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Jules Rimet Trophy was the original reward for winning the World Cup. Originally called simply 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 the competition. Created by Abel Lafle...
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Jules Rimet Trophy was the first prize for winning the Planet Cup. Originally called only the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, it was renamed in 1946 to complete the FIFA President Jules Rimet who in 1929 passed a vote to start the competition. Created by Abel Lafleur and made of gold coated silver on a blue base of lapis lazuli, it weighed 3.8 kilogram and stood 35 cm large. It had been in the form of an octagonal glass, supported by a winged figure representing Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
During World War II, the trophy occured by Italy. It was hidden by ottorino Barassi, the Italian vice-president of FIFA, from the Germans in a under his bed.
Just before the 1966 World Cup Final in England the prize was taken during a exhibition at Westminster Central Hall, but was found just seven days later, wrapped in newspaper at underneath of a backyard hedge in Norwood, South London, with a dog called "Pickles." As a safety measure, FIFA privately created an imitation of the trophy for use in the post-match festivities. The replica was also used on subsequent occasions until 1970. The imitation was bought at a market in 1997 for $425,015.There were many reproductions on eBay at that point.
The Brazilian team won the trophy for the next time in 1970, and were rewarded by being allowed to hold it in perpetuity. However, the cup was taken again in 1983 in Rio de Janeiro and never recovered; it might have now been melted down. The Brazilian Football Confederation commissioned a replica of the own.
The alternative trophy, technically called the FIFA World Cup Trophy, was first presented at the 1974 World Cup. Designed by Silvio Gazzaniga, it stands 36 cm tall and is made of 5 kilogram of 18 carat (75%) reliable gold with a base containing two layers of malachite, and shows two human figures holding up the Planet Earth. The name of the the tournament is won by country whose national team is engraved, together with the year, in the bottom side of the prize. It is as yet not known whether FIFA will retire the prize after every one of the name plaques at the bottom are filled in; this will happen after the 2038 World Cup.
FIFA's laws now declare that the trophy, unlike its predecessor, cannot be gained outright: the champions of the match receive it on loan for four years and receive a replica to keep.
