Who keeps the World Cup and when does it go to Argentina?
The 2022 World Cup belongs to Messi and Argentina after Sunday’s spectacular final that saw Kylian Mbappe hit a hat-trick for France.
One of the most famous and most coveted trophy in global football, the FIFA World Cup is instantly recognizable.
The current trophy is the second World Cup trophies with the first, used from 1930 to 1970, originally called Victory but was changed in honor of Jules Rimet, the third president of FIFA. Jules Rimet held the record for the longest tenure (33 years).
Brazil retain Jules Rimet trophy
The trophy was finally retired after Brazil’s third World Cup victory in 1970 after the Seleçao was granted permanent possession of the trophy after its win in Mexico, as per Jules Rimet’s designs.
FIFA needed a new trophy after Brazil retained the previous one and FIFA decided to use the design of Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga for their new World Cup trophy which was first awarded at the 1974 competition staged in Germany.
Unlike the Jules Rimet Cup, which was transferred from the winning country to the next, the current version belongs to FIFA permanently and remains in the organisation’s Zurich HQ under lock and key so it will be returning to Europe after Lionel Scaloni’s men conduct their celebrations following their dramatic win in Lusail.