IN A WORLD WITHOUT CASTINGS Would Soccer Have Its World Cup? You’ll have to wait three years to see the


men’s World Cup trophy, which is part of what makes it so sought after. In 1970, the Fédéra- tion Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) awarded permanent ownership of the original, cup-shaped trophy to Brazil after the country won its third World Cup. Of 53 design submissions for a new trophy, soccer’s international governing body selected the bid of Silvio Gazzaniga, a sculptor for GDE Bertoni, a trophy and medal manufacturer in Milan, Italy. Investment cast in gold, the trophy was


officially adopted by FIFA in January 1972. Te 13.1-lb. (6.18kg), 14.5-in. (36.8cm) statue features two figures holding the world between their shoulders. While winning countries are not awarded the official trophy and instead are given replicas, the World Cup trophy is engraved with champions’ names on the base of the trophy. FIFA has not an- nounced what will happen in 2030, when the trophy’s underside will be filled with the names of previous winners.


18 | MODERN CASTING July 2015


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68