After the end of World War I, Mr. Yule Rimet, the founder of Paris Red Star Team, was elected as the president of FIFA, and he started this stranded plan again. He has done a lot of persuasion work to football leaders from all over the world, trying to prove that a world football match can go hand in hand with the Olympic Games advocated by Baron Coubertin and flourish. He is very patient, very patient.
1926 65438+February 10, FIFA held a working meeting in Paris, attended by representatives from Switzerland, Hungary, France, Austria and Germany. Four months later, the draft meeting was submitted to the National Football Association and passed. Then, at the representative meeting in Helsinki, the football championship was named "World Football Champions Cup-Rimet Cup", or simply "World Cup". It is held every four years.
The World Cup is an award specially set by FIFA for the winner of 1928, which was cast by the famous Parisian jeweler Friel. Her model is Nicky, the legendary Greek goddess of victory, dressed in an ancient Roman tunic, with her arms straight and a big cup in her hand. The golden cup is 35 cm high and weighs 3.8 kg .. It is made of gold-plated silver cups and stands on a marble base. This cup is a mobile prize. Whoever wins the championship can keep it for four years and return it to FIFA before the next cup, so that the championship can be awarded to the new world champion. In addition, there is an extra rule: whoever wins the world championship three times will win the trophy forever.
Uruguay 1930 World Cup is the first World Cup football match. A total of 13 teams participated in this competition, including 7 teams from South America, 4 teams from Europe and 2 teams from North America. In the end, Uruguay won the first World Cup. Uruguay, Italy and Brazil all won the 9th World Cup twice with 1970. So everyone has a chance to occupy this trophy forever, and Brazil won the championship first. FIFA must prepare a new trophy for the next champion.
1971may, FIFA held a new cup judging meeting. After reviewing 53 schemes, we decided to adopt the design scheme of Gazania, Italy-the design scheme of two giants holding the earth with their hands. This shape symbolizes the scale of the first movement in the world. The new trophy was named "World Cup". The cup is 36.8 cm high and weighs 6. 175 kg, of which 4.97 kg is pure gold. The base is made of two layers of malachite, which is extremely precious. According to the rules of FIFA, the new trophy is a mobile prize, and no matter which team wins the championship many times, it can't occupy the trophy forever. Under the base of the World Cup, there is a nameplate on which the name of the champion 17 can be written-it can last until 2038.
The World Cup is the trophy of today's football World Cup and the symbol of football's highest honor. No matter from the aspects of structure, value and preciousness, it is by no means comparable to any other trophy in the world.