FIFA Fair Play Trophy in the World Cup Football
FIFA Fair Play |
The "FIFA Fair Play Trophy Award" is given for the team that advanced to the second round with the best record of fair play. This award was first awarded in 1970, FIFA World Cup in Mexico.
Peru was the first country to achieve this FIFA Fair Play Trophy in Mexico World Cup in 1970, and Peru are the only country in the FIFA World Cup history to achieved the Fair Play Trophy without receiving any yellow or red cards in the certain tournament in 1970. Brazil won this award for the maximum numbers of World Cup. Brazil won this in four FIFA World Cup football tournaments.
The winner if the FIFA Fair Play Award get the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a certificate, a “Fair Play” medal for each players and officials of that team, and football equipments of $50,000 worth, which is used for the youth development of that country.
Fair Play certificate in 1970 World Cup |
This FIFA Fair Play Award was originally a certificate before. From the FIFA World Cup 1982-1990, it had been a golden trophy based on “Sport Billy”. Sport Billy was a football playing cartoon character from 1982, who became an icon for FIFA Fair Play. From 1994 the FIFA World Cup in United States, FIFA introduced the simply amazing trophy with an elegant footballer figure.
Here is the list of FIFA Fair Play Trophy winners:-
FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
World Cup football in 1970, Mexico: Peru
World Cup football in 1974, West Germany: Poland
World Cup football in 1978, Argentina: Argentina
World Cup football in 1982, Spain: Brazil
World Cup football in 1986, Mexico: Brazil
World Cup football in 1990, Italy: England
World Cup football in 1994, United States: Brazil
World Cup football in 1998, France: England and France
World Cup football in 2002, Korea and Japan: Belgium
Sport Billy |
World Cup football in 2006, Germany: Brazil and Spain
World Cup football in 20010, South Africa: Spain
World Cup football in 2014, Brazil: Colombia
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