A three-day stopover in the Chinese city of Shanghai brought the 2012 UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour, presented by Heineken, to a successful conclusion.

Chinese football fans have relished the opportunity to get close to the UEFA Champions League trophy as the latest successful trophy tour came to Shanghai this month.

No fewer than 17,000 people visited the special exhibition of UEFA Champions League memorabilia in just over three days between April 6 and 8 – proof of the pulling power of the silverware that all the world's major players want to win, uefa.com says.

Two former Dutch internationals who achieved that proud objective during their careers, Ronald de Boer and Ruud Gullit, were in attendance in their respective roles as UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour ambassador and Heineken ambassador.

The on-site football carnival was also a great success, attracting 3,600 visitors. Here a mini-football challenge invited participants to try and kick a ball through holes in the net; a mini-dribbling skill challenge gave enthusiasts the chance to work their way through various pop-up objects and obstacles; and at a special section fans could even choose to have their hair cut like a footballer.

The Shanghai leg concluded the 2012 UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour, presented by Heineken. The trophy now returns to Europe to be displayed in Munich in the lead-up to this season's final on May 19 .