New Zealand will prepare for their first football World Cup campaign in 28 years with a training camp at altitude in Austria ahead of a May friendly with Serbia.
The Kiwis will be playing their Group F matches at between 660 and 1310 metres above sea level against Slovakia, Italy and Paraguay.
The date of the match against the Serbs at Klagenfurt has yet to be fixed.
Serbia will meet Germany, Australia and Ghana in Group D.
Another New Zealand warm up will come against Slovenia on June the 4th in Maribor.
On March the 3rd, the Kiwis will face Mexico in Los Angeles to get a feel of how to tackle Latin American opposition in preparation for their duel with Paraguay.
