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November 11 – FIFA has unveiled a brand new trophy for the expanded FIFA Membership World Cup, which is able to debut its new format at subsequent yr’s event in america.
The controversial occasion will happen from 15 June to 13 July 2025, hosted throughout 12 venues in 11 cities, because the soccer calendar turns into much more crowded for prime groups.
The newly designed trophy, created in collaboration with luxurious jeweller Tiffany & Co., shall be awarded for the primary time on the MetLife Stadium in New York/New Jersey.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino stated: “Modern, inclusive, ground-breaking and actually world, the brand new 32-team FIFA Membership World Cup deserves a trophy that represents all of this. It’s each prestigious and timeless – a golden trophy that may be a image of the longer term and impressed by the previous.”
Infantino’s effusion didn’t cease there. “The crew who elevate this trophy will maintain the world of membership soccer of their arms. To the gamers who win it, historical past belongs to you! Let’s take it to the world and have a good time it as we sit up for the beginning of a brand new period for soccer when the one and solely FIFA membership world champions elevate the FIFA Membership World Cup Trophy in New York New Jersey on 13 July 2025,” he continued.
With a 24-carat gold-plated end, the FIFA Membership World Cup Trophy options laser-engraved inscriptions on either side, showcasing textual content and imagery that ‘painting soccer’s wealthy historical past’.
The inscriptions embrace a world map and the names of all 211 FIFA Member Associations and the six confederations.
The president and chief government officer of Tiffany & Co., Anthony Ledru, added: “With a legacy courting again 160 years, Tiffany & Co. has crafted a few of the most iconic championship trophies in historical past, setting the usual for craft and design. The FIFA Membership World Cup Trophy is the following chapter in our lengthy historical past of making the world’s most revered symbols of athletic achievement.”
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