subject: The History of FIFA World Cup Trophy [print this page] The History of FIFA World Cup Trophy The History of FIFA World Cup Trophy
In order to award the winner of the FIFA World Cup Champion, two trophies have sculpted victory since the beginning of the World Cup in 1930: one is the Jules Rimet Cup from 1930 to 1970, and the other is the FIFA World Cup from 1974 to now. Jules Rimet Cup The World Cup was founded in 1930 by Frenchman Jules Rimet, the creator of the world championship games. The champion cup, 35 cm in height, 3.8 kg in weigh and pure gold, the sculpture featured Nike of Samothrace (the Greek goddess of Victory) was designed by Abel Lafleur who was a French sculptor. This cup was generally known as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, and it was officially renamed "Jules Rimet Cup (Trophy) to memory the Jules Rimet. This cup as a trophy for winning the Football World Cup passed on to each winner and the team to win the tournament three times got to keep it. And the first team to be awarded this prize were Uruguay, the winners of the 1930 World Cup. However, the Cup had ever stolen in 1966 and found a few days latter. So the Football Association produced a replica of the trophy secretly for use in the celebrations as a security measure. The Brazilian team won the tournament for the third time in 1970, allowing them to keep the real trophy in perpetuity, as had been stipulated by Jules Rimet in 1930. But, the cup was indeed stolen at last and it has never been recovered. People made a replica with 1.8 kg of gold which was presented to the Brazilian president in 1984. FIFA World Cup Therefore, a replacement trophy was commissioned by FIFA World Cup for 1974. After this news was noticed to the world, there were so many designed from different countries were received. At last, they hit one as the final trophy that is a submission from an Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga. The trophy depicts two human figures holding up the Earth, it also described as two triumphant athletes holding a globe in their raising hands at the moment of victory. The trophy stands 36.5 cm in height, 6.2 kg in weight and made of 18 carat solid gold and two layer of malachite and was founded in 1971 and first presented at the 1974 FIFA World Cup to the winner West German captain Franz Beckenbauer. This valuable FIFA World Cup will be engraved with the name of the winning country and the year of their World Cup victory in the bottom side.
