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Jules Rimet Trophy was the original prize for winning the World Cup. Initially called only the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, it had been renamed in 1946 to honour the FIFA President Jules Rimet who in 1929 passed a vote to begin your competition. Created by Abel Lafle...
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Jules Rimet Trophy was the first prize for winning the Planet Cup. Originally called simply 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 start your competition. Created by Abel Lafleur and made of gold coated sterling silver on a blue base of lapis lazuli, it weighed 3.8 kilogram and stood 35 cm high. It was in the form of an octagonal glass, supported with a winged figure representing Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
All through World War II, the trophy occured by Italy. Ottorino Barassi, the Italian vice-president of FIFA, hid it from the Germans in a under his bed.
Just prior to the 1966 World Cup Final in England the prize was stolen during a exhibition at Westminster Central Hall, but was found only 7 days later, wrapped in paper at the underside of a backyard hedge in Norwood, South London, by a dog called "Pickles." As a safety measure, FIFA secretly created a replica of the trophy for use in the post-match celebrations. The replica was also used on subsequent events until 1970. The replica was bought at an auction in 1997 for $425,015.There were many replicas on eBay at this time.
The Brazilian team won the prize for the third time in 1970, and were rewarded by being allowed to keep it in perpetuity. Nevertheless, the cup was stolen again in 1983 in Rio de Janeiro and never recovered; it may have now been melted down. The Brazilian Football Confederation commissioned a replica of their own.
The replacement trophy, officially referred to as the FIFA World Cup Trophy, was initially introduced at the 1974 World Cup. Designed by Silvio Gazzaniga, it stands 36 cm high and is made of 5 kilogram of 18 carat (75%) stable gold with a base containing two levels of malachite, and represents two human figures holding up the Planet Earth. The name of the the tournament is won by country whose national team is engraved, as well as the year, in the bottom part of the trophy. It is as yet not known whether FIFA will retire the trophy after most of the name plaques at the bottom are filled in; this will happen after the 2038 World Cup.
FIFA's rules now suggest that the trophy, unlike its predecessor, can not be won outright: the champions of the tournament receive it on loan for four years and receive a replica to help keep.
