Random trivia time: the original trophy was indeed a cup. It depicted the Nike, goddess of victory in Ancient Greece, and was named after Jules Rimet, the president of FIFA who first promoted the idea of a world cup.
During WWII, the cup was in Italy, with the title owners, and Barassi, the at the time president of FIGC, hid it in a shoebox under his bed to avoid people stealing it.
The trophy was stolen during a public exhibition in 1966. It was found by a dog named Pickles seven days later, but to avoid it happening again the British football association secretly ordered a replica to be made. Secretly because FIFA didn't want any replicas around.
The replica was eventually purchased by FIFA itself for a huge price and conceded for display at a museum.
When Brazil won its third WC in 1970, as per stipulations by Rimet, they gained the right to keep the cup on display in perpetuity.
However, the cup was again stolen in 1983, and this time it wasn't found again, so FIFA commissioned a new trophy, which is the current one.
New FIFA rules state that the trophy can't be won. The winning squad raises the real trophy on the night of their victory, but they go home with a gold-plated copy (the original is solid gold).
...uh, that has nothing to do with smut. A fic in which a nation has stolen the cup and another nation "tortures" them to find out where it is? Since it has been stolen a lot of times...
and after this I'm really going to sleep
During WWII, the cup was in Italy, with the title owners, and Barassi, the at the time president of FIGC, hid it in a shoebox under his bed to avoid people stealing it.
The trophy was stolen during a public exhibition in 1966. It was found by a dog named Pickles seven days later, but to avoid it happening again the British football association secretly ordered a replica to be made. Secretly because FIFA didn't want any replicas around.
The replica was eventually purchased by FIFA itself for a huge price and conceded for display at a museum.
When Brazil won its third WC in 1970, as per stipulations by Rimet, they gained the right to keep the cup on display in perpetuity.
However, the cup was again stolen in 1983, and this time it wasn't found again, so FIFA commissioned a new trophy, which is the current one.
New FIFA rules state that the trophy can't be won. The winning squad raises the real trophy on the night of their victory, but they go home with a gold-plated copy (the original is solid gold).
...uh, that has nothing to do with smut. A fic in which a nation has stolen the cup and another nation "tortures" them to find out where it is? Since it has been stolen a lot of times...