Club World Cup trophy: Everything you need to know about FIFA's innovative new tournament award

The coveted trophy boasts a 24-carat gold-plated finish and laser-engraved inscriptions on both sides, showcasing football’s rich history. These include a world map and the names of all 211 FIFA member associations and the six confederations.

The key that is to be used to unlock the moving features of the trophy, which then transforms from a plate-like structure to a spherical one, is also gold-plated.

Speaking about the new trophy, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said: "Innovative, inclusive, groundbreaking and truly global, the new 32-team FIFA Club World Cup deserves a trophy that represents all of this. It is both prestigious and timeless – a golden trophy that is a symbol of the future and inspired by the past.

"The team who lift this trophy will hold the world of club football in their hands. To the players who win it, history belongs to you! Let’s take it to the world and celebrate it as we look forward to the start of a new era for football when the one and only FIFA club world champions lift the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy in New York New Jersey on 13 July 2025."

The coveted FIFA Club World Cup trophy can transform from a shield into a multifaceted and orbital structure, adding an eye-catching dimension to it, with the golden trophy’s central disc showcasing various icons that capture football’s traditions, including symbols of stadiums and equipment and a world map.

Among the inspirations behind the design of the new trophy, the Voyager Golden Records carried on NASA's Voyager deep-space missions in the 1970s, the periodic table, maps of pioneering journeys and astronomy stand out. The trophy has trademarked astronomical symbols showing the positions of planets at the time FIFA was founded more than 120 years ago, and of the 2025 Club World Cup's opening match in Miami.

Apart from the images of stadiums and equipment that capture football’s traditions on the central disk, there are 13 different languages and Braille engraved on the trophy, exhibiting the inclusive spirit of the global game and ensuring that the tournament’s legacy is accessible to diverse audiences around the world.

Interestingly, signifying an ageless aspect, the new FIFA Club World Cup trophy has space to laser-engrave the emblems of the winning clubs for 24 editions of the tournament - as good as to say for the 96 years.

An inspiring message also features on the new design, which reads: "To those who hold this trophy, history belongs to you! You are witness to a moment in time that represents the pinnacle of club football, bestowed upon few but celebrated by many."

The new Club World Cup trophy was designed by FIFA and created in collaboration with Tiffany & Co. - the American luxury jewellers who have crafted championship trophies and awards for various sports, including the FedExCup Trophy and THE PLAYERS Championship Trophy in golf and the Vince Lombardi Trophy in the NFL.

The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has also collaborated with Tiffany & Co. to redesign their championship trophy and MVP awards.

As such, the comment from Tiffany & Co CEO Anthony Ledru: "With a legacy dating back 160 years, Tiffany & Co. has crafted some of the most iconic championship trophies in history, setting the standard for craft and design. The FIFA Club World Cup trophy is the next chapter in our long history of creating the world’s most revered symbols of athletic achievement."

While the winning purse for the 32 participating teams has been raised to $1 billion (£777m), the specific cost or charge for Tiffany & Co's work on the trophy has not been publicly disclosed. The new FIFA Club World Cup trophy will be lifted for the first time at MetLife Stadium in New York on Sunday, July 13, 2025.

The winners will receive a replica of the trophy sporting special engravings that mark their victory, although the official FIFA Club World Cup Winner’s Trophy will be complete with official nameplates emblazoned with club emblems, along with dates relating to their victory.

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