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FIFA™ World Cup
AT ALMATY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Apr 26, 2010
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Kazakhstan, Almaty – expecting the football world championship 2010, the FIFA™ World Cup 2010 within the limits of the largest in history world tour arrived in Kazakhstan on April 16 and stayed till April 18. On April 16, a special charter flight landed at Almaty International Airport where meeting solemn ceremony and press-conference with persons in charge of the city akimat, mass media, FIFA official persons and sponsor Coca-Cola were held. The FIFA™ World Cup was brought to the attention of persons presented.

The World Cup tour having started its way from FIFA headquarters on September 21, 2009, will go around the world before coming to host country South Africa on May 4, 2010. Overall distance of the tour is 134 017 kilometers or more than three circuits of the globe. The FIFA™World Cup 2009/10 follows traces of great success of the first Cup tour in 2006. In 2006 the tour was in 31 cities of 29 countries of the world, having passed 102 570 kilometers, and millions of fans all over the world enjoyed the opportunity to see closer the most well-known football cup.

Original FIFA™ World Cup is awarded to a winner country at every tournament. A cultic trophy, height 36,8cm and weight 6 175g, is made of solid gold 18 carat. Winners retain it until the next tournament and are awarded a gold-plated replica rather than the solid gold original. The base contains two layers of semiprecious malachite while the bottom side of the trophy bears the engraved year and name of each FIFA™ World Cup winner since 1974.

The FIFA™ World Cup will be held in Sought Africa staring on June 11. For the first time 32 teams reached the final will compete for the most desired trophy in the world on the African continent. The final will be on July 11, 2010 at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg.

Mira Yespayeva
 PR aManager
Almaty International Airport
Tel.: +7 (727) 388-8773
E-mail: MYespayeva@alaport.com