Moscow 2017. The
World Cup Tour begins
On
Saturday, September 9, 2017, President Putin and FIFA's Gianni Infantino took
part in the ceremony to kick off the world trophy tour. The starting point was
the legendary Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, where the opening and the final of
the World Cup will take place.
The
stadium, called before Lenin Stadium, has capacity for 81,000 people; was
inaugurated in 1956 and hosted the Moscow-1980 Olympic Games. Since 1992 it is
called the Luzhniki Stadium; was home to the UEFA Cup final in 1999 and the
Champions League in 2008; also hosted the World Athletics Championships in
2013.
The
cup, with six kilos of pure gold, nine months from the championship - June 14,
2018 - began touring 24 Russian cities and 50 countries around the world; the
journey that will last 123 days with a journey of 16,000 miles (25,660
kilometers) will be the longest tour in history.
The
organizers are Coca-Cola Russia and FIFA, with the support of the Local Organizing
Committee of the 2018 FIFA World Cup ™. At the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, the
logos of the Tour of the World Cup Trophy were shown. FIFA ™ and Coca-Cola.
In
the 24 cities visited, from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, more than 40 million
people living less than an hour from the route will have the opportunity to see
the iconic solid gold trophy.
The
Russian stage will have two phases. From September to December 2017 will visit
15 cities: Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, Ufa, Perm, Saransk, Yaroslavl,
Kaliningrad, Tula, Kursk, Voronezh, Saratov, Volgograd, Krasnodar and Sochi.
Then,
it will continue its route through more than 50 countries in six continents. On
May 1, 2018, he will return to Russia to visit Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg,
Samara, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, St. Petersburg and Moscow. The
cup will pass through eleven cities hosting the championship. Moscow, the
capital of Russia, will be the end of the tour, just before the start of the
FIFA World Cup, on June 14, 2018.
For
these mega events "it is essential to take every opportunity and
opportunity to create enthusiasm around this event and the sport in
general," said Ljubo Grujic, Coca-Cola General Manager for Russia, Ukraine
and Belarus. of FIFA is probably one of the most exciting initiatives on the
road to the FIFA World Cup next year.The FIFA Trophy is not just another
trophy.It is the most famous in the sports world.It is a symbol of optimism In
Coca-Cola, we will do everything possible to ensure that millions of people in
Russia have the opportunity to experience the Trophy live, and that is why we
have organized the Tour of the longest FIFA Trophy in history ".
Some
phrases: "Hundreds of thousands of people will be able to see the trophy
all over the country. And surely, living that experience and then seeing the
World Cup in Russia will encourage many children to practice this sport
"(Alexéi Smertin, Russian footballers Chelsea)
"As
a kid, in 1978, I saw the World Cup in Argentina, I saw stars like Mario
Kempes. That inspired me and motivated me to follow the path of football. In
1986, I saw Maradona play in the World Cup in Mexico, and then I decided to
devote myself fully to working to achieve success in this sport "(Marcel Desailly,
champion of the world with France in 1998)
"In
the world of sport, there is no symbol as powerful as the FIFA World Cup
Trophy, the whole planet knows this work of art and associates it with glory,
for FIFA it is also the passion of millions of fans around of the world -
regardless of their age, sex, origin or social status - represented in a single
image "(FIFA General Secretary Fatma Samoura).
The
FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour is an agreement between FIFA and the important
sponsor Coca Cola. It started in 2006 for the German championship, and now it
is already a firmly established tradition, which grows in breadth and
expectations every year. In 2013 and 2014, more than one million fans, more
than one million fans fulfilled the dream of every footballer, to see the
Original Trophy with their own eyes.
The Russian itinerary of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour
Step 1 (2017):
1.
Krasnoyarsk: 09.09 -12.09 2.
Omsk: 15.09 -17.09 3. Chelyabinsk: 20.09 - 24.09 4.
Pha: 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
Step 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
REFERENCES
Putin
aseguró que “todo avanza según lo previsto” para el Mundial de Rusia 2018,
Publicado el Sábado, 09 de Septiembre del 2017
La Copa
del Mundo FIFA hará su tour más largo de la historia por Rusia
TOUR
DEL TROFEO DE LA COPA MUNDIAL DE LA FIFA, POR COCA-COLA, LLEGARÁ A UNA DE CADA
TRES PERSONAS EN RUSIA | 31/7/2017
RUSSIA
2018. FIFA World Cup Trophy to make the longest-ever journey around a Host
Country (FIFA.com) 06 July 2017-
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