FIFA World Cup Trophy#Winners

File:Jules Rimet trophy replica.jpg. The original was stolen from Brazil in 1983 and has never been recovered.]]

The Jules Rimet Cup was the original trophy of the FIFA World Cup. Originally called "Victory", but generally known simply as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, it was renamed in 1946 to honour the FIFA President Jules Rimet, who in 1929 passed a vote to initiate the competition. It was designed by French sculptor Abel Lafleur and made of gold-plated sterling silver on a lapis lazuli base.{{cite news |title=Guardian |date=13 January 2015 |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/13/original-world-cup-base-found-fifa|access-date=29 November 2018|archive-date=14 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814144600/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/13/original-world-cup-base-found-fifa|url-status=live}} In 1954 the base was replaced with a taller version to accommodate more winners' details. It stood 35 centimetres (14 in) high and weighed 3.8 kilograms (8.4 lb).{{

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}} It comprised a decagonal cup, supported by a winged figure representing Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory. The Jules Rimet Trophy was taken to Uruguay for the first FIFA World Cup aboard the Conte Verde, which set sail from Villefranche-sur-Mer, just southeast of Nice, in June 1930. This was the same ship that carried Jules Rimet and the footballers representing France, Romania, and Belgium who were participating in the tournament that year. The first team to be awarded the trophy was Uruguay, the winners of the 1930 World Cup.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/13/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-conte-verde-uruguay |title=World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No 16: Conte Verde's trip to Uruguay |author=Burnton, Simon |date=13 May 2014 |work=The Guardian|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707001643/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/13/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-conte-verde-uruguay|url-status=live}}

File:Jules Rimet presents 1930 FIFA Cup to Raúl Jude 1974 stamp of Nicaragua.jpg presents the World Cup trophy to Raúl Jude, president of the Uruguayan Football Association, winners of the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup. This trophy was renamed for Rimet in 1946.]]

During World War II, the trophy was held by 1938 champion Italy. Ottorino Barassi, the Italian vice-president of FIFA and president of FIGC, secretly transported the trophy from a bank in Rome and hid it in a shoe-box under his bed to prevent the Nazis from taking it.{{cite web |author=Sportskeeda |title=History of World Cup |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/fifa-world-cup-history |year=2018 |access-date=5 February 2018 |publisher=Sportskeeda |archive-date=24 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524004458/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/fifa-world-cup-history |url-status=live }} The 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden marked the beginning of a tradition regarding the trophy. As Brazilian captain Hilderaldo Bellini heard photographers' requests for a better view of the Jules Rimet Trophy, he lifted it up in the air. Every cup-winning captain since has repeated the gesture.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/news/newsid=2301318/ |title=Blatter mourns loss of ex-Brazil captain Bellini |publisher=FIFA |date=21 March 2014|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305205320/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=3/news=morre-bellini-capitao-uma-selecao-campea-2301318.html|archive-date=5 March 2016}}

On 20 March 1966, four months before the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England, the trophy was stolen during a public exhibition at Westminster Central Hall.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/20/newsid_2861000/2861545.stm |title=1966: Football's World Cup stolen |date=20 March 1966 |work=BBC News|access-date=28 June 2010|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905224549/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/20/newsid_2861000/2861545.stm|url-status=live}} It was found seven days later wrapped in newspaper at the bottom of a suburban garden hedge in Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, South London, by a black and white collie dog named Pickles.{{cite magazine |first=Alastair |last=Reid |title=The World Cup |date=10 September 1966 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/articles/060703fr_archive01 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=2 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224033726/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/articles/060703fr_archive01 |archive-date=24 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-dog-found-stolen-world-7540928 |title=How my dog found the stolen World Cup trophy – put me in the frame |first=Jon |last=Dean |website=Daily Mirror |date=18 March 2016|access-date=8 March 2018}}

As a security measure, the (English) Football Association secretly manufactured a replica of the trophy for use in exhibitions rather than the original. This replica was used on occasions until the original trophy had to be handed back to FIFA for the next competition in 1970. Since FIFA had explicitly denied the FA permission to create a replica, the replica also had to disappear from public view and was for many years kept under its creator's bed. This replica was sold at an auction in 1997 for £254,500, when it was purchased by FIFA.{{cite web |author=Simon Kuper |title=Solid gold mystery awaits the final whistle |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/87e8256e-cbcc-11da-a7bf-0000779e2340.html |year=2006 | access-date = 5 July 2006 |work=Financial Times | archive-date = 13 May 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070513164157/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/87e8256e-cbcc-11da-a7bf-0000779e2340.html | url-status = live}} The high auction price, 10 times the reserve price of £20,000–30,000, was led by speculation that the auctioned trophy was not the replica trophy but the original itself. Testing by FIFA confirmed the auctioned trophy was a replica. Soon afterwards FIFA arranged for the replica to be lent for display at the English National Football Museum, which was then based in Preston but is now in Manchester.[http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/news/jules-rimet-trophy-returns-to-museum-display “Jules Rimet Trophy Returns To Museum Display”]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412143411/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/news/jules-rimet-trophy-returns-to-museum-display |date=12 April 2016 }}. National Football Museum. Retrieved 6 March 2018

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.{{cite web |author=Mark Buckingham |title=1970 World Cup – Mexico |url=http://home.skysports.com/worldcup/historyarticle.aspx?hlid=373674 |year=2006 | access-date = 2 October 2006 |work=Sky Sports | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061013182428/http://home.skysports.com/worldcup/historyarticle.aspx%3Fhlid%3D373674 | archive-date = 13 October 2006 | url-status = dead}} It was put on display at the Brazilian Football Confederation headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, in a cabinet with a front of bullet-proof glass.[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/13/world-cup-mystery-what-happened-jules-rimet-trophy “World Cup mystery: what happened to the original Jules Rimet trophy?”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041436/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/13/world-cup-mystery-what-happened-jules-rimet-trophy |date=8 March 2018 }}. The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2018

On 19 December 1983, the trophy was stolen again. The wooden rear of the cabinet was forced open with a crowbar and the cup was taken.{{cite book |last=Bellos |first=Alex |year=2003 |title=Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London |isbn=0-7475-6179-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/futebolbrazilian0000bell/page/342 342] |url=https://archive.org/details/futebolbrazilian0000bell/page/342}} Four men were tried and convicted in absentia for the crime. The trophy has never been recovered, and it is widely believed to have been melted down and sold into gold bars. However, some believe the trophy wasn't melted down and was instead sold onto the black market and may still exist.{{cite news|last1=Kuper|first1=Simon|title=My quest for football's Holy Grail|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b18303ca-633e-11e1-9245-00144feabdc0.html|accessdate=27 May 2016|newspaper=Financial Times|date=3 March 2012|quote=But the story has holes. For a start, the Rimet couldn’t be melted into gold bars because it wasn’t solid gold. Most likely, the German replica wasn’t all gold either. Moreover, the police had no evidence the trophy had been melted down. Indeed, the convicted Argentine gold dealer Juan Carlos Hernández testified that he didn’t melt it down. An analysis of his foundry found traces of gold of a different quality from the trophy.}}

Only one piece of the Jules Rimet Trophy has been found, the original base, which FIFA had kept in a basement of the federation's Zürich headquarters prior to 2015.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30792514 |title=World Cup: Piece of original Jules Rimet trophy found |work=BBC Sport |date=13 January 2015|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620025800/https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30792514|archive-date=20 June 2015|url-status=live}}

The Confederation commissioned a replica of their own, made by Eastman Kodak, using {{convert|1.8|kg}} of gold. This replica was presented to Brazilian military president João Figueiredo in 1984.{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Trophy as filled with history as Cup |url=http://media.cnnsi.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/06/25/trophy_ap/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429221224/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/06/25/trophy_ap/|archive-date=29 April 2011 |date=22 June 2002 | access-date =5 July 2006 |publisher=CNN}}

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A replacement trophy was commissioned by FIFA for the 1974 World Cup. Fifty-three submissions were received from sculptors in seven countries.{{cite web |title=The FIFA World Cup Trophy |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/marketing/brand/trophy.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601013627/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/marketing/brand/trophy.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 June 2015 |access-date=19 February 2016 |publisher=FIFA}}{{cite web |title=Classic Football History of the FIFA World Cup |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/fifa-world-cup/trophy.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329051244/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/fifa-world-cup/trophy.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2013 |access-date=30 June 2014 |publisher=FIFA}} Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga was awarded the commission. The trophy stands {{convert|36.5|cm}} tall and is made of {{convert|6.175|kg}} of 18 karat (75%) gold, worth approximately US$161,000 in 2018. Its base is {{convert|13|cm}} in diameter containing two layers of malachite. Chemist Sir Martyn Poliakoff claims that the trophy is hollow, because if it were solid gold, the trophy would weigh {{convert|70|–|80|kg}} and would be too heavy to lift;{{cite web |title=Chemistry of the World Cup Trophy |author=Periodic Videos |website=YouTube |date=4 June 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCgElVlZhk |access-date=5 June 2010 |archive-date=16 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216013905/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCgElVlZhk |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/10301713.stm |title=Professor says World Cup trophy cannot be solid gold |publisher=BBC News |date=12 June 2010 |access-date=13 June 2010 |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406011534/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/10301713.stm |url-status=live}} the trophy's original manufacturer has confirmed its hollowness.{{Cite web |title=La Coppa del Mondo, prodotto Made in Italy |website=YouTube |date=17 June 2010 |language=it |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5TNaEsGQs8 |access-date=12 December 2022 |archive-date=12 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212182823/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5TNaEsGQs8 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Il creatore della Coppa del Mondo – Silvio Gazzaniga |website=YouTube |date=June 2010 |language=it |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKT3yxRrY7I |access-date=12 December 2022 |archive-date=12 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212184342/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKT3yxRrY7I |url-status=live }}

Produced by GDE Bertoni in Paderno Dugnano, it depicts two human figures holding up the Earth. Gazzaniga described the trophy thus, "The lines spring out from the base, rising in spirals, stretching out to receive the world. From the remarkable dynamic tensions of the compact body of the sculpture rise the figures of two athletes at the stirring moment of victory".

The Cup used to be kept by the winning team until the final draw of the next tournament, but that is no longer the case. Instead the winners of the tournament receive a bronze replica which is gold-plated rather than solid gold. Likewise, three-time winners keep the replica instead of the original cup. Germany became the first nation to win the new trophy for the third time when they won the 2014 FIFA World Cup,{{cite news |title=Germany v Argentina: World Cup final champions not allowed to keep trophy – despite becoming three-time winners |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10959027/Germany-v-Argentina-World-Cup-final-champions-not-allowed-to-keep-trophy-despite-becoming-three-time-winners.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=6 July 2018 |access-date=6 July 2018 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112141719/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10959027/Germany-v-Argentina-World-Cup-final-champions-not-allowed-to-keep-trophy-despite-becoming-three-time-winners.html |url-status=live}} and Argentina became the second nation following their third win in Qatar at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The trophy has the engraving "FIFA World Cup" on its base. After the 1994 FIFA World Cup, a plate was added to the bottom side of the trophy where the names of winning countries are engraved, names therefore not visible when the trophy is standing upright. The inscriptions state the year in figures and the name of the winning nation in its national language – for example, "1974 {{lang|de|Deutschland}}{{-"}} or "1994 {{lang|es|Brasil}}{{-"}}. In 2010, the name of the winning nation was engraved as "2010 Spain" in English, not in Spanish.{{cite news |date=21 April 2014 |title=Taça da Copa do Mundo chega ao Brasil (World Cup trophy arrives in Brazil) |url=http://globotv.globo.com/rede-globo/jornal-da-globo/t/edicoes/v/taca-da-copa-do-mundo-chega-ao-brasil/3296190/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606205424/http://globotv.globo.com/rede-globo/jornal-da-globo/t/edicoes/v/taca-da-copa-do-mundo-chega-ao-brasil/3296190/ |archive-date=6 June 2014 |access-date=22 April 2014 |publisher=Globo TV}}{{cite news |date=13 July 2014 |title=Alemanha x Argentina – AO VIVO |url=http://agoranacopa.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2014/07/13/alemanha-x-argentina-ao-vivo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715012115/http://agoranacopa.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2014/07/13/alemanha-x-argentina-ao-vivo/ |archive-date=15 July 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014 |publisher=UOL}} This was corrected in the new plate made after the 2018 World Cup.{{Citation |title=FIFA World Cup Trophy Engraving! |date=16 October 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnqTWzAKMc4 |access-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ZnqTWzAKMc4 |archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live |publisher=FIFA |language=en}}{{cbignore}} As of 2022, twelve winners have been engraved on the base. The plate is replaced each World Cup cycle and the names of the trophy winners are rearranged into a spiral to accommodate future winners.

The original trophy is now permanently kept at the FIFA World Football Museum in Zürich, Switzerland. It leaves there only when it goes on its FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour. It is present at the Final draw for the next World Cup, and on the pitch at the World Cup opening game and Final.{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/media/newsid%3D101768.html |title=Historic global journey of the "real" FIFA World Cup Trophy to stop over in 28 countries |date=6 December 2005 |publisher=FIFA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630030208/http://www.fifa.com:80/aboutfifa/media/newsid=101768.html|archive-date=30 June 2010}} The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour was inaugurated for the 2006 FIFA World Cup competition.{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y%3D2007/m%3D5/news%3D2006-fifa-world-cuptm-trophy-tour-coca-cola-517126.html |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola |date=10 May 2007 |publisher=FIFA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906044727/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2007/m=5/news=2006-fifa-world-cuptm-trophy-tour-coca-cola-517126.html|archive-date=6 September 2015}}

{{See also|List of FIFA World Cup finals}}

Historic list of all holders of the trophy (winners of the FIFA World Cup).

Jules Rimet Trophy

• {{fb|BRA|1968}} – 1958, 1962, 1970
• {{fb|URU}} – 1930, 1950
• {{fb|ITA}} – 1934, 1938
• {{fb|FRG}} – 1954
• {{fb|ENG}} – 1966

FIFA World Cup Trophy

• {{fb|FRG}} / {{fb|GER}} – 1974, 1990, 2014
• {{fb|ARG}} – 1978, 1986, 2022
• {{fb|ITA}} – 1982, 2006
• {{fb|BRA}} – 1994, 2002
• {{fb|FRA}} – 1998, 2018
• {{fb|ESP}} – 2010

• FIFA Women's World Cup trophy
• FIFA Champions Badge

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• [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,,1759464,00.html The story of the 1966 theft] The Observer
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20200224122245/https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/raawards/ip-401_07a_trophies_18149.pdf FIFA Trophies (PDF)] (archived, 24 February 2020)
• [https://www.silviogazzaniga.com/ Official website of Silvio Gazzaniga, the sculptor of the trophy]
• {{cite web |last=Poliakoff |first=Martyn |title=Chemistry of the World Cup Trophy |url=http://www.periodicvideos.com/videos/feature_world_cup.htm |work=The Periodic Table of Videos |publisher=University of Nottingham|author-link=Martyn Poliakoff |year=2010}}
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100311183219/http://www.worldcupsc.com/ FIFA World Cup 2022 All Matches Time]}}
• [https://fifaworldcupopeningceremony.net/ FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 News]

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