Stephen Dunmoye
The original FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy has arrived in Abuja, Nigeria on Saturday Afternoon.
The Women FIFA World Cup competition comprises of 32 teams from across the globe and will happen between July 20 and August 20.
The trophy arrived in Nigeria after being taken to the three other African countries which will participate in the finals — Morocco, South Africa and Zambia.
Nigeria is the fourth leg of the 32-leg trip the trophy is undertaking before heading to Australia and New Zealand.
NEWSTODAYNG reports that both Australia and New Zealand are the joint hosts of the biggest FIFA Women’s World Cup in history.
The trophy will be on display at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja today, with a photo session planned for a number of invited guests.
Meanwhile, only four countries have ever won the trophy, namely the United States, Germany, Norway and Japan.
The US have won it on four occasions and Germany have lifted it twice, while Japan and Norway were champions once each.
Asian Football Confederation and Oceania Football Federation are the two confederations that will stage this year’s finals.
It is the first time a FIFA World Cup championship will be staged across two confederations.
There are six venues in five different cities in Australia and four venues in New Zealand, with only Sydney in Australia having two venues.
These are the Sydney Football Stadium and the Stadium Australia, which is the venue for the Final match.
