World Cup coaches have gathered in the southern Brazilian city of Florianopolis for a series of pre-tournament seminars to discuss logistics.
Brazil's 2002 winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari led the way as 24 of the 32 coaches arrived in the beach resort of Costao do Santinho a day after FIFA confirmed it is retaining Curitiba as one of 12 venues.
World football's governing body had warned the venue faced the axe with preparations lagging well behind schedule but agreed to give the Arena da Baixada, where Australia meets Spain on June 23, a second chance after work was stepped up over the past month.
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou is in town for the workshop, and will no doubt be pleased his team's travel plans for June will not change despite saying he wasn't fazed about a venue change.
"I've got more important things to worry about," Postecoglou said on Monday.
"We'll play in the car park if we have to; we've just got to be ready to play," he said.
England's Roy Hodgson was arriving after a reconnaissance trip to the Amazonian city of Manaus, where his side will tackle Italy in the heat for their first group game before meetings with Uruguay and Costa Rica.
Hodgson's pre-draw comments that Manaus was a place to avoid given the venue's heat and humidity caused a storm locally but a letter to local authorities and his visit have repaired relations.
Eight coaches will not be at the workshop, including Germany's Joachim Loew, who attended Bayer Leverkusen's Champions League drubbing Tuesday by Paris Saint Germain.
Also not present is Argentina's Alex Sabella - who would have had a warm welcome with the Santa Catarina region home to thousands of Argentinian expats.
Further absentees are the coaches of Algeria, Belgium, Chile, Italy, Japan and South Korea.
Cameroon's veteran German coach Volker Finke, whose side will take on Brazil in their group, did make it - but initially without his luggage.
With less than four months to go, the meeting is to discuss finer details of the tournament, such as medical and media issues, accommodation and marketing.
Given the heat of some venues - southern cities such as Porto Alegre will in fact be cool in what will be a Brazilian winter - issues such as water breaks will also be discussed.
Coaches were later Wednesday to address the media while Thursday they will attend a security workshop ahead of a final press conference.
Friday sees a Local Organizing Committee board meeting.
