The world's oldest soccer tournament trophy?

The ten most famous trophies in international sports

The Rémitte Cup This 1,800-gram World Football Championship trophy, the brainchild of the Frenchman Jules Rémitte and made of solid gold by the French sculptor Abel Lavallee, was first used at the first World Football Championships, held in Uruguay in 1930. The "Flying Lady of Victory" was just over 20 centimeters tall, and her arms were spread out as if she were holding a huge hexagonal object. After Brazil won three championships, the cup was returned to its permanent possession, but was later stolen and melted down. The trophy was stolen after England's victory in 1966. A puppy later stumbled upon it again in a London park.

Davies Cup In the late 19th century, Dwight Davis, a famous tennis player at the time, suggested in 1898 that an award be created to recognize the winners of tennis team matches (four singles and one doubles match at the time) The Davis Cup was born, but the trophy was not formally awarded until 1901, because in the 1900 match, the participating British excused themselves from playing in California. lost the match due to water damage and withdrew from the tournament early.

America's Cup Originally named the "100 Guineas", this curious trophy shaped like a kettle is the oldest trophy in modern sport. Personally funded by Queen Victoria and designed by London silversmith Garrard, the "Old Jug" was created to honor the winners of the Round the Isle of Wight regatta and was first awarded to the Stevens team in 1851. The America's Cup has changed hands since 1983, when it went to New Zealand, and in early 1997 it suffered a catastrophe when a young Maori man, upset by discrimination against his race, damaged it by hitting it with a hammer.

Cup de France This trophy for matches between French soccer clubs was created in 1916. It was created by Paul Michaux, then president of the French Football Association, in honor of his friend and secretary Charles Simon, who died in battle. It is a beautiful silver trophy in the shape of a wine bottle weighing 3.2 kilograms, fixed to 15 kilograms of white marble. The first competition for the trophy **** 48 clubs. 1967, the French Football Association made a separate copy of the original, and since then it is this replica that clubs all over France have been competing for.

The Hercules Cup On the night Brazil won the World Cup for the third time in 1970, FIFA decided to create a new trophy to replace the Rémite Cup, which had been awarded to Brazil for life. Sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga beat out the competition. His design for the trophy - with two Herculeses holding up their arms, holding up a globe and the ball's silhouette resembling a soccer ball - led to the name Hercules Cup. In order to protect the 18-carat gold on the trophy, the head of the Football Federation rarely displays it. So the trophy has been kept in a safe at the Bank of Zurich and rarely taken out.

The Ashes Cup This small, strange cricket trophy has never changed hands, no matter who wins, it always sits in the window of the Lodz Museum in London, but a number of famous cricket matches are still organized under its name. Every two years the English and the Australians play a match against each other. The first match dates back to 1882. At that time the English team lost to the Australians, and the defeat caused such an outcry in the country that a few days later the Sporting Times of England published the following death announcement in its pages: "Lament the death of English Cricket, which occurred on the 29th of August, 1882. Attention its saddened friends: the remains of the late cricketer will shortly be cremated, and the ashes will be shipped to Australia as soon as possible. ......" Two years later, the England team went to play in Australia and won the match, but an urn containing the ashes of the cricket wicket-posts was given to the England captain to take back to England. The urn was given to the England captain to take back to England. The urn is still in the window of the Marylebone Cricket Club (the Lodz Museum), an aristocratic cricket ground in England, and is known as the Ashes Cup.

British Open Cup This trophy looks like it's based on a medieval tale of a king drinking from an object. It has been used since 1872 to reward the winners of the British Open golf tournament. Made to order by three famous golf clubs*** who pooled their money together, the jug-style expensive trophy has the winner's name engraved on the trophy minutes after the winner is crowned.

Challenger's Cup For a long time, the English Lawn Tennis Club, based at Wimbledon, has taken the awarding of trophies and prizes very seriously. Its museum window houses a large number of such honors, the most famous of which is, of course, the Challenger Cup, which has been awarded annually to the men's singles since 1887. But because Wimbledon claims to be the most important tennis tournament in the world, the winner doesn't get just that one honor; he also gets two other trophies: the Renshaw Cup and the President's Cup, which was initiated by Britain's King George V and presented by a member of the royal family himself.

The Winners' Cup This is the world's oldest soccer trophy, awarded to the winner of a soccer match that was first held on July 20, 1872, and has continued ever since. It was ordered on the initiative of an officer of the Royal Engineers who was concerned with popularizing the game, and incredibly, it was lost shortly after it was first presented: at the time, the chairman of Aston Villa, who had won the award, happily put it on display, but in 1895, someone stole it from the window. It was not until 1958 that the thief, Harry Birch, confessed to his crime, perhaps because he thought the statute of limitations on pursuing his offense had expired. The old man admitted that after he stole the trophy, he melted it down and made counterfeit coins.

Stanley Cup This is the prize used each year to honor the winning team of the North American Professional Hockey League, and it's the trophy that has changed the most since its inception. Over time, its base has thickened into a mass of overlapping metal, so much so that a single person, even if he's a big guy, would have a hard time holding it in his hand, and the reason for its constant change is simply that the names of the winning team's athletes (at least 20 or so) are engraved on its base every year. The trophy was initiated and endowed by the then Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley, hence the name, and the trophy as it was first presented in 1893 is just a small portion of what is currently on the top of this trophy.