The tour includes 86 countries in 225 days starting on September 21 from FIFA

headquarters in Zurich.

By the time it arrives in South Africa on May 4, 2010, FIFA estimates the trophy will have traveled 134,017 kilometers (83,274 miles), or more than three times the circumference of Earth.

In 2006, the trophy’s first tour visited 31 cities in 29 countries.

The trophy is the second commissioned by FIFA. The first, the Jules Rimet Cup, became the property of Brazil in 1970 after it was the first team to win the World Cup three times. It was stolen in Rio de Janeiro in 1983 and never seen again.

FIFA commissioned a new trophy for the 10th World Cup in 1974, and the winning design was by Silvio Gazzaniga of Italy.

The trophy, made of 18-carat gold, is 36.8 centimeters (14.5 inches) high, and weighs 6.1 kilograms (13.6 pounds).

Winners receive a gold-plated replica.