{"id":15273,"date":"2026-06-10T14:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=15273"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:47:03","slug":"the-story-of-fifa-world-cup-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-story-of-fifa-world-cup-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of the FIFA World Cup Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do a shoebox, a heroic dog named Pickles, and 6 kilograms of solid gold have in common?<\/span><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-story-of-fifa-world-cup-trophy\/#The_First_Trophy_Nike_Goddess_of_Victory\" title=\"The First Trophy: Nike, Goddess of Victory\">The First Trophy: Nike, Goddess of Victory<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-story-of-fifa-world-cup-trophy\/#The_Shoebox_That_Saved_Football_History\" title=\"The Shoebox That Saved Football History\">The Shoebox That Saved Football History<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-story-of-fifa-world-cup-trophy\/#Pickles_the_Dog_and_the_1966_London_Heist\" title=\"Pickles the Dog and the 1966 London Heist\">Pickles the Dog and the 1966 London Heist<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-story-of-fifa-world-cup-trophy\/#The_Theft_That_Ended_Everything\" title=\"The Theft That Ended Everything\">The Theft That Ended Everything<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-story-of-fifa-world-cup-trophy\/#The_Trophy_Being_Lifted_in_2026\" title=\"The Trophy Being Lifted in 2026\">The Trophy Being Lifted in 2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are all part of the extraordinary, improbable history of the most coveted object in football \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/one-trophy-48-teams-billion-dreams-welcome-fifa-world-cup-2026\/\">FIFA<\/a> World Cup trophy. The trophy has been smuggled, stolen twice, hidden under a bed during wartime, sniffed out by a dog in a London garden, and, in one dark chapter, very likely melted down and sold for scrap. The fact that any version of it still exists at all is something of a miracle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow every moment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/message\/19:4565a8cf-5612-42d4-87e3-180e56d27b50_6209bf08-aa7b-4376-a8e5-0c3ba3de8f4e@unq.gbl.spaces\/1780993896337?context=%7B%22contextType%22%3A%22chat%22%7D\">2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> live on ZEE5 \u2014 India&#8217;s official streaming home for the <span data-teams=\"true\">FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_First_Trophy_Nike_Goddess_of_Victory\"><\/span><b>The First Trophy: Nike, Goddess of Victory<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The original trophy, introduced for the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930, was a gold statuette of Nike \u2014 the Greek goddess of victory \u2014 holding an octagonal cup above her head. It was initially called Victory. It was later renamed the Jules Rimet Trophy in honor of the FIFA president whose vision had made the tournament a reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIFA&#8217;s rules at the time included an unusual clause: any nation that won the World Cup three times would keep the trophy permanently. Brazil achieved this in 1970 in Mexico, becoming three-time champions with arguably the greatest squad ever assembled. They took the Jules Rimet home \u2014 and that, in theory, was the end of its story.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Shoebox_That_Saved_Football_History\"><\/span><b>The Shoebox That Saved Football History<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before Brazil even had their hands on it, the trophy came within inches of disappearing forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the Second World War, with Italy occupied by German forces, FIFA&#8217;s Italian Vice-President Ottorino Barassi faced a choice: leave the Jules Rimet Trophy in its bank vault in Rome, where occupying troops could easily seize it, or take matters into his own hands. He chose the latter. Barassi secretly removed the trophy from the vault and carried it home. For the remainder of the war, the world&#8217;s most coveted sports prize sat hidden in a shoebox \u2014 under his bed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It survived. Football survived.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pickles_the_Dog_and_the_1966_London_Heist\"><\/span><b>Pickles the Dog and the 1966 London Heist<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jules Rimet Trophy&#8217;s second brush with disaster came in England, just months before the 1966 World Cup. The trophy was on public display in London when thieves broke in and took it. The Football Association was mortified. Scotland Yard launched an investigation. A replica was quietly prepared in case it was never found.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One week later, a black-and-white collie named Pickles was out for a walk with his owner in south London when he began sniffing at a package wrapped in newspaper under a garden hedge. Inside: the intact Jules Rimet Trophy. Pickles became an instant national celebrity, appeared on television, and attended England&#8217;s World Cup victory banquet later that summer. He has since become one of football&#8217;s most beloved footnotes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Theft_That_Ended_Everything\"><\/span><b>The Theft That Ended Everything<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly, the Jules Rimet Trophy did not survive the 1980s. In 1983, thirteen years after Brazil had taken permanent custody, thieves broke into the Brazilian Football Confederation headquarters in Rio de Janeiro and stole it again. This time, there was no Pickles. The trophy was never recovered. The widely-held belief is that it was melted down into gold bars \u2014 a sacred relic of football history destroyed for the metal it contained. A replica stands in its place today.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Trophy_Being_Lifted_in_2026\"><\/span><b>The Trophy Being Lifted in 2026<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the original retired permanently to Brazil and subsequently stolen, FIFA commissioned a new design for 1974, created by Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga. The modern trophy depicts two abstract human figures, arms raised, holding up a golden globe. It stands 36.8 centimetres tall, weighs 6.175 kilograms, and is made of solid 18-carat gold with a base of green malachite rings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the trophy that will be lifted at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on July 20, 2026, in the Final of the World Cup 2026. Forty-five nations have held it over fifty years. Only eight have lifted it. The next chapter begins in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Don&#8217;t miss a moment of the <span data-teams=\"true\">FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122<\/span> \u2014 stream every match live in India with a <a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/message\/19:4565a8cf-5612-42d4-87e3-180e56d27b50_6209bf08-aa7b-4376-a8e5-0c3ba3de8f4e@unq.gbl.spaces\/1780993848090?context=%7B%22contextType%22%3A%22chat%22%7D\">ZEE5 FIFA subscription.\u00a0<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do a shoebox, a heroic dog named Pickles, and 6 kilograms of solid gold have in common? 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