UEFA U21 European Championship trophy to journey across Georgia
The symbol of the Championship is set to be introduced to the Era Square in Batumi on Sunday by Aleksandre Iashvili, the former national team player and Vice President of the Georgian Football Federation, before a concert involving popular performers celebrates the start of the journey. Photo: Visit Batumi/Facebook
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The tournament trophy of the 2023 UEFA European U21 Championship will start its journey from Georgia’s Black Sea coastal city of Batumi across the country before ending up in the capital city of Tbilisi to mark the country’s co-hosting of the competition, the Government of the Black Sea region of Adjara announced on Friday.
The symbol of the Championship is set to be introduced to the Era Square in Batumi on Sunday by Aleksandre Iashvili, the former national team player and Vice President of the Georgian Football Federation, before a concert involving popular performers celebrates the start of the journey.
The cup will then arrive in northwestern Georgia’s highland town of Mestia, before continuing its travel to the western hub city of Kutaisi in May.
Also arriving in the northwestern town of Ambrolauri and Kazbegi in the country’s north, the trophy is scheduled to be finally delivered to the capital.
Games of the Championship - scheduled between June 21-July 8 and co-hosted by Georgia and Romania - will run in Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi.
Irakli Karseladze, the Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure and the Georgian Football Federation President Levan Kobiashvili on Saturday discussed the preparation process for holding the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Georgia with the delegation of the Union of European Football Associations.
The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia will build a FIFA Category II football stadium in Marneuli municipality in south-eastern Georgia, the Georgian Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure announced on Thursday.
Georgia will host the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Irakli Karseladze, the Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, revealed on Tuesday.
Georgia and Romania have been selected to host the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
The representatives of the Georgian Football Federation and the foreign diplomats accredited in the country on Saturday discussed the 2003 UEFA U21 European Championship, to be hosted in Georgia and Romania this year.
The legendary Argentinian captain of Milan's famed FC Internazionale club, currently the club's Vice President, Javier Zanetti, along with the delegation, on Friday arrived in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on a two-day visit.
Trains running between the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and the Black Sea city of Batumi will carry promotional visuals and information for the UEFA Under-21 European Championship, as the countdown to the kick-off of the football competition started on Monday.
A mural of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the Georgian winger of the Italian club Napoli, has been unveiled in Georgia's seaside city of Batumi to promote sports tourism and healthy lifestyle, the regional Adjara Tourism Department said on Tuesday.
Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze on Tuesday said he was “proud to say” the country was “fully prepared” to host matches of the upcoming UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday said the country was “fully prepared” to host the UEFA European U21 Championship “with dignity and at the highest level”, while visiting the Ramaz Shengelia Stadium in the western city of Kutaisi, one of the venues renovated for the purpose of hosting matches of the tournament.
Gianni Infantino, the President of the International Association Football Federation, on Wednesday praised Levan Kobiashvili, the President of the Georgian Football Federation, for playing a “central role” in the country co-hosting the UEFA European Under-21 Championship last year.