On Sunday, July 11th, 2010, before the 2010 FIFA World Cup final soccer match started at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, the captain of the Champion Soccer team (Italy) in 2006 World Cup, Fabio Cannavaro (簡拿華路) took out the FIFA World Cup from a box and showed it to the spectators at the stadium.The FIFA World Cup Cannavaro was holding was founded in 1971. It was designed by Silvio Gazzanigi of Italy. Made of 18-carat gold and malachite, the cup is 36 cm tall and weighs 5 kg. The sculpture depicts two triumphant football players holding a globe in their raised hands. The trophy is passed on to each winning team that gets to keep an identical (but gold-plated) replica. The making of the statue cost about $50,000, today its value is estimated to over $10,000,000.
With great sadness, Fabio Cannavaro kissed the World Cup trophy.
“I’m very proud and I’d like to thank Louis Vuitton and FIFA for organising this event. It’s something new and so it’s an honour to be the first person to take part. The Final will be really emotional because we’re going to hand over the Trophy that we’ve cherished for the last four years.” said Cannavaro.
The previous World Cup (The Golden Nike), Jules Rimet Cup, was founded in 1930 by Frenchman Jules Rimet, the creator of the world championship games. The cup was designed and made by a French sculptor, Abel Lafleur. It was made of pure gold, 35 centimetres (14 in) high and weighed 3.8 kilograms (8.4 lb). The sculpture depicted Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory). In 1950 the statuette was named the Jules Rimet Cup after its founder. It was a trophy passed on to each winner and the team to win the tournament three times got to keep it (Brasil achieved this in 1970). Unfortunately, in 1983 the Cup was stolen and it has never been found.
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Phew..... lots of precious information about the cup. Have to be concentrate in reading the passage and to understand it. Nevertheless, I have one more information about this cup:
The name of the country whose national team wins each tournament is engraved in the bottom side of the trophy, and therefore is not visible when the trophy is standing upright. The text states the year in figures and the name of the winning nation in its national language, for example "— 1974 Deutschland" and "— 1994 Brasil". As of 2010, ten winners have been engraved on the base. It is not known whether FIFA will retire the trophy after all of the name plaques at the base are filled in; this will not occur until after the 2038 World Cup at the earliest.
Thanks for adding more information about the World Cup.
I think a new plate with smaller engraved letters can be welded to the bottom of the cup.
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