The FIFA World Cup Made of 18-carat gold Weighs 6,175 grams 36.8 centimetres high Year and name of all winners since 1974 on the base Winning teams receive gold-plated replica Did you know? The first FIFA World Cup, the Jules Rimet trophy, had an adventurous life of its own. In service from the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 until 1970, the trophy was hidden from occupying troops during the Second World War by the Italian Vice-President of FIFA, Dr Ottorino Barassi, who kept it safe in a shoe box under his bed. In 1966, the cup went missing from a display in the run-up to the World Cup tournament in England but was eventually found, buried in a garden , by a little dog called Pickles. It was stolen again in Rio de Janeiro in 1983 and apparently melted down by the thieves. The Brazilian Football Association, who had earned the right to keep the trophy after three World Cup victories, had a replica made.
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