Brazil announce training base and hotel for 2026 World Cup 🏆 | OneFootball

FIFA has defined the training bases for the teams participating in the World Cup, and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has secured an important location for the Seleção. Meeting a specific request, Brazil will use the Columbia Park Training Center, located in Morristown, New Jersey. The delegation will be staying at the The Ridge hotel in Basking Ridge, also in New Jersey, on the east coast of the United States.

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Modern and sustainable structure

Columbia Park belongs to RB New York. The center features training areas, fully equipped gyms, locker rooms, and administrative offices. The project prioritizes sustainable design and accessibility, aiming to provide an environment suitable for elite football. Currently, expansion and modernization works are underway at the site to further improve the facilities and equipment.

Strategic choice

The selection of The Ridge hotel took into account several crucial aspects, such as privacy, comfort, and security, as well as proximity to the training site. The CBF conducted extensive research, with members of the Selections Department visiting potential locations in various American cities, including Orlando, Seattle, Portland, Dallas, Nashville, Boston, Kansas City, and San Diego, before focusing on New York and New Jersey.

Rodrigo Caetano, general coordinator of men's teams at CBF, highlighted the quality of the decision. “I believe we made the best choice based on our evaluations,” he stated.

He emphasized that, since qualification was confirmed, the organization sought a location that offered the necessary structure, with privacy, modernity, and comfort. “After the draw that defined the groups and match locations, we intensified our search and found in RB New York's training center the perfect setting to host the Seleção,” Caetano added.

Columbia Park: a highly sought-after location

Columbia Park proved to be an even more relevant choice upon realizing that it was the training base that received the highest number of requests among all the options offered by FIFA for the World Cup. Rodrigo Caetano emphasized the goal of providing the best possible conditions. “Our objective is to give Carlo Ancelotti, the coaching staff, and the players the best working conditions, within our principles and concepts,” he declared.

Brazil’s group and match locations

In the draw held in Washington, Brazil was seeded in Group C of the World Cup, facing Morocco, Scotland, and Haiti. The Brazilian team’s matches will take place in New York/New Jersey (Brazil vs. Morocco), Philadelphia (Brazil vs. Haiti), and Miami (Brazil vs. Scotland), routes that were considered in the overall logistics.

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