This, I admit, is not a new take for me.
It was 2018 — the last time the World Cup was played — that I declared that the trophy given to the winner of the epic once-every-four-years soccer tournament didn’t match how huge it was to win the whole thing.
Heck, I even went further: I gave FIFA some ideas on how to improve the thing!
But the organization ignored me, so here we are again: The World Cup trophy is the worst trophy in all of sports.
Not kidding here! It’s true! Let’s break down the reasons why this is the case:
1
It's not big enough
What is this, a trophy for ants? It needs to be at least three times bigger than this!
Seriously, though, an event like the World Cup deserves a trophy that’s more like the Stanley Cup or the Champions League trophy.
2
It's not a cup
It’s call the World Cup. This thing? Not a cup.
3
You wouldn't know it's the biggest award in soccer
Why is that? Because that’s the Earth being held up, not a soccer ball.
this whole time i thought the world cup trophy was some sick beast’s claw clutching an orb and it’s just guys holding up the earth?
— Katie Heindl (@wtevs) November 24, 2022
4
It's kind of ugly
I’m not the only one who feels this way:
FIFA's greatest achievement is getting everyone to pretend that the World Cup trophy is beautiful.
It is not. It is ugly.
— Yomi Kazeem (@TheYomiKazeem) December 15, 2022
Isn’t the World Cup ugly? Like the trophy itself? It’s small and terrible
— Jim Gardner-Johnson (@DatDudeJD) October 30, 2022
The world cup is ugly to me. I feel it should be more like a "cup" than a trophy. https://t.co/aAWRlnqQ46
— A D H (@adahorlic) December 15, 2022
5
The names of winners are engraved on the bottom of it
This is true! So how are we supposed to know who won? By Googling? C’mon! The trophy needs to display those names for all the world to see!
