World Cup winners cannot keep trophy outright
LONDON — Germany or Argentina will become the first country to win the current World Cup trophy for the third time at the final in Rio de Janeiro this Sunday (Monday morning, Singapore time) — but they will not get to keep it.
LONDON — Germany or Argentina will become the first country to win the current World Cup trophy for the third time at the final in Rio de Janeiro this Sunday (Monday morning, Singapore time) — but they will not get to keep it.
The 18-carat gold FIFA World Cup trophy was commissioned after Brazil won the Jules Rimet trophy for the third time in 1970, with FIFA’s regulations at the time stating any nation to record three triumphs would become its permanent owners.
But these rules were subsequently amended to state that the trophy would remain in FIFA’s possession, with the World Cup winners awarded a gold-plated replica referred to as “FIFA World Cup Winners” trophies.
The current World Cup trophy was won by Germany in 1974 and 1990, and by Argentina in 1978 and 1986.
It was designed by Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga, stands 36.8 centimetres tall, and weighs slightly less than 6.2 kilograms. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
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