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Like Maradona and Zidane, the greatest player of his time Lionel Messi won the final in Qatar and lifted the trophy while the team's players pose with the World Cup trophy after their arrival in Argentina. But did you know? It is said that the trophy in Messi's hands is fake and made only of gold.
In fact, the 1930 designed trophy was brought home by the Brazilian team after winning the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.
The trophy was previously stolen from an exhibition in London but was later recovered by a dog named "Pickles" while out walking with his owner in south London.
Then, in 1983, the trophy was stolen again when it was set up by the winning team in Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil. The stolen trophy was never found.
In 1970, FIFA held a competition for a new trophy, in which 53 designs were submitted. Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga won the competition for this design, which features two people holding the globe high in the air.
The designer believed that the world is round like a soccer ball and inspired this design.
The trophy was introduced at the 1974 World Cup hosted by West Germany.
What is special about this FIFA trophy?
This 15 inch 18k gold trophy weighs just over 6 pounds. Below the trophy are the names of the 12 World Cup winning teams.
Why wasn't Messi given the actual trophy?
This trophy has its unique place in the world history of sport. According to FIFA, very few people are allowed to touch the trophy, including winners and heads of state.
This golden trophy is awarded to the winning team of the World Cup, but actually remains with FIFA.
According to FIFA rules, the actual trophy remains with FIFA, but the winning team is provisionally awarded. The original trophy is then retained by FIFA, while the winning team permanently receives the tournament edition trophy, referred to by some as the "replica".
In 2005, FIFA decided to no longer award the current trophy to the winning team. They used to be allowed to display the original trophy in their confederation's trophy cabinet and return it to FIFA, but since 2006 the original trophy has only been presented to the winning teams during the awards ceremony and then returned by FIFA staff. take it back Yes, of course the winning team gets a copy.
According to FIFA, the trophy given to the winning team is not made entirely of gold, but coated with gold. It shows the year of the World Cup, the host country and the name of the winning team.
The rule for awarding the trophy for the three-time world championship title has also changed, otherwise Germany, the winner of 2014, could have won the trophy again.
Prize money for world champions Argentina and other teams
According to FIFA, the winning team at the World Cup in Qatar will receive $42 million in prize money for the Argentine FA, while the losing French team will receive $30 million.
The prize money will be paid from the FIFA prize fund, which has a total volume of 440 million dollars in 2022.
When France won the World Cup in 2018, FIFA gave their federation $38 million. At the time, FIFA's prize pool was $400 million.
It is believed that not all the money of this prize goes to the players, but a large part belongs to them.
According to the AP news agency, it was announced that each country's federations would receive at least $9 million to participate in this year's World Cup and $1.5 million to prepare for the tournament.
It was announced that $20.7 million will be awarded to third-placed team Croatia and $2.5 million to fourth-placed Morocco.
Additionally, it was announced that $17 million would be awarded to the teams ranked fifth through eighth, $13 million to the teams ranked 9th through 16th, and $9 million to the teams ranked 17th through 32 are awarded.
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