Value of FIFA World Cup
According to Refinitiv Metals Research, this gold trophy is worth $270,000 at current gold prices, equivalent to a week's salary of top Premier League stars. The in-kind reward for the World Cup champion is far ahead of UEFA's top two cups, the Europa League and the Champions League, in value, with about $9,500 and $4,700 respectively.
The World Cup has been held every four years since 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War. Two different cups were used. The Jules Rimet Cup was awarded between 1930-1970 and the FIFA World Cup from 1974.
The winning team receives a copy of the cup with the name engraved on the base of the original. The current trophy has been handed out since Brazil won it for the third time in 1970, helping them to keep the original Jules Rimet trophy, as was the convention by Jules Rimet - the "father" of the World Cup in 1930. However, the original version was stolen on December 19, 1983 and has yet to be found.
The Jules Rimet Cup consists of an octagonal cup, held by a winged figure representing Nike - the Greek goddess of victory, 35 cm tall and 3.8 kg in weight. The first team to win this cup was Uruguay. During World War II, the Jules Rimet cup was kept by Italy, the 1938 champion. On March 20, 1966 - when the World Cup was taking place in England, the trophy was stolen in an exhibition in the Central Hall. Westminster Center, London, but found 7 days later.
After Brazil kept the original title in 1970, FIFA launched a competition to create a new cup with 53 samples created by sculptors sent from 17 countries. In which, the gold cup - the work of Italian painter Silvio Gazzaniga - won and was named the FIFA World Cup.
The current FIFA World Cup is 36.8 cm tall, made from 5 kg of solid 18 carat gold with a base 13 cm in diameter with two concentric malachite rings, weighing a total of 6,142 kg, depicting two human figures greeting the passengers. planet Earth. Unlike the Jules Rimet cup, teams cannot keep the original FIFA World Cup forever. The champion also receives only copies and cannot keep the original title for four years.
In addition to the gold cup, the 2022 World Cup winner will receive $42 million in prize money. The prize money for the last three champions is 38 million for France in 2018, 35 million (Germany - 2014) and 30 million (Spain - 2010).
The above numbers record a jump because Italy received $ 20 million for the 2006 championship, and Brazil received eight million in 2022. After 20 years, the prize money for the World Cup champion has more than quadrupled.
