Rio De Janeiro, March 4 -- Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti said he is assessing players and organizing logistics ahead of this year's FIFA World Cup in North America.

The five-time champion will begin its Group C campaign against Morocco on June 13 before facing Haiti on June 19 and Scotland on June 24, according to Xinhua.

"It is a joy to have time to prepare for this important event for Brazil," the 66-year-old Italian said in an interview published on the Brazilian Football Confederation's (CBF) official website on Tuesday.

"It is a great motivation and a great responsibility to try to do the best possible. I am sure that we will have a World Cup of a very high level."The CBF announced in January that Brazil would use the Columbia Park...