Countdown to European U21 Championship starts as Tbilisi-Batumi trains promote tournament
The Championship will open with a game in Romania, with the final to be hosted at Batumi’s recently opened stadium. photo: Georgian Railways
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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.
Co-hosted by Georgia and Romania, the event will be promoted on the trains running between the two cities, while displays in carriages will tell passengers about the competition over the 50 days remaining to its launch.
Photo via Georgian Railways
Georgia’s seaside cities of Batumi and Poti will host matches of the tournament alongside Tbilisi, with Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest playing host to fixtures in Romania.
The Championship will open with a game in Romania, with the final to be hosted at Batumi’s recently opened stadium.
The Georgian squad will face Belgium, Portugal and the Netherlands in Group A of the competition.
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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 Municipal Development Fund of Georgia will renovate Tbilisi’s Mikheil Meskhi football stadium for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship hosted by the country, the Georgian Football Federation said 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.
A brand new football stadium that complies with Category IV of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) standards has officially opened in Georgia’s Black Sea resort town of Batumi today.
Ten sports facilities have been built or renovated across Georgia for hosting the UEFA European Under-21 Championship this summer, the Ministry of Infrastructure said on Tuesday.
Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze on Wednesday visited newly renovated Ramaz Shengelia Stadium in the western city of Kutaisi, one of five renovated venues that will host matches of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the west of the country this summer.
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 Railway on Tuesday said it would add further daily and nighttime services between capital Tbilisi and the seaside city of Batumi for the summer season.