INTERNATIONAL: With just 200 days until the start of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the famous World Cup trophy is touring across Qatar and the region.

Fans and families were excited to attend the event on Thursday 5th May as they snapped pictures and selfies next to the trophy and took part in soccer-related activities.

The trophy is touring Qatar during the Eid holiday from May 5 until the 10th. It will be popping up in different tourist hotspots to mark the 200-day countdown to the World Cup finals here.

People attending the event voiced their excitement for the upcoming tournament,

"It has been our dream to witness the FIFA 2022," said Maria Wilma, an Indian expat who has been in Qatar for 10 years and went with her family to the event.

The Gulf state will host the first World Cup in the Middle East, the first in a Muslim state, and no other tournament has ever been held in the northern hemisphere's winter.

Qatar, which is roughly the size of Jamaica, is also the smallest country to have held soccer's biggest event, with fans from the 32 competing nations set to watch games at eight stadiums clustered around the only major city -- Doha.

On the plus side, that means supporters will be able to easily reach all the venues, raising the possibility of watching more than one match in a day -- in contrast to recent tournaments in Russia and Brazil where flights were often needed to travel to each venue city.