Togo to arrive first

ByReuters

Published 08/05/2006 at 14:23 GMT

Togo will be the first of the 32 World Cup teams to arrive in Germany - more than three weeks before the tournament begins on June 9. Togo are due to touch down in Germany on May 15, World Cup organisers said on Monday. The squad will have their base camp in Wangen in the south of the country.

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Hosts Germany will not convene at their base hotel in Berlin until June 4, although the squad will be together for camps in Sardinia and Geneva from May 16.

Holders Brazil will also be arriving on June 4 but Ukraine do not arrive until the opening day of the tournament.

Germany play the first match in Group A against Costa Rica in Munich on June 9. The final is in Berlin on July 9.

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