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[email protected] Date: 08/04/2002 No. 57 - 2002 UEFA Cup to arrive in Rotterdam on Friday Trophy to be handed back by Liverpool FC at City Hall and displayed till May 8 final On Friday 12 April the UEFA Cup will arrive in Rotterdam and will be put on display to the public until the UEFA Cup final, which is to be played at Stadion Feijenoord, more popularly known as De Kuip, on Wednesday 8 May. The occasion will be marked by a special event at the City Hall in Rotterdam, starting at 13.00, with the official handover ceremony scheduled to start at 13.30 in the Burgerzaal. The UEFA Cup will be handed back to UEFA by Liverpool FC, winners of last season’s thrilling and dramatic final at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund. The English club will be represented by Chief Executive Rick Parry and manager Gérard Houllier. Once the trophy has been returned to UEFA, it will immediately be handed over to the Lord Mayor of Rotterdam, Ivo Opstelten, for safe keeping until the final. Although De Kuip has been the scenario for some memorable finals – the last one having been the EURO 2000 final between Italy and France – this is only the second time that the UEFA Cup will have been presented to the winning team in the stadium.