Soccer-Belgium to play Tunisia in final World Cup warm-up


BRUSSELS, Jan ‌23 (Reuters) - Belgium will play Tunisia ‌in Brussels as a final warm-up ‌fixture ahead of the World Cup finals in North America in June, the Belgian ‍football association said on ‍Friday.

They will host ‌Tunisia, who are also World Cup-bound, ‍on ​Saturday, June 6 at the King Baudouin Stadium before ⁠heading to the World Cup.

Belgium have ‌Tunisia’s north African rivals Egypt in their ⁠World ‍Cup group, as well as Iran and New Zealand and will play ‍their three Group G ‌matches in Seattle, Los Angeles and Vancouver.

Belgium have already arranged a friendly against Croatia on June 2 in Rijeka.

They will also play warm-up internationals against two of the World ‌Cup's host nations, the U.S. in Atlanta on March 28 and Mexico in ​Chicago on March 31.

(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby Davis)

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