The official winner’s trophy for FIFA U-17 World Cup was
launched on saturday at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.
Hundreds of children gathered and took part in the Mission XI Million Festival
held on that day to have a glance of the Official Trophy. Participant Navdeep
Singh from St. Mark’s School became the first Indian to pose with the
prestigious Trophy.
On Sunday the trophy was located at the iconic location of
India Gate, a popular tourist spot in the capital, allowing fans from all over
the city to take a glimpse of the beautiful piece of silverware and take
photographs with it.
The Winner’s Trophy is all set to tour all six tournament
host cities over the next few weeks. The idea behind the same is to give all
the Indians an once-in-a-lifetime experience to see the FIFA U-17 World Cup
Winner’s Trophy up-close.
As Project Director of Local Organising Committee Joy Bhattacharjya said,"This is a start of an incredible journey.
The first actual FIFA World Cup to come to India, and it’s a once in a lifetime
experience for someone to come close enough to it, to take a picture with it,
to be with something that the world will be vying for in less than two months’ time. This is really special.”
The winning team will lift the trophy in the final, to be
played on October 28.
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