Vienna, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Three weeks before the opening of FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany, 7 of 32 qualified national football teams, Czech, Serbia and Montenegro, Trinidad and Tobago, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, and Croatia, chose Austria, the neighbour country of Germany, as the locus of training camp, said a local sport media on on Saturday .

    Ghana from Africa, with stars Michael Essien (Chelsea) and Samuel Kuffour (AS Rome), arrived in Seeboden am Wirthsee, Carinthia on Thursday. They are scheduled to play a match against a local football team.

    The National Football Team of Serbia and Montenegro, led by llja Petkovic, who has ever been the coach of Shanghai Shenhua Football Team in 2001, will arrive in Velden am Wirthsee, Carinthia at the end of May. A warm-up match with a local team wason their training schedule.

    Trinidad and Tobago from Caribbean, who qualified for the firsttime for the World Cup finals, entried its camp in Bad Radkersburg, Styria, on Saturday.

    The training camps of Czech and Saudi Arabia located in Seefeld, Tyrol. They will play a match in Innsbruck, capital of Tyrol, on May 26. All the footlball stars in two team's squar may be in the field.

    Paraguay from South America, with star Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich), chose Flachau, Salzburg, as their training locus. They will play a warm-up match against Georgia in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg,on May 31.

    All the 7 teams will stay in Austria for at least 10 days, and play 8 warm-up matches during the training camp, for the purpose of adaptation to the climate and time difference. Enditem