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Frenchman Jules Rimet (1873-1956) was the president of the French Football Federation from 1919-1946, and the president of FIFA from 1921-1954. Rimet was the longest-serving president of FIFA, and in fact served as president at the time of the foundation of the World Cup in 1930. In Rimet's honor, his name was given to the trophy won by the World Cup winning team.
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Who invented the World Cup?
The world cup was put together by FIFA president Jules Rimet. The first world cup took place in Uraguay in 1930. Selected nations were asked to join and a total of 13 teams took part. Uraguay were the eventual winners of the first world cup. The world cup trophy was named the jules rimet after the FIFA president.
What is the Jules Rimet Cup?
The Jules Rimet Cup was the original trophy awarded to the winner of the World Cup. Jules Rimet was a former president of FIFA and was instrumental in organizing the World Cup competition in 1928. It was first presented in 1930 to Uruguay, who won that year's World Cup competition. Rimet stated that whoever won the World Cup three times would keep the trophy. In 1970, Brazil won the World Cup and was awarded the Rimet Cup to keep forever. Unfortunately, the Jules Rimet Cup was stolen in 1983 and never recovered.
What was the name of the origginal World Cup trophy?
Jules Rimet Trophy (1930 to 1970) FIFA World Cup Trophy (1974 to the present day)
Does Brazil keep the FIFA World Cup?
They were awarded the Jules Rimet in 1970 after they won it for a third time. It was stolen in 1983 and never recovered.
Is it true that there have been tow world cup trophies?
Yes, the first was called Victory, it was awarded to Uruguay in 1930 and used as the World Cup trophy, it was then renamed the Jules Rimet in 1946 after Jules Rimet, a FIFA President. It was stolen in 1966 in England during a public exhibition, and found 7 days later at the bottom of a garden hedge. The Jules Rimet was given to Brazil to keep after they won the championship three times. It was stolen again and never recovered. The current trophy, The FIFA World Cup Trophy was presented in 1974 to Germany and is still in use today. The scrap value of the trophy is just short of £100,000.
