BBC SportOlympics

The guide lists over 600 high-quality sports facilities across the UK, which are capable of hosting visiting teams or individual athletes for training.

Among the venues listed are Glentoran Football Club, Lisnagarvey Hockey Club and the Mary Peters Athletics Track.

Queen's Sport and the University of Ulster, Jordanstown are also included.

A number of leisure centres are named, as well as amateur boxing clubs at Banbridge, Monkstown and Glengormley.

Speaking at Lisnagarvey Hockey Club, Sports Minister Edwin Poots welcomed the announcement.

"We have some very high-quality facilities in Northern Ireland and I am very pleased to see them recognised and included in the Pre-Games Training Camp Guide.

"Our venues are a match for those in the rest of the UK and we should be very proud of what we can offer to the rest of the world.

"I want to see a legacy from the Olympic Games that will last far beyond 2012.

"We can use this opportunity to boost our sporting infrastructure, promote Northern Ireland as a tourist destination and prepare for the forthcoming World Police and Fire Games in 2013."

The guide will be circulated to all National Olympic Committees and National Paralympic Committees.

These organisations will then decide where they base themselves or where to send individual athletes to prepare and acclimatise for London 2012.

"We still have some way to go to ensure we can get teams to Northern Ireland," added the Minister.

"There is fierce competition among the venues and it is up to the regions and venues to sell their wares and make sure they stand out from the crowd."

Northern Ireland facilities included in Pre-Games Training Camp Guide
Andersonstown Leisure Centre (Boxing)
Antrim Forum Complex (Athletics, Judo, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Wrestling)
Ballyholme Yacht Club (Sailing)
Banbridge Amateur Boxing Club (Boxing)
Bangor Castle LeisureCentre (Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo, Beach Volleyball)
Bangor Sportsplex (Athletics)
Carrickfergus Sailing Club (Sailing)
Mid Ulster Sports Arena (Archery)
The Boys' Brigade GanawayTraining and Activity Centre (Road Cycling)
Glentoran FootballClub (Football)
Grosvenor Grammar School (Fencing)
Grove Wellbeing Centre (Road Cycling)
Killowen - Carlingford Lough (Road Cycling)
National Badminton Centre (Badminton)
LisnagarveyHockey Club (Hockey)
Mary Peters Athletics Track (Athletics)
Monkstown Boxing and Community Sports Facility (Boxing)
NorthWest Regional Sports Campus (Boxing, Fencing, Judo)
Northern Ireland Civil Service Sports Association (Road Cycling)
OlympiaLeisure Centre (Football)
Portmore Equestrian Centre (Equestrian)
Queen's Sport (Hockey, Judo, Table Tennis, Taekwondo)
City of Lisburn Salto National Gymnastics Centre (Rhythmic Gymnastics, Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline)
Ulster Lakeland Equestrian Park atNecarne (Equestrian)
University of Ulster at Jordanstown (Archery, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Fencing, Trampoline, Hockey, Judo, Table Tennis)
Valley Leisure Centre (Boxing)
Glengormley Amateur Boxing Club (Boxing)