The FIFA World Cup Trophy will arrive in the capital on Wednesday morning on a 36-hour tour of Bangladesh enabling the football fans to witness the game’s most prestigious and glittering trophy.

A seven-member FIFA delegation, studded with French 1998 World Cup winner Christian Karembeu, will carry the original FIFA World Cup trophy on a chartered flight that is expected to reach at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11 am.

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BFF President Kazi M Salahuddin, accompanied by BFF members and Coca Cola officials will receive the trophy at the airport.    

During the tour of Bangladesh, the trophy will be taken to the President's House "Bangabhaban" at 4:00 pm and the Prime Minister residence "Ganabhaban" at 7:00 pm on the very first day.

On Thursday, the World Cup Trophy will be taken to Radisson Blue Water Garden Hotel to display it for football fans and take photos from 10 am to 3:30 pm.

Later, the trophy will be taken to the Army Stadium in Banani at about 4:30 pm the same day where the organizer has arranged a concert (from 6 pm to 11 pm) marking the tour of World Cup Trophy to Bangladesh and the trophy will also be displayed again there for footballers lovers from 6 pm to 7 pm.  

The global tour of the world's most coveted trophy started on May 12 with first-stop in Dubai.

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The showpiece event, sponsored by Coca-Cola scheduled to tour in 51 countries, including all the 32 participating countries of the upcoming Qatar World Cup in November-December this year.

The trophy will leave Bangladesh on June 10 at 12:20 pm. .

Earlier, the trophy made its visit to Bangladesh in 2013 before FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil.