FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour
Thursday, April 8, 2010
According to Coca-Cola, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, will arrive in South Africa on 5 May on the final leg of its global tour.
During its journey through the country, the solid-gold Trophy will stop at 33 cities and towns across South Africa. The trophy will then arrive back in Johannesburg days before the opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup at Soccer City stadium on 11 June.
"Millions of South Africans will get an opportunity to see the FIFA World Cup Trophy up close, and some who would have won competition tickets will have a special moment of taking a picture with the Trophy, and participate in celebrations as it moves across all nine provinces," says Onwell Msomi, General Manager of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Project Team, Coca-Cola South Africa.
"This is a unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience as not all South Africans will be able to get tickets to watch FIFA World Cupâ„¢ matches but everyone will have an opportunity to participate in the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour," explains Msomi.
"It is an event that will unite the nation and generate extra enthusiasm among all South Africans in the last 30 days before the 2010 FIFA World Cupâ„¢ kicks off."
On its 130 000 km journey across the world, it travelled in a chartered branded plane commissioned by The Coca-Cola Company. In South Africa it will move from town to town in a special helicopter.
The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour will start in the Western Cape on May 07, and the Trophy will then travel to the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State, Northern Cape, North West, Mpumalanga and Limpopo before returning to Gauteng early in June. At each of the venues it will be prominently displayed for public viewing and about 800 people per event will be able to have their pictures taken with the Trophy.
The programme at the venues will consist of a wide range of activities appealing to all ages, including performances by artists and entertainers. {#}
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