From the first World Cup in 1930 to the upcoming World Cup in Russia, there have been two trophies, the "Remit Cup" and the "Hercules Cup". From the first World Cup in 1930 to the ninth World Cup in 1970, the championship trophies were all "Remit Cups".
The origin of the Remit Cup
Before the start of the first World Cup in 1930, FIFA commissioned the French sculptor Abel Lafleur to design the World Cup's championship trophy, which is mainly the image of the Greek goddess of victory, Nikai, dressed in a long skirt, spreading her unique wings, holding up a trophy with both hands, representing victory and honor, and the base is supported by octagonal marble. The trophy is made of sterling silver, with a gold-encrusted exterior, is 35 cm high and weighs about 3.8 kg, and a gold medal is set on each of the four sides of the base to engrave the name of the champion team.
At that time, the trophy was named the "World Cup", until July 25, 1946, at a meeting held by FIFA in Luxembourg, it was announced that the trophy would be officially named the Remy Gold Cup, in honor of the outstanding contribution of jules Rimet, the founder of the World Cup, to the World Cup. And it was stipulated that the team that won the World Cup for the first time three times would keep the Remit Cup permanently, and in the end, Brazil did it in 1970.
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The Uruguayan lifted the Remit Cup for the first time
In the first World Cup in 1930, host Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in the final to become the inaugural World Cup winner. Uruguayan FOOTBALL President Paulo Youde also became the first person in history to lift the Remit Cup.
Since then, Italy, Brazil, West Germany and England have won the Remit Cup, and by the 1970 World Cup, Brazil won the World Cup for the third time, and Brazilian captain Alberto became the last person to lift the Remit Cup. Brazil was also awarded the privilege of retaining the Remit Cup permanently, however, Brazil failed to save the Remit Cup for the end.
Alberto lifted the Remit Cup for the last time
The Remit Cup had a rough fate
The fate of the Remit Cup is very bumpy, even full of legends. During World War II, the Whereabouts of the Remit Cup were unknown, and it turned out that the then FIFA vice president, Barassi, hid the Remit Cup in a shoe box under his bed to avoid falling into the hands of the occupying forces. However, the story of the Remit Cup is far from over.
A puppy saved the FA's face
On the eve of the 1966 World Cup in England, the FA took a lot of trouble to convince FIFA to bring the Remit Cup to the Ukin exhibition for fans to enjoy. But the Remit Cup had an accident during the Uk exhibition. Two days after the exhibition, the Remit Cup was gone! The British police dispatched a lot of manpower and material resources to start searching for the stolen Remit Cup, and then the police seized a London dock worker named Becky Ray, who admitted to stealing the Remit Cup with his companions, but he did not know the whereabouts of the Remit Cup.
Something even more magical happened a week later. Corbett, a worker at the Thames Barge, took his puppy Pixar out for a morning stroll, and Pixar sniffed around a fence and refused to leave, and a curious Corbett walked over to see what was so attractive to Pixar.
Corbett found a paper bag there, and when he opened it, he was shocked to see that it was not a stolen Remit Cup!
Corbett hurriedly handed the Remit Cup to the FA, who was now struggling, and received a reward of £5,000, while his puppy was rewarded with a meat bone.
The then FA president Mills was worried that the gold cup would be accidentally regenerated, so he secretly asked the London goldsmith to make a trophy exactly like the Remit Cup, and took the fake out to continue the exhibition, while hiding the real gold cup under his bed. The fake was sold to FIFA for £254,500 at an auction in 1997.
After the Remit Cup theft, the British were mercilessly ridiculed by the Brazilians. An official from the Brazilian Sports Association said: "Such a shameful theft will never happen in Brazil. Brazilian thieves also love football, but there is absolutely no such sin of blasphemy. ”
But ironically, the Remit Cup ended up in the hands of the Brazilians.
The Remit Cup was stolen again in Brazil and its whereabouts are still unknown
In 1983, the Remit Cup disappeared mysteriously again. At that time, the Brazilian Football Federation made a replica for the exhibition, and the real Remit Cup was kept in a safe on the ninth floor of the FA headquarters. On December 19, 1983, a man named Ayres (who had previously been to the office of the president of the Brazilian Football Association to admire the trophy) and two accomplices infiltrated the office on the ninth floor, and it took them only a short time to get the anti-theft device and steal the Remit Cup.
Since then, pele, the king of the ball, and others have publicly called for the thief to return to the original owner, "for the soul of Brazilian football to return the gold cup." "But the real Remit Cup has not been seen again, there are rumors that the Remit Cup has been re-furnace by thieves, and the whereabouts of the Gold Cup are still unknown.
Today's World Cup trophy, also known as the Hercules Cup, has been used since 1974, and the base of the Hercules Cup can be engraved with the names of the seventeen World Cup winners from 1974 to 2038, but after the end of the 2038 World Cup, it is unclear whether the Hercules Cup will be retired.