been built from scratch or renovated.
In July, Al Jazeera published a list of hotels of where the teams will be based.
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Argentina: Qatar University
Australia: Aspire Academy
Belgium: Hilton Salwa Beach Resort
Brazil: The Westin Doha Hotel and Spa
Cameroon: Banyan Tree Doha
Canada: Century Premier Hotel Lusail
Costa Rica: dusitD2 Salwa
Croatia: Hilton Doha
Denmark: Retaj Salwa Resort
Ecuador: Hyatt Regency Oryx Doha
England: Souq Al Wakra Hotel
France: Al Messila
Germany: Zulal Wellness Resort
Ghana: Double Tree by Hilton Doha
Iran: Al Rayyan Hotel Doha Curio Collection by Hilton
Japan: Radisson Blu
Mexico: Simaisma
Morocco: Wyndham Doha West Bay
Poland: Ezdan Palace Hotel
Portugal: Al Samriya Autograph Collection Hotel
Qatar: Al Aziziyah Boutique Hotel
Saudi Arabia: Sealine Beach
Senegal: Duhail Handball Sports Hall
Serbia: Rixos Gulf Hotel Doha
Spain: Qatar University
South Korea: Le Meridien City Centre
Switzerland: Le Royal Meridien
Tunisia: Wyndham Grand Doha West Bay Beach
Wales: Delta Hotels City Centre
Uruguay: Pullman Doha West Bay
USA: Marsa Malaz Kempinski
Reuters took to Twitter yesterday to share a clip capturing a number of the hotels and TBC's:
As the 2022 soccer World Cup is about to begin in Qatar, take a look inside the bases of the teams participating in the tournament pic.twitter.com/Il69Eep1Il
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 1, 2022
The tournament kicks off 20 November and with the final on 18 December.
Check the gallery to see the golden boot favourites along with a map and breakdown of the TBC's and hotels:
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