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A New FIFA World Cup Trophy?

  • 14-07-2014 12:25am
    #1
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,928 ✭✭✭✭


    So Germany have won this trophy three times do they get to keep it?

    Brazil kept The Jules Rimet Trophy after winning it three times.


Comments

  • #2
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Doesn't work like that anymore.


  • #3
    klose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,887 ✭✭✭✭klose


    This is germanys 4th


  • #4
    Brussels Sprout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    No, they changed the rules. It'll probably go until they run out of space on the base for the winner's names, sometime around 2030.


  • #5
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,928 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    klose wrote: »
    This is germanys 4th

    One of them was the old trophy. Three with the new one.


  • #6
    Washington Irving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,066 ✭✭✭Washington Irving


    Every winner just gets a replica trophy now. FIFA keep the original. No special significance to winning it three times.


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  • #7
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Brazil's one got nicked if I recall correctly - linky :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft_of_the_Jules_Rimet_Trophy

    Besides, this is the first time a unified Germany have won it - if FIFA are looking for an excuse to be mean. As if.


  • #8
    Macavity.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭Macavity.


    They won it as West Germany the other times anyway. :/


  • #9
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,982 ✭✭✭Degag


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    So Germany have won this trophy three times do they get to keep it?

    Brazil kept The Jules Rimet Trophy after winning it three times.

    I hope not, the World Cup trophy is about as iconic as you can get.

    It would be akin to changing the Champions League theme, just shouldn't happen.


  • #10
    Miccoli
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭Miccoli


    I think you should be allowed keep it , its a nice touch after winning 3 times.


  • #11
    FatherTed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭FatherTed


    They get to keep a replica. The original remains with FIFA.


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  • #12
    roanoke
    Registered Users Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭roanoke


    Do you mean like an all-new style of trophy?

    I hope not. I hope they keep the current trophy forever. It's just an amazing thing to look at. I think my interest with this sport can honestly be traced back to seeing that trophy for the first time.


  • #13
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    FatherTed wrote: »
    They get to keep a replica. The original remains with FIFA.

    A gold-plated replica instead of a solid gold one like the original.


    Because FIFA could never afford a proper one....... :rolleyes:


  • #14
    joe316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭joe316


    Hotfail.com wrote: »
    A gold-plated replica instead of a solid gold one like the original.


    Because FIFA could never afford a proper one....... :rolleyes:

    Not solid gold, but I think they should make one just to see the players faces lifting one at the end.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/10301713


  • #15
    enda1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,166 ✭✭✭enda1


    Different Germany back then too - West Germany. This is the the first "Germany" win.


  • #16
    Andrew 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭Andrew 83


    enda1 wrote: »
    Different Germany back then too - West Germany. This is the the first "Germany" win.

    Could be wrong on this but I think it's still technically the same state - the German Federal Republic. They just absorbed East Germany into the existing state rather than the two countries forming a new state. 'West' Germany was just a description rather than the country.


  • #17
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,928 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Well I checked the FIFA website today. It was to late and I was a bit to drunk to check lastnight.
    The original FIFA World Cup Trophy cannot be won outright anymore, as the new regulations state that it shall remain FIFA's own possession. Instead, the FIFA World Cup winners are awarded a replica which they get to keep as a permanent reminder of their great triumph. These gold-plated replicas are referred to as the FIFA World Cup Winners' Trophies

    I did find it funny though that it was in the marketing part of the FIFA website. But it does kind of sums FIFA up for me all about making the tax free money,marketing there soul for the almighty $€£

    http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/marketing/brand/trophy.html


  • #18
    enda1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,166 ✭✭✭enda1


    Andrew 83 wrote: »
    Could be wrong on this but I think it's still technically the same state - the German Federal Republic. They just absorbed East Germany into the existing state rather than the two countries forming a new state. 'West' Germany was just a description rather than the country.

    That could well be true!


  • #19
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Andrew 83 wrote: »
    Could be wrong on this but I think it's still technically the same state - the German Federal Republic. They just absorbed East Germany into the existing state rather than the two countries forming a new state. 'West' Germany was just a description rather than the country.
    Yep, there never really was a West Germany, or East Germany for that matter. After the war West Germany was the Federal Republic of Germany, and the East was German Democratic Republic. It just ceased to be known as West Germany once reunification happened. So all the World Cups they've won are valid.


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