BRAZIL'S World Cup entrepreneurs are courting the Socceroos in a provincial Samba fight to lock down 'Team Australia' in a team base camp next year.

Brazil's Local Organising Committee has released about 74 potential team base camp choices for the 32 nations that will figure at the FIFA World Cup.

But FIFA will not allow qualified nations to name secured camp locations until after World Cup fixtures draw is made on December 6 at Salvador de Bahia.

''We appreciate your interest for the 2014 FIFA World Cup,'' stated a spokesperson from Brazil's World Cup Local Organising Committee after fielding team base camp questions from the Advertiser.

''The final decision about the team base camps will be taken by each national team after the final draw.''

But a good team base camp could be the difference to having an upbeat World Cup or having a stinker.

Brazilian sources have revealed that Football Federation Australia has appointed a Brazilian to scout team camps some 18 months ago.

But budgetary restraints will probably ensure the best team camps are awarded to cashed up federations and not the modestly budgeted Socceroos outfit.

It's understood the Brazilian scout has been told to narrow down the search.

Socceroos staff are keen on basing camp in northern Brazil possibly in the state of Bahia before Australia boss Holger Osieck was given a golden opportunity to good to refuse.

FFA officials won one of the best pre World Cup prizes any other nation could want before the tournament kicks off in 305 days.

Brazil has secured Australia as sparring opponents on Independence Day in Brasilia on September 7.

It's a massive honour for Australian football.

Not only will Osieck have the chance to give his squad a vital feel of World Cup football, the Socceroos can also lock down a heap of reconnaissance information.

And returning to the football mad nation before the World Cup armed with key statistical data would only enhance Australia's third consecutive tournament chances.

Australia was last granted the same sort of pre tournament opportunity - testing a host World Cup nation's facilities - when it competed in Germany's 2005 Confederations Cup before getting its campaign underway in Kaiserslautern in 2006.

ROOS STAFF HUNT FOR A HOME

SOCCEROOS staff and delegates from the Australian consulate based in Brazil have been busy scouting for potential World Cup camps for the past 18 months.

Australia has the added bonus of being one of the first nations alongside hosts Brazil, Japan, Iran and South Korea to qualify for the World Cup.

Socceroos team manager Gary Moretti was helicoptered to various camp venues and soccer clubs in an effort to lockdown the best facilities for Football Federation Australia's budget according to Brazilian sources.

Moretti has seen camps in the Brazilian state of Goiás and has visited the training facilities of three clubs Goias, Atlético e Vila Nova.

It's understood members of Australia's consul-general had also made inquiries about the base camp of Porto Seguro in the state of Bahia.

An Australian delegation has also scouted the state of Espírito Santo which is located between Rio De Janeiro, Minas Gerais and São Paulo. They have also visited Parque do China with members of the 2014 World Cup Local Organising Committee.

And Brazil's 2002 FIFA World Cup winner Roque Júnior has presented Australia plans of the the new Primeira Camisa training centre.

Australian delegates also visited the city of Juiz de Fora last month.

Socceroos boss Holger Osieck will also see the capital Brasilia's soccer facilities first hand when Australia meets Brazil on September 7.