FIFA World Cup Trophy to make a longest-ever tour around a Host Country

• The longest-ever inhabitant FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour will start this September
• The Trophy will revisit 24 Russian cities from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad
• Tour channel was announced during a colourful rite during Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

After experiencing a vital tellurian football contest for a initial time with a new FIFA Confederations Cup 2017, Russia is gearing adult for an even bigger festival of football in reduction than 12 months’ time. The game’s flagship event, a FIFA World Cup™, comes to Russia in 2018, and fad is building by a day in a horde nation.

However, it is not usually a 11 Host Cities where this fad can be felt. That is because, from early September, a many recognizable and iconic pitch of this good football event, a FIFA World Cup Trophyâ„¢, will start a marathon debate around Russia.

The channel for a Russian debate was announced during a rite during a Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, where a captain of a 2018 FIFA World Cup-winning side will lift a esteem in a year’s time.

“In a universe of sports, there is simply no pitch as absolute as a FIFA World Cup Trophy. The whole universe knows this square of art and associates it with glory. For FIFA it is also a passion of millions of fans around a universe – regardless of age, gender, start or amicable condition – represented in one singular image,” FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura said.

“We find it usually satisfactory that these ardent fans might have a possibility to see this picture in person, from up-close. For over a decade now, FIFA has been teaming adult with a long-standing partner Coca-Cola to make this possible. Today we announce a eventuality for people from all over Russia to knowledge this feeling.”

It will be a longest Trophy Tour of a Host Country in a story of a World Cup – and small wonder, given a immeasurable distance of Russia’s territory. In a 123-day debate covering some-more than 26,000 km, a Trophy will revisit 24 Russian cities, from Vladivostok in a distant easterly to Kaliningrad, a many westerly of a Host Cities.

123-days.
26,000 km+.
24 Russian cities.
Launched @FIFAWorldCup Trophy Tour by @CocaCola in Moscow.
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— Fatma Samoura (@fatma_samoura) July 6, 2017

“Almost all of a nation will have a possibility to see a famous Trophy, that can tell people some-more about football’s values and about a FIFA World Cup,” pronounced Deputy Prime Minister of a Russian Federation and LOC Chairman Vitaly Mutko. “Russia has already non-stop a doors to a teams, fans and guest from all over a universe during a FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and everybody has seen Russian hospitality. Next year, Russia and FIFA will horde a FIFA World Cup during a top level. You already can see this pleasing stadium, that is many prepared for a biggest event.”

The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour is a corner try between FIFA and long-standing partner Coca-Cola. First staged forward of a 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, it is now a resolutely determined tradition and is flourishing in range and overdo with any edition. In 2013 and 2014, some-more than a million fans got to do a dream of each football actor and see a Original Trophy with their possess eyes.

“As a longtime believer of football, Coca-Cola Russia believes that a FIFA World Cup Trophy is a pitch of confidence that connects people all over a world. This is a singular eventuality to move millions of Russians together to applaud a initial FIFA World Cup in this country,” pronounced Ljubo Grujic, General Manager of Coca-Cola Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. “With kick-off reduction than a year away, we wish to maximize fad and expectation by bringing sport’s biggest esteem directly to a fans. With this tour, we are moving and celebrating a world’s many renouned sport, while formulating memorable practice for players and fans. We can emanate football story in Russia, together as one team.”

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— Victoria Lopyreva (@LopyrevaVika) July 6, 2017

On a Tour, a Trophy will revisit some-more than 50 countries, and utterly naturally it will make a many stops in Russia. French football fable and 1998 FIFA World Cup leader Marcel Desailly, who recently attended a final of a FIFA Confederations Cup 2017, is assured that Russia will horde a good 2018 FIFA World Cup.

“It was extraordinary to win a FIFA World Cup in 1998, since France was not regarded as a best group during that time, and this win done happy and desirous so many people,” pronounced Desailly. “This is what a FIFA World Cup is about: moving people. And a Trophy itself can beget most excitement, pull youngsters to work hard, and to dream. Russia will learn this really soon.”

Russian channel for a FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour
Phase 1 (2017)

1. Krasnoyarsk: 09.09 –12.09
2. Omsk: 15.09 –17.09
3. Chelyabinsk: 20.09 – 24.09
4. Ufa: 26.09 – 01.10
5. Perm: 03.10 –04.10
6. Saransk: 06.10 – 07.10
7. Yaroslavl: 11.10 – 12.10
8. Kaliningrad: 13.10 – 15.10
9. Tula: 17.10 – 18.10
10. Kursk: 20.10 – 22.10
11. Voronezh: 26.10 – 29.10
12. Saratov: 01.11 – 06.11
13. Volgograd: 08.11 – 12.11
14. Krasnodar: 14.11 – 19.11
15. Sochi: 22.11 – 26.11
Final Draw Moscow: 01.12.2017

Phase 2 (2018)
16. Vladivostok: 01.05 – 04.05.2018
17. Novosibirsk: 05.05 – 08.05
18. Ekaterinburg: 09.05 – 12.05
19. Samara: 13.05 –16.05
20. Kazan: 17.05 – 20.05
21. Nizhniy Novgorod: 21.05 – 24.05
22. Rostov-On-Don: 25.05 – 28.05
23. Saint-Peterburg: 29.05 – 02.06
24. Moscow: 03.06 –07.06

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