Jules Rimet CupWith increasing acceptance ofprofessional soccer around theglobe meant the Olympics becameless attractive as the premier soccerplatform.
Jules Rimet, President of FIFAmoved a motion to organise aquadrennial championship called theFIFA World Cup.
French sculptor, Albert Lafleur,designed the first trophy to bepresented to the FIFA World Champions.
The Golden Boot
The Golden Boot Award wasintroduced at the 1930 FIFAWorld Cup.
This prestigious award, isGiven to the World Cup'stop scorer, and is earned byscoring the most goals in thefinals tournament.
FIFA World Cup 1930
The first FIFA World Cup tookplace in Uruguay. The Jules RimetCup was presented to the firstFIFA World Cup winners, Uruguay.
Golden Boot - Guillermo Stabile,Argentina (8 goals)Uruguay defeated Argentina
4–2
FIFA World Cup 1934The 1934 FIFA World Cup washeld in Italy.
Thirty-two nations entered thecompetition, and afterqualification, 16 teamsparticipated in the finaltournament.
Golden Boot - Oldrich Nejedly,Czechoslovakia (5 goals)
Italy beat Czechoslovakia 2–1 in the final.
FIFA World Cup 1938
The Competition was heldin France and Italyretained the Jules RimetCup.
Golden Boot - Leonidas daSilva, Brazil (7 goals)
Italy beat Hungary 4–2 in the final.
FIFA World Cup 1950The 1950 FIFA World Cup washeld in Brazil and was won byUruguay.
To mark the 25th anniversaryOf Jules Rimet's presidency ofFIFA, the trophy was referredto as the Jules Rimet Cup.
Golden Boot – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazil (9 goals)
Uruguay beat the hosts Brazil 2–1
FIFA World Cup 1954The 1954 FIFA World Cup washeld in Switzerland and won byWest Germany.
Golden Boot - Sandor Kocsis,Hungary (11 goals)
The tournament set anumber of all-time records forgoal scoring, including thehighest average goals scoredper game.
West Germany defeated Hungary 3–2 in the final
FIFA World Cup 1958
The sixth World Cup, washosted by Sweden andwon by Brazil.
Golden Boot – JustFontaine, France (13goals)
Brazil beat Sweden 5–2 in the final
FIFA World Cup 1962The 1962 FIFA World Cup washeld in Chile.
Golden Boot - Vava, Brazil /Garrincha, Brazil / Leonel Sanchez,Chile / Drazan Jerkovic, Yugoslavia /Valentin Ivanov, Soviet Union /Florian Albert, Hungary (4 goals)
The average goals per matchdropped to 2.78, under 3 for the firsttime in the history of thecompetition.
Brazil claimed their second World Cup title by defeating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final.
FIFA World Cup 1966
The 1966 FIFA World Cup washeld in England.
Golden Boot - Eusebio da SilvaFerreira, Portugal (9 goals)
This is the first FIFA WorldCup to have a mascotassociated with it.
England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final
FIFA World Cup 1970
The 1970 FIFA World Cupwas held in Mexico. Brazilwere allowed to keep theJules Rimet Cup.
Golden Boot – GerdMuller, West Germany (10goals)
The tournament was won by Brazil by defeating, Italy 4–1 in the final
What happened to Jules Rimet Cup ?
During the second world war it was kept in an old shoe box hidden under the bed of the President of theItalian Football Federation.
After the war the trophy wasstolen at an exhibition just beforethe world cup in 1966 . It wasfound by a dog called Pickles .
Then in 1983 the trophy was stolenfor a second time in Brazil and wasnever recovered.
FIFA World Cup
The new FIFA World CupTrophy was created by theItalian sculptor, SilvioGazzaniga for the 1974Tournament.
Made from 18 carat gold witha malachite base, the trophy is36.5 cm high, weighs 11lbs (6.1kilograms ) and belongs toFIFA.
A replica is presentedto the Winners.
FIFA World Cup 1974
The 1974 FIFA World Cupwas held in WestGermany.
Golden Boot – GrzegorzLato, Poland (7 goals)
West Germany beat the Netherlands in the final, 2–1.
FIFA World Cup 1978
The 1978 FIFA World Cupwas held in Argentina.
Golden Boot – MarioKempes, Argentina (6goals)
Argentina beat the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time in the final.
FIFA World Cup 1982
The 1982 FIFA World Cup, was held in Spain.
Golden Boot - Paolo Rossi,Italy (6 goals)
The tournament was won by Italy, after defeating West Germany 3–1
in the final.
The Adidas Golden Shoe
In 1982 the award wasrenamed the AdidasGolden Shoe.
FIFA World Cup 1986
The 1986 FIFA World CupWas held in Mexico.
Golden Boot – GaryLineker, England (6 goals)
Argentina beat West Germany 3–2 in the final
FIFA World Cup 1990
The 1990 FIFA World Cupwas held in Italy.
Golden Boot – SalvatoreSchillaci, Italy (6 goals)
The tournament was won by West Germany, who beat Argentina 1–0 in the final
FIFA World Cup 1994The 1994 FIFA World Cup washeld in the United States. Brazilbecame the first nation to winFour World Cup titles.
Golden Boot - Hristo Stoichkov,Bulgaria / Oleg Salenko, Russia
(6goals)
Brazil beat Italy 3–2 in a penalty shootout after the game ended 0–0 after extra time, the first World Cup final to be
decided on penalties.
FIFA World Cup 1998
The 1998 FIFA World Cupwas held in France.
Golden Boot – Davor Suker,
Croatia (6 goals)
The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3–0 in the final. held
in France.
FIFA World Cup 2002
The 2002 FIFA World Cupwas help between SouthKorea and Japan.
Golden Boot - Ronaldo, Brazil (8 goals)
Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0 in the
final.
FIFA World Cup 2006
The 2006 FIFA World Cupwas held in Germany.
Golden Boot – MiraslavKlose, Germany (5 goals)
Italy won defeating France 5–3 in a penalty shootout in the final, after extra time had
finished in a 1–1 draw
FIFA World Cup 2010
The 2010 FIFA World Cupwas held in South Africa.
In the final, Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time
FIFA World Cup 2014
The 2014 FIFA World Cupwas held in Brazil.
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