FIFA World Cup 2018, pre-tournament camps & friendlies

28 May 2018

Italy vs. Saudi Arabia (in St. Gallen, Switzerland)

The Italians may not have qualified for the big event, but still, they take part in the World Cup preparation nonetheless. As part of Saudi Arabia's pre-World-Cup schedule, they play a friendly in the Swiss town of St. Gallen:

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29 May 2018

Argentina vs. Haiti

Right after the Haiti game, the Argentinian team bid farewell to their home fans. They will now travel to Europe for the last touches ahead of the World Cup. Their initial destination will be Barcelona.

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30 May 2018

Austria vs. Russia (in Innsbruck)

The Russian team will leave the country on 20 May already to take to a training camp in Austria, where the team has spent time preparing for tournaments before. They will play a friendly against Austria there as well, before heading home, where later on, a friendly against Turkey awaits the World Cup hosts:

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1 June 2018

France vs. Italy (in Nice)

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2 June 2018

Austria vs. Germany (in Klagenfurt)

World Champions Germany gather their squad in Italy, but in the German-speaking part that is South Tyrol. It is from there that the Germans will travel to their first warm-up fixture against Austria, just across the mountains in Klagenfurt:

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3 June 2018

Spain vs. Switzerland (in Villarreal)

Switzerland have an ambitious first game in the competition in Russia, facing the strong side of Brazil and will match this in their friendly assignments with a trip to Villarreal, where the challenge of mighty Spain awaits them. As they have taken up a camp in the Ticino region, they will travel from and to Milano Malpensa, where the team joins a group of supporters who are also traveling to Spain on the team's Airbus A321:

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Albania vs. Ukraine (in Winterthur, SUI)

Two non-qualified nations still take the opportunity to improve their game ahead of the newly formed UEFA Nations League that will kick off later in 2018. Albania with its many Swiss-born players has chosen Winterthur to stage two friendly games at the Schützenwiese, one against neighbors Kosovo and another one against the Ukraine:

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Saudi Arabia vs. Peru (in St. Gallen, SUI)

Peru is another outfit to prepare the World Cup at a facility in Switzerland, where the conditions seem to be just right for a camp ahead of a giant tournament.

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