World cup trophy
The
original FIFA World Cup trophy, will arrive in Nigeria this weekend as
Nigeria's Super Eagles and 31 other teams are set to battle for it next
year during the World Cup finals in Russia.
NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said on Wednesday that
the original FIFA World Cup trophy which Nigeria’s Super Eagles and 31
other teams will be competing for at the 21st FIFA World Cup finals in
Russia next summer, will arrive in Nigeria on Saturday, 3rd March 2018.
According to a report by PUNCH, Mohammed confirmed that FIFA has
already confirmed that Nigeria is among the countries where the iconic
trophy would be visiting before next year’s major showpiece.
“We have confirmation now. The World Cup trophy will be in Nigeria on 3rd March 2018,” he said.
Nigeria became the first African country to qualify for the 32
–team finals when beating Zambia 1-0 in Uyo on 7th October, plucking the
lone slot from Africa’s so-called group of death with one match to
spare, but will only know their group phase opponents after the Draw
Ceremony at The Kremlin in Moscow on 1st December.
The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour is usually a chance to see the
Original FIFA World Cup Trophy, and this time, fans from all over the
world will have the opportunity of seeing the trophy and having their
photo taken with the famous diadem from 9th September 2017 to 7th June
2018.
The 21st FIFA World Cup finals will be staged across 12 venues in
11 cities in the world’s largest nation between Thursday, 14th June and
Sunday, 15th July 2018.
The venues are Ekaterinburg Arena (Ekaterinburg); Kaliningrad
Stadium (Kaliningrad); Kazan Arena (Kazan); Luzhniki Stadium and Spartak
Stadium (both in Moscow); Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod);
Rostov Arena (Rostov-on-Don); Saint Petersburg Stadium (Saint
Petersburg); Samara Arena (Samara); Mordovia Arena (Saransk); Fisht
Stadium (Sochi) and; Volgograd Arena (Volgograd).
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