The original trophy is kept by the ICC. A replica which only differs in inscriptions is permanently awarded to the winning team. [4] [5] History [ edit ] Prudential Cup trophy

The "original" Webb Ellis Cup was not made for the Rugby World Cup. Its history dates to 1906 –well before appearing in New Zealand for the first time. In recent tournaments, FIFA, in conjunction with Coca-Cola, takes the new trophy around the world before the upcoming World Cup. It gives thousands of soccer fans the chance to experience football’s most coveted prize with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the trophy themselves. On March 20, 1966, the trophy disappeared from its display cabinet while a Sunday church service was being conducted in another part of the building. The thief reportedly never touched rare stamps, estimated to have been worth over three million Pounds at the time, and fled with just the trophy, which at the time was valued at 30,000 Pounds. As we mentioned before, Brazil is the only nation to have won the Jules Rimet trophy on three different occasions. Two countries, Uruguay, and Italy have laid their hands on this trophy on two occasions. Germany – West Germany at the time – and England have had the honor of lifting the trophy exactly once. Jules Rimet Trophy

The second theft took place while the Victory trophy was in Brazil’s custody. After Brazil received the guardianship of the trophy, it was kept on public display in a bulletproof case at the Brazilian Football Confederation headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Even though four men were convicted of the crime, the 3.8kg trophy was never recovered. It is widely believed that the gold-plated sterling silver trophy has been melted and sold.

Overall, Brazil is the most prosperous nation with five World Cup triumphs , followed by Germany and Italy with four each. Silvio Gazzaniga, an artist in Milan, sculpted the famed trophy in 1971, after Brazil were allowed to keep the previous trophy after winning the tournament three times. The Jules Rimet Trophy was the first iteration. It was used from 1930 to 1970. Brazil won it outright courtesy of becoming the first country in the history of the competition to become three-time champions (1958, 1962 and 1970).The lesser-known name of the tournament “The Football Association Challenge Cup” is hand engraved onto the front of the trophy. In 1946, it was renamed the Jules Rimet Trophy in honour of the erstwhile FIFA president’s 25th anniversary in office. Over the years, there have been two different iterations or designs of the football World Cup trophy.

Over the past four weeks, players from 32 nations dreamed of getting their hands on global football's most iconic piece of silverware and Argentina earned it when they survived a penalty shootout against France following a thrilling 3-3 draw. The original Jules Rimet Trophy was never recovered and it was claimed that it had been melted down into gold bars.

In 2011, Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill told the Star-Times: "There's some debate as to which is the real World Cup. There are all sort of suggestions it's in someone's safe in Johannesburg from 1995." It was inspired by the Nike of Samothrace statue, an incomplete yet iconic Greek statue from the Hellenistic era which is on display at Paris’ Louvre museum. Instead, the FIFA World Cup winners from each year get to permanently keep a gold-plated bronze replica, referred to as the FIFA World Cup Winners’ Trophy, for every tournament they win.

World Rugby, attempting to provide some clarity, said the replica versions were "two-thirds the size" – though that's clearly not true of the 1987 version. Ottorino Barassi, an Italian who was serving as the FIFA vice-president at the time, quietly removed the trophy from the vault of a bank in Rome and hid it in a shoebox under his bed during the entirety of the War. The FIFA World Cup trophy, since its inception, has been the object of desire for every football-playing nation in the world, more than 200 of them currently, and their epic struggles on the field to win it has produced some memorable moments. Many experts believe the new trophy is hollow. According to them, if it were solid gold, the trophy would weigh 70–80 kilograms (150–180 lb) and would be too heavy for the winning nation to lift. Awarded to the winners of World Cups held once every four years, the FIFA World Cup trophy is undoubtedly the most coveted title in world football.The new regulations state that it remains in FIFA's possession, secured at its Zurich headquarters, barring ceremonial requirements like the Trophy Tour and during the FIFA World Cup main draws and the final presentation. Following FIFA's decision to commission a new trophy ahead of the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, the story goes that they received 53 submissions for a new design. The original base of the Jules Rimet Trophy, replaced before the 1954 World Cup, wasdiscovered by a FIFA staff memberat the organization’s headquarters in 2014. The 4-inch long base is on display at the World Football Museum in Zurich. Among the new trophy winners, only England and Uruguay have failed to win the current trophy. Germany and Argentina are the most successful nations, having lifted the FIFA World Cup Trophy on three separate occasions. Two triumphs, 1974 and 1990, were credited to West Germany. West Germany was also the first country to lift the trophy in 1974. The Jules Rimet Trophy had had quite a fascinating history. When World War II broke out, Italy was the current world champion. So Ottorino Barassi, who was vice-President of FIFA and President of Italy’s football federation, took it upon himself to hide the trophy from the clutches of the Nazis. Barassi hid the trophy in a shoebox under his bed while the war raged in most of Europe.