After the Olympic Games in p>1928, FIFA held a representative meeting and unanimously passed a resolution to hold the world football championship every four years. This has played a positive role in promoting the further development and improvement of world football. At first, this new football competition was called "World Football Championship". In 1956, FIFA decided to change its name to "Rimet Cup" at its meeting in Luxemburg. This is in recognition of the achievements made by former FIFA President Rimet, a Frenchman, for football. Rimet was the president of FIFA for 33 years (1921-1954) and was the initiator and organizer of the World Football Championship. Later, it was suggested that the two names be linked and called "World Football Championship-Rimet Cup". Therefore, it was decided at the Helsinki meeting to change its name to "World Football Championship-Rimet Cup" or "World Cup" for short.
The trophy of the World Cup was specially made by FIFA for the winner in 1928, and was cast by Friel, a famous Parisian jewelry technician. Its model is Nikai, the legendary Greek goddess of victory. She is dressed in an ancient Roman tunic, with her arms straight and a big cup in her hand. The statue is made of pure gold, weighs 18 grams and is 3 centimeters high, and stands on a marble base. This cup is a mobile prize. Whoever wins the championship can keep the gold cup for 4 years and return it to FIFA before the next cup so as to issue it to a new world champion. In addition, there is an additional stipulation: whoever wins the world championship three times in a row will get this cup forever.
In p>197, at the 9th World Cup, Uruguay, Italy and Brazil all won the championship twice. Therefore, everyone has the opportunity to occupy this cup forever. As a result, the Brazilian team got the lead and occupied this cup.
To this end, FIFA has to prepare a new trophy for the next champion. In May, 1971, FIFA held a new cup review meeting. After reviewing 53 schemes, it decided to adopt the design scheme of Italian Gazania-the design scheme of two Guinness hands holding the earth high. This figure symbolizes the power and scale of sports. The new cup is named "FIFA World Cup". The cup was 36 centimeters high and weighed 5 kilograms, which was worth 2 thousand dollars at that time. In the 1th World Cup in 1974, West Germany won the new cup for the first time as the champion. This time, FIFA stipulates that the new cup is a mobile prize, and no matter which team wins many championships, it can't occupy this cup.