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The FIFA World Cup is a gold trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup association football tournament. Since the advent of the World Cup in 1930, two different trophies have been used: the Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 1970 and thereafter the FIFA World Cup Trophy from 1974 to the present day. The production cost of the ...
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. [ 2 ]
Initially designed in 2007 by Minale Bryce Design Strategy, based in Queensland, Australia, the trophy was manufactured by Amit Pabuwal in India. [1][2] Later, Links of London became the manufacturer of the trophy. [3][4] In 2021, Thomas Lyte became the official manufacturer of the trophy. [5]
The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed single sporting event in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The viewership of the 2018 World Cup was estimated to be 3.57 billion, close to half of the global population, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] while the engagement with the 2022 World Cup ...
The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy is presented to the winning team of the ICC Cricket World Cup. The current trophy is 60 cm high, is made from silver and gold, and features a golden globe held up by three silver columns. The columns, shaped as stumps and bails, represent the three fundamental aspects of cricket: batting, bowling and fielding ...
Ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the trophy is coming to Dallas for a few days as part of a larger 51-country tour.
On 7 November 2022, at age 39, Alves was named in the squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [95] By starting in his side's final group stage fixture against Cameroon, Alves became the oldest ever player to feature in a World Cup match for Brazil, at the age of 39 years and 210 days. [96]
On 24 March 2021, Modrić made his 134th appearance for the national team in a 1–0 2022 World Cup qualifying defeat to Slovenia, equalling Darijo Srna as the most capped player in the history of the team. [338] Three days later, in a 1–0 World Cup qualifying victory over Cyprus, he surpassed Srna's record. [339] [340]