Soccer Trophies: the Best Competition Trophies

Soccer Trophies: the Best Competition Trophies

The awarding of soccer trophies in national and international soccer championships has extensively gained popularity all over the world. Tournaments like world cup, European championships or FA cup now have raised the game to a grander status and all the soccer-playing nations are playing hard to win these soccer trophies.

Soccer Awards: Choose the Right One

European Champion’s Club Cup or European Cup is presented by UEFA to the soccer club winning the UEFA champion’s league. Before 1968-’69, the soccer awards sponsored by newspaper l’equipipe was permanently awarded to Real Madrid, six times winner who won the five consecutive championships times at a stretch. From then on, UEFA held the cup of silver in its possession and winners the trophy were awarded the replica of the original having signs of the club engraved in it. Again the team winning thrice in a row or five times in all would be specially marked and such teams were awarded multiple winner soccer awards badges from 2000-2001 season. From 2004-2005, one year’s champion uses the ‘title holder logo’ in the following year’s tournament. The Football Association Challenge cup, in abbreviation FA cup is a knockout championship in English Football Association named as Football Association. FA cup is the oldest association football tournament started on 1871-1872. In the knockout meets, until 1990 the drawn encounters were settled by replays without limit, while afterwards a drawn replay is decided by extra time and penalty shoot outs. The soccer awards of the winning team recognized as FA cup are held by them until the following year’s final. FA soccer awards final is always played at Wembly stadium, London. World cup is one of the premier sports awards. The trophy originally named as the Jules Rimet cup, in the name of the former FIFA president. The trophy made of gold plated silver needed replacement in 1974 after Brazil owning it in 1970 after its third victory of the cup.

The original Jules Rimet trophy was an octagonal cup, fixed on winged figure of Nike. In 1966, the trophy was stolen and of course found after seven days. So, for the sake of security, FIFA designed its exact replica for celebration after the match. However, ultimately the original cup was permanently lost from the custody of Brazil in 1983. From 1974, the replacement, FIFA cup comprising two athletes holding up earth engraved in it ‘FIFA World Cup’ and name of the winner nation. The new model of ‘FIFA World Cup’ is recognized as one of the good-looking soccer trophies in the world and the championship is regarded as the best soccer competition on earth.