The replica of the FIFA World Cup arrived in Qatar today, Sunday, after a promotional tour that lasted 6 months and included 54 countries.
The original version of the World Cup, during its world tour, which started from Dubai in the UAE last May, visited all the countries participating in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and other countries, in a tradition that began for the first time in 2006.
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The promotional tour represented an opportunity for fans to watch the original World Cup in which 32 teams will compete, starting next Sunday, and crown the winning team in the final match that will be held at Lusail Stadium on December 18, on the national day of the host country.
The cup is made of pure gold, and weighs 6,142 kilograms, with a picture of two people carrying the globe high, engraved on its surface, and its design dates back to 1974.
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According to FIFA rules, only former champions and heads of state have the right to touch the trophy that the winning team keeps temporarily, and later gets a gold-plated copy bearing the inscriptions of the flag of the tournament, the host countries and the winning team, called the champion copy, while the original version made of pure gold returns to FIFA.
Qatar will host the World Cup finals starting from November 20, and the tournament will start with the opening match between the host country and Ecuador at Al Bayt Stadium in the first football World Cup to be held in the Middle East and the Arab world.