{"id":44172,"date":"2022-08-17T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/fifa-u-20-world-cup-indonesia-2023-official-emblem-launches-on-host-countrys-independence-day\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T15:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:30:06","slug":"fifa-u-20-world-cup-indonesia-2023-official-emblem-launches-on-host-countrys-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/fifa-u-20-world-cup-indonesia-2023-official-emblem-launches-on-host-countrys-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA U-20 World Cup Indonesia 2023\u2122 Official Emblem launches on host country\u2019s Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            ZURICH, Switzerland, August 17, 2022\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Official Emblem represents the vibrancy of Indonesia and its awakening passion for the beautiful game<\/em>; <em>The launch on FIFA+ coincides with Indonesia\u2019s 17 August Independence Day celebrations.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Official Emblem of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Indonesia 2023\u2122 has been unveiled on FIFA+, just over nine months before the game\u2019s brightest rising stars embark on their bid for glory.<\/p>\n<p>Revealed to coincide with Indonesia\u2019s Independence Day celebrations, the emblem captures the vibrant energy of a tournament that will take place from 20 May to 11 June 2023 and give football\u2019s top talents a launch pad to become future legends.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the colours of Indonesia\u2019s national flag, its dazzling turquoise sea and the currents that flow through its archipelago, the emblem\u2019s crown represents the global passion for the game across different continents.<\/p>\n<p>The launch gives fans and players worldwide a glimpse of what to expect next year when they explore the passion, colours, diversity and celebratory spirit of a competition in the heart of Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Director of FIFA Tournaments Jaime Yarza added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be the first FIFA competition to be held in Indonesia, and the launch of the Official Emblem is an exciting milestone in this journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with being the perfect opportunity to show Indonesia\u2019s passion for football to the world, hosting the FIFA U-20 World Cup will also help further develop the sport in the country, and there will be a significant infrastructural legacy that will benefit football in Indonesia in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), Mochamad\u00a0Iriawan, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe launch of the official emblem of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Indonesia 2023 which coincides with Indonesia&#8217;s Independence Day signifies that Indonesian football is ready to rise and look stunning on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, this tournament will also bequeath many good things for the development of Indonesian football in the future, like infrastructure and football development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, set to kick-off in May next year, will live on FIFA+, where you can already find the launch video (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3w9SKaL\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3w9SKaL<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/fifa-u20-world-cup-indonesia-2023tm-official-emblem-launches-on-host-countrys-independence-day?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland, August 17, 2022\/APO Group\/ &#8212; The Official Emblem represents the vibrancy of Indonesia and its awakening passion for the beautiful game; The launch on FIFA+ coincides with Indonesia\u2019s 17 August Independence Day celebrations. The Official Emblem of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Indonesia 2023\u2122 has been unveiled on FIFA+, just over nine months [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}