Here’s what is in the base of World Cup Trophy
Football
By
Odero Charles
| Feb 26, 2018
Kibaki lifts world cup trophy
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday officially received the FIFA World Cup Trophy at State House in Nairobi.
On Tuesday, there will be a public viewing of the trophy at Kenyatta International Convention Centre.
However, unlike the president, you will not be able to lift it, but just have a picture taken beside it.
But there’s a question everyone has been asking: What is in the base of World Cup Trophy that leaders keep reading every time they hold the trophy?
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The base plate contains a list of world Cup winners that are not visible when the trophy is standing upright.
The plate is replaced each World Cup cycle and the names of the trophy winners are rearranged into a spiral to accommodate future winners.
After the 1994 FIFA World Cup a plate was added to the bottom side of the trophy on which the names of winning countries are engraved.
As of 2014, eleven winners have been engraved on the base. FIFA's regulations now state that the trophy, unlike its predecessor, cannot be won outright: the winners of the tournament receive a bronze replica which is gold-plated rather than solid gold.
Germany was the first nation to win the new trophy for the third time in 2014.
This is the third time the trophy sponsored by Coca-Cola is touring Kenya.
The cup is on a tour of 51 countries in the world.
Kenya is among the 10 African countries where local fans will have an opportunity to interact with the coveted trophy.