Editing FIFA World Cup Trophy (section)

== Jules Rimet Trophy ==
[[File:Jules Rimet trophy replica.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.68|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 [[Jules Rimet]] Cup was the original trophy of the [[FIFA World Cup]]. Originally called "Victory", but generally known simply as the ''World Cup'' or ''Coupe du Monde'', it was renamed in 1946 to honour the [[FIFA President]] Jules Rimet, who in 1929 passed a vote to initiate the competition. It was designed by French sculptor [[Abel Lafleur]] and made of gold-plated sterling silver on a [[lapis lazuli]] base.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guardian |date=13 January 2015 |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/13/original-world-cup-base-found-fifa|access-date=29 November 2018|archive-date=14 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814144600/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/13/original-world-cup-base-found-fifa|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1954 the base was replaced with a taller version to accommodate more winners' details. It stood 35&nbsp;centimetres (14&nbsp;in) high and weighed 3.8&nbsp;kilograms (8.4&nbsp;lb).<ref>{{
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}}</ref> It comprised a decagonal cup, supported by a winged figure representing [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]], the ancient Greek goddess of victory. The Jules Rimet Trophy was taken to Uruguay for the first FIFA World Cup aboard the ''[[SS Conte Verde|Conte Verde]]'', which set sail from [[Villefranche-sur-Mer]], just southeast of [[Nice]], in June 1930. This was the same ship that carried Jules Rimet and the footballers representing France, Romania, and Belgium who were participating in the tournament that year. The first team to be awarded the trophy was [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], the winners of the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/13/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-conte-verde-uruguay |title=World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No 16: Conte Verde's trip to Uruguay |author=Burnton, Simon |date=13 May 2014 |work=The Guardian|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707001643/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/13/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-conte-verde-uruguay|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Jules Rimet presents 1930 FIFA Cup to Raúl Jude 1974 stamp of Nicaragua.jpg|thumb|[[Jules Rimet]] presents the World Cup trophy to [[Raúl Jude]], president of the Uruguayan Football Association, winners of the inaugural [[1930 FIFA World Cup]]. This trophy was renamed for Rimet in 1946.]]

During World War II, the trophy was held by [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]] champion [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. [[Ottorino Barassi]], the Italian vice-president of [[FIFA]] and president of [[Italian Football Federation|FIGC]], secretly transported the trophy from a bank in Rome and hid it in a shoe-box under his bed to prevent the [[Nazis]] from taking it.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sportskeeda |title=History of World Cup |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/fifa-world-cup-history |year=2018 |access-date=5 February 2018 |publisher=Sportskeeda |archive-date=24 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524004458/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/fifa-world-cup-history |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] in Sweden marked the beginning of a tradition regarding the trophy. As Brazilian captain [[Hilderaldo Bellini]] heard photographers' requests for a better view of the Jules Rimet Trophy, he lifted it up in the air. Every cup-winning captain since has repeated the gesture.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/news/newsid=2301318/ |title=Blatter mourns loss of ex-Brazil captain Bellini |publisher=FIFA |date=21 March 2014|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305205320/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=3/news=morre-bellini-capitao-uma-selecao-campea-2301318.html|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>

On 20 March 1966, four months before the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] in England, the [[1966 theft of the Jules Rimet Trophy|trophy was stolen]] during a public exhibition at [[Methodist Central Hall Westminster|Westminster Central Hall]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/20/newsid_2861000/2861545.stm |title=1966: Football's World Cup stolen |date=20 March 1966 |work=BBC News|access-date=28 June 2010|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905224549/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/20/newsid_2861000/2861545.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> It was found seven days later wrapped in newspaper at the bottom of a suburban garden hedge in Beulah Hill, [[Upper Norwood]], [[South London]], by a black and white collie dog named [[Pickles (dog)|Pickles]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Alastair |last=Reid |title=The World Cup |date=10 September 1966 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/articles/060703fr_archive01 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=2 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224033726/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/articles/060703fr_archive01 |archive-date=24 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-dog-found-stolen-world-7540928 |title=How my dog found the stolen World Cup trophy – put me in the frame |first=Jon |last=Dean |website=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=18 March 2016|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref>

As a security measure, the (English) [[The Football Association|Football Association]] secretly manufactured a replica of the trophy for use in exhibitions rather than the original. This replica was used on occasions until the original trophy had to be handed back to FIFA for the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|next competition in 1970]]. Since FIFA had explicitly denied the FA permission to create a replica, the replica also had to disappear from public view and was for many years kept under its creator's bed. This replica was sold at an auction in 1997 for £254,500, when it was purchased by FIFA.<ref name="Simon Kuper 2006">{{cite web |author=Simon Kuper |title=Solid gold mystery awaits the final whistle |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/87e8256e-cbcc-11da-a7bf-0000779e2340.html |year=2006 | access-date = 5 July 2006 |work=Financial Times | archive-date = 13 May 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070513164157/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/87e8256e-cbcc-11da-a7bf-0000779e2340.html | url-status = live}}</ref> The high auction price, 10 times the reserve price of £20,000–30,000, was led by speculation that the auctioned trophy was not the replica trophy but the original itself. Testing by FIFA confirmed the auctioned trophy was a replica.<ref name="Simon Kuper 2006" /> Soon afterwards FIFA arranged for the replica to be lent for display at the English [[National Football Museum]], which was then based in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] but is now in [[Manchester]].<ref>[http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/news/jules-rimet-trophy-returns-to-museum-display “Jules Rimet Trophy Returns To Museum Display”]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412143411/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/news/jules-rimet-trophy-returns-to-museum-display |date=12 April 2016 }}. National Football Museum. Retrieved 6 March 2018</ref>

The [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian team]] won the tournament for the third time in 1970, allowing them to keep the real trophy in perpetuity, as had been stipulated by Jules Rimet in 1930.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mark Buckingham |title=1970 World Cup – Mexico |url=http://home.skysports.com/worldcup/historyarticle.aspx?hlid=373674 |year=2006 | access-date = 2 October 2006 |work=Sky Sports | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061013182428/http://home.skysports.com/worldcup/historyarticle.aspx%3Fhlid%3D373674 | archive-date = 13 October 2006 | url-status = dead}}</ref> It was put on display at the [[Brazilian Football Confederation]] headquarters in [[Rio de Janeiro]], in a cabinet with a front of bullet-proof glass.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/13/world-cup-mystery-what-happened-jules-rimet-trophy “World Cup mystery: what happened to the original Jules Rimet trophy?”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041436/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/13/world-cup-mystery-what-happened-jules-rimet-trophy |date=8 March 2018 }}. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 6 March 2018</ref>

On 19 December 1983, [[1983 theft of the Jules Rimet Trophy|the trophy was stolen again]]. The wooden rear of the cabinet was forced open with a crowbar and the cup was taken.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bellos |first=Alex |year=2003 |title=Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London |isbn=0-7475-6179-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/futebolbrazilian0000bell/page/342 342] |url=https://archive.org/details/futebolbrazilian0000bell/page/342}}</ref> Four men were tried and convicted in absentia for the crime.<ref name=ap /> The trophy has never been recovered, and it is widely believed to have been melted down and sold into gold bars.<ref name=newtrophy /> However, some believe the trophy wasn't melted down and was instead sold onto the black market and may still exist.<ref name="Kuper_2012">{{cite news|last1=Kuper|first1=Simon|title=My quest for football's Holy Grail|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b18303ca-633e-11e1-9245-00144feabdc0.html|accessdate=27 May 2016|newspaper=Financial Times|date=3 March 2012|quote=But the story has holes. For a start, the Rimet couldn’t be melted into gold bars because it wasn’t solid gold. Most likely, the German replica wasn’t all gold either. Moreover, the police had no evidence the trophy had been melted down. Indeed, the convicted Argentine gold dealer Juan Carlos Hernández testified that he didn’t melt it down. An analysis of his foundry found traces of gold of a different quality from the trophy.}}</ref>

Only one piece of the Jules Rimet Trophy has been found, the original base, which FIFA had kept in a basement of the federation's Zürich headquarters prior to 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30792514 |title=World Cup: Piece of original Jules Rimet trophy found |work=BBC Sport |date=13 January 2015|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620025800/https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30792514|archive-date=20 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Confederation commissioned a replica of their own, made by [[Eastman Kodak]], using {{convert|1.8|kg}} of gold. This replica was presented to [[Brazilian military dictatorship|Brazilian military]] [[President of Brazil|president]] [[João Figueiredo]] in 1984.<ref name=ap>{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Trophy as filled with history as Cup |url=http://media.cnnsi.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/06/25/trophy_ap/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429221224/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/06/25/trophy_ap/|archive-date=29 April 2011 |date=22 June 2002 | access-date =5 July 2006 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>