FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola comes to Qatar

The FIFA World Cup™ trophy will make its way to Doha, Qatar on 12thDecember as part of the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola. This tour is an exclusive initiative from Coca-Cola whereby the trophy travels around several markets, allowing millions of people a chance to revel in its glory and experience the excitement of the FIFA World Cup™ in their own communities, building up the anticipation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ in Rio de Janeiro.

The FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola began as a way to facilitate the opportunity to bring football fans up close to one of the most iconic symbols in football. The tour is a moving exhibition of the authentic, solid gold FIFA World Cup™ trophy which spreads happiness as it goes along, as thousands of lucky fans get to not only see the trophy, but also have their photos taken with it with the Coca-Cola ’Fan Zone’ experience. This ticket only event will be taking place in Doha on Saturday 14thDecember offering fans and media the chance to live the ultimate football experience as well as look back to the history and magic of the FIFA World Cup™.

This will be the largest and longest global tour of the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy by Coca Cola, spanning over 92,000 miles and visiting 89 countries during its nine-month journey. The tour will also be visiting 50 new countries that have never had the opportunity to host the trophy before.

The tour was officially launched in Brazil on September 12th, before visiting the Pacific Islands, Central America and the Caribbean. Following its visit to Qatar, the trophy will finish it’s time in the Middle East in United Arab Emirates, before moving on to Europe and South America and finally ending up in April in Brazil, ahead of the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ tournament.

​For the latest from the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour including upcoming tour destinations and dates, exclusive interviews, photos and videos, visit the official websitewww.fifa.com/trophytour, the official Facebook page www.facebook.com/trophytour, and  twitter at www.twitter.com/trophytour / @trophytour where our official photo blogger will live tweet directly from the event.