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FIFA, Tiffany & Co. unveils the NASA-inspired gold Club World Cup trophy created with.

Harry November 15, 2024

FIFA, Tiffany & Co. on Thursday. announced the golden cup created in cooperation. Contested and newly expanded Club World Cup.

The 24-carat gold-plated trophy will be lifted by the winners of next year’s tournament in the United States.

And even though he’s faced with a situation violent reaction By the players’ unions and the leagues, FIFA clearly foresees a long-term future for the tournament; The award leaves room for the winning clubs’ emblems to be engraved for the next 96 years.

“Innovative, inclusive, groundbreaking and truly global, the new FIFA Club World Cup, featuring 32 teams, deserves a trophy that represents all of these,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a statement. “It is both prestigious and timeless; “a golden cup that is a symbol of the future and inspired by the past.”

Images released by football’s world governing body show the trophy is a series of disks that can transform from a shield into a “multifaceted and orbital structure”. It has engravings in 13 languages and Braille, and stands on a black base with the FIFA emblem in gold letters.

FIFA said there was room to engrave winners’ emblems in all 24 editions of the quadrennial tournament.

He added that the trophy was inspired by “NASA’s Voyager deep space missions of the 1970s, the periodic table, pioneering voyage maps, and astronomy.”

Each winner of the tournament will receive a copy.

Tiffany & Co. “The FIFA Club World Cup Trophy is the next chapter in our long history of creating the world’s most respected symbols of athletic achievement,” said CEO Anthony Ledru.

The Club World Cup will be played in June and July next year and the number of teams has been increased from seven to 32.

This led to a challenge from world players’ union FIFPRO, which expressed concerns about the increasing number of players. physical and mental demands on the players.

Rodri, this year’s Ballon d’Or winner, was announced by the players in September. close to strike action Because of the number of games they have to play. And last month FIFPRO’s European division teamed up with domestic leagues to Go to the European Union to challenge How is FIFA adding new and bigger men’s competitions?

But Europe’s leading clubs have welcomed the new format, which FIFA hopes will make it one of the world’s biggest club competitions alongside the Premier League and Champions League.