Ghana will prepare for their maiden World Cup finals in Austria, rather than Portugal as originally planned.

The change came about after Fred Pappoe, the vice-president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), and assistant coach Silas Tetteh visited Austria last week.

"When you compare the facilities in the two countries, we are getting a bit more in Austria than in Portugal," Randy Abbey, FA spokesperson said.

"For example, we would only get one pitch in Portugal while we are getting three in Austria.

"And we are getting some extras in several other facilities."

"The most important thing is that we are getting sponsorship to take care of the costs of using the training facilities."

Ghana had planned to base themselves in the Portuguese town of Faro from 14 May but this will now be in Austria.

They will use the camp to travel to friendly matches arranged in Germany, London and Glasgow between 26 May and 4 June.