Every 4 years, players from all around the world come together to compete for one particular trophy – the World Cup – and we all drop everything to watch them fight for this prize. But how much do we really know about that golden prize?
Here are 10 facts you probably didn’t know about the World Cup trophy.
1. The design of the original trophy
2. Hidden from the Nazis
3. Jules Rimet
4. It was stolen in England and found by a dog
5. Brazil kept the original trophy
6. It was stolen again
7. New World Cup trophy
8. It is no longer up for keeps
9. The ball at the top must be hollow
10. It may have to be replaced soon