Internet Desk: Honourable Chief Minister of West Bengal Smt. Mamata Banerjee today unveiled the host city Kolkata’s logo. The City of Joy will host the final of FIFA u-17 World Cup 2017 on October 28.
We are really grateful to host this major tournament here. We are proud and deeply honoured to host such a tournament,” Mamata said thanking FIFA for choosing the city as one of the host cities.
The logo shows the rich history of the state on the other hand the official emblem for the tournament will create a suitable link in the promotions and communications regarding the City of Joy.
Project Director, LOC, FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 – Joy Bhattacharjya, Tournament Director – Javier Ceppi and Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs for the state of West Bengal, Aroop Biswas were also present at the grand occasion.
We are extremely pleased to announce that Kolkata as the first city to launch the host city logo today. It’s a momentous occasion,” tournament director Javier Ceppi said.
“It is for the first time that a city has been connected to a FIFA tournament through it’s distinguished image. We are extremely happy that this is happening in Kolkata which will also be hosting the FIFA headquarters, referees’ headquarters. the international broadcasting centre and it is the city from which the most tickets have been sold. ”
“So we hope that Salt Lake stadium will be full. We appreciate with the support of the state government to project Kolkata as a sporting capital of India, as a sporting capital of Asia and hopefully as a sporting capital of the world.”
World’s one of the best stadiums, VivekanandYuva Bharati Krirangan will host 10 matches this October including the grand finale, which means that the champion of the first FIFA tournament in India will be crowned at the City of Joy Kolkata.