Fifa announces bases for WC teams

World Cup 2010 hosts South Africa, who were due to use Esselen Park as their base, had to change after the president of the South African Football Association (Safa) Kirsten Nematandani found the proposed venue unsuitable as it was run-down.

The team will now stay in the Southern Sun hotel in Graystone Drive and train at a local high school, Sandown High School, just a few mitres from their base.

Football's controlling body Fifa on Wednesday announced the base camps of the 32 World Cup finalists.

Although most teams will play just one match in Gauteng, many of the teams opted to base themselves near Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Defending champions Italy chose the Leriba Lodge in Centurion outside Pretoria, where they will be virtual neighbours of the American side, who will be based in the Irene Country Lodge.

Germany, who will be staying in the Velmore Hotel, have also opted for Pretoria as a base, as have Diego Maradona's Argentina, Slovakia, North Korea, New Zealand and Ghana, who originally said they were going to stay in Nelspruit.

The only team now staying in Nelspruit, which is close to the Kruger National Park, is Chile.