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. It remains the Three Lions’ only World Cup win to date and Queen Elizabeth II herself presented the trophy to Sir Bobby Moore. Unlike the Stanley Cup -- which features the names of every member of the winning team -- the relatively small size of the World Cup trophy requires some creativity. Rather, the name of the championship country is inscribed on the bottom of the trophy in the native language of the winner.

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. Four years ago when Australia was routed by eventual champions England in the semifinals of this tournament, Warner failed with the bat, as did Maxwell. Following England’s success in 1966, the FA had a replica of the Jules Rimet Trophy made to use in exhibitions instead of the real one. However, the English Football Association was prohibited by FIFA from doing so. When the FA returned the original trophy in 1970, the replica was put away for years. Professor says World Cup trophy cannot be solid gold". BBC News. 12 June 2010. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020 . Retrieved 13 June 2010.FIFA has framed new rules regarding the guardianship of the trophy. Unlike the Jules Rimet Trophy, the winning nations and future winners don’t get to hold the original trophy anymore. Instead, they are given a gold-plated bronze replica provided by FIFA. West Germany was the first nation to lift the modern World Cup trophy in 1974. FIFA World Cup Trophy Facts

But a series of missed long-range penalties in the second half saw Bristol fall to a narrow one-point defeat against the hosts, while the fly-half was then forced off for an HIA following a hard hit from GJ van Velze in the closing stages 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. Roberto Firmino, the scorer of the only goal in the final, was the rather boring and predictable winner of the Alibaba Man of the Match award according to FIFA.com. Jordan Henderson especially, or Sadio Mane, would have been more inspired choices. Jules Rimet Trophy [ edit ] Jules Rimet Trophy replica on display in the English National Football Museum. The original was stolen from Brazil in 1983 and has never been recovered The ODI year started with a 2-1 series win in India before this team led South Africa 2-0 over there. Then the Proteas won the remaining three matches by an average of 132 runs a game and the series 3-2 in September.Jules Rimet handed the trophy to Raul Jude, the president of the Uruguayan Football Association, in 1930 (Photo: Keystone/Getty Images) Things didn't get much better when the team returned to India and the host nation for the World Cup took the first two matches of the series for an unassailable lead, before a returning Maxwell produced something freakish for Australia to win the final game of that series.