Nigeria have picked the city of Pyatigorsk as their first-choice base camp for next year’s World Cup in Russia, subject to approval from FIFA.
Nigeria national football team players pose prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying football match between Nigeria and Cameroon at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, southern Nigeria, on September 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTOWhile there, the Super Eagles would be lodged at the Professional Sanatorium Complex Mashuk Aqua-Therm, which, according to the FIFA guide book, is “one of the best spa facilities located in the protected eco-resort region of the Caucasian Mineral waters.”
Located in the southern cluster of FIFA’s Base Camps, the Sanatorium is almost equidistant from the Super Eagles’ match venues, namely Kaliningrad, Volgograd, and St Petersburg respectively.
It is two hours’ flying time from the venue of the first match against Croatia, one and half hours away from the venue of the second match, and 50 minutes flying time away from the venue of the final group game.
Nigeria wants Pyatigorsk as World Cup base
