FIFA Fan Fest
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The FIFA Fan Fest is an event organized by FIFA
which allows people to watch the FIFA World Cup
in a sporting atmosphere instead of watching the games at home. Started in 2006, during the 2006 FIFA World Cup
in Germany, it was a great success, leading FIFA to expand it to include several cities worldwide for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
in South Africa. The locations are large enough to fit many thousands of people, and have large television screens which broadcast the match live.
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FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
which allows people to watch the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
in a sporting atmosphere instead of watching the games at home. Started in 2006, during the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
in Germany, it was a great success, leading FIFA to expand it to include several cities worldwide for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
in South Africa. The locations are large enough to fit many thousands of people, and have large television screens which broadcast the match live.
2006
The 2006 FIFA Fan Fest was started up to allow people who couldn't either afford, or buy tickets in time for the World Cup to cheer on their national teams, with other supporters. It created a carnival like atmosphere and was a raging success as thousands of supporters flocked to the sites to watch all the games, which were broadcast live.2010
Due to the overwhelming success of the 2006 edition, FIFA announced that they would be holding FIFA fan fests, not only in and around South Africa but expanding it worldwide. Large, international cities worldwide were chosen to host the Festivals.Locations
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- CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...