{"id":6342,"date":"2026-07-18T09:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6342"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:52:18","slug":"fifa-to-award-championship-rings-to-world-cup-winners-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6342","title":{"rendered":"FIFA to Award Championship Rings to World Cup Winners for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ZURICH:<\/strong> FIFA has announced that the winners of the <strong>2026 FIFA World Cup<\/strong> will receive <strong>special championship rings<\/strong> in addition to the traditional <strong>World Cup trophy and gold medals<\/strong>, marking a first in the tournament&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to FIFA, this will be the first time that the champions of a FIFA competition are presented with <strong>championship rings<\/strong>, following a tradition commonly associated with major professional sports in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To commemorate the tournament, FIFA said a total of <strong>2,026 rings<\/strong> will be produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of these, <strong>30 rings<\/strong> will be reserved for the players and officials of the World Cup-winning team, while the remaining <strong>1,996 rings<\/strong> will be made available for football fans around the world as officially licensed merchandise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIFA said each championship ring will feature the <strong>FIFA World Cup Trophy<\/strong> on one side, while the other side will display the identity of the winning team. Every ring will also carry a <strong>unique serial number<\/strong>, be accompanied by a <strong>certificate of authenticity<\/strong>, and be custom-sized for the individual recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the governing body, immediately after the World Cup final, the <strong>captain and head coach<\/strong> of the winning team will receive <strong>commemorative temporary rings<\/strong>. The permanent set of 30 championship rings will later be presented during a special ceremony after all customization and production processes have been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIFA said the initiative is intended to create a lasting symbol of the players&#8217; achievement and further celebrate the historic significance of winning football&#8217;s biggest tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>2026 FIFA World Cup final<\/strong> is scheduled to be played on <strong>July 19<\/strong> at <strong>New York New Jersey Stadium<\/strong>, with <strong>Spain<\/strong> and <strong>Argentina<\/strong> set to compete for the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH: FIFA has announced that the winners of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will receive special championship rings in addition to the traditional World Cup..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438221_5826595_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438221_5826595_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438221_5826595_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438221_5826595_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438221_5826595_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438221_5826595_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438221_5826595_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6344,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342\/revisions\/6344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}