FIFA has confirmed Essentuki, in Russia’s Stavropol territory as the base camp of the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the 2018 World Cup.
Based on 2010 census, Essentuki has a population of 100,996 inhabitants and is considered the cultural capital of Russia’s Greek population.
According to a report from FIFA, authorities in the region will treat with double attention each team that has chosen bases for accommodation in the Caucasian Mineral Waters, including Nigeria.
As previously reported by TASS, training camps in Zheleznovodsk were also interested in national teams from Africa and Central America.
In total, five training bases have been reportedly built in the Caucasian Mineral Waters: in Kislovodsk, Yessentuki, Lermontov and two bases in Zheleznovodsk.
The bases have stadiums with a football fields, administrative and utility rooms with changing rooms and conference hall stands for 500 seats, as well as parking spaces.
The playgrounds are paired with a hotel where athletes will live, train, and leave for Mineralnye Vody airport.
Ashaolu Oluwafemi
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