FIFA World Cup Trophy

Last Modified Nov 11, 2021 11:22 GMT

The FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) World Cup takes place every four years since 1930 and the winner of the tournament gets the World Cup trophy. The number of teams participating in each tournament gradually increased from 13 in 1930 to 32 in 2014.

Old Trophy (Jules Rimet Trophy)

The World Cup trophy also changed from the one that was originally awarded since 1930. Known as the Jules Rimet Trophy, it was named after the third FIFA president, Jules Rimet. The trophy was made of gold plated sterling silver and lapis lazuli and depicted the goddess of victory, Nike. The beautiful trophy was designed by Abel Lafleur. The trophy was nicknamed as the ‘Golden Goddess’ and the final holders of this trophy were Brazil in 1970.

In 1983, the original Jules Rimet Trophy got stolen and has not been recovered yet.

New Trophy (FIFA World Cup Trophy)

In 1974, a new trophy was introduced to replace the older one, the one which is used till date. Known as the ‘FIFA World Cup Trophy’, it is made of 18 carat gold and a malachite base. Its height is 36.8 centimeters and it weighs 6.1 kilograms. The trophy depicts two human figures holding the planet Earth.

The trophy was designed by an Italian sculptor named Silvio Gazzaniga. After his success with this trophy, he was given the honour to design the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup as well. The names of the winning countries are engraved at the bottom of the trophy and can hold the names of the winners upto the 2038 FIFA World Cup.

The winners of this trophy do not get the trophy to keep until the next tournament, but instead get a gold plated bronze replica of the same. The original trophy is kept at the FIFA World Football Museum which is in Zurich.

Here are the winners of the trophies:

Jules Rimet Trophy

YearHostsWinners
1930UruguayUruguay
1934ItalyItaly
1938FranceItaly
1950BrazilUruguay
1954SwitzerlandWest Germany
1958SwedenBrazil
1962ChileBrazil
1966EnglandEngland
1970MexicoBrazil

FIFA World Cup Trophy

YearHostsWinners
1974West GermanyWest Germany
1978ArgentinaArgentina
1982SpainItaly
1986MexicoArgentina
1990ItalyWest Germany
1994United StatesBrazil
1998FranceFrance
2002South Korea & JapanBrazil
2006GermanyItaly
2010South AfricaSpain
2014BrazilGermany

Brazil has won the FIFA World Cup five times which is the most by any country. Germany and Italy have won four times each.

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