The Eurocup trophy is already in dispute. The largest European Soccer Tournament has started and with this it has also started the dispute to know which of the 24 selections will be consecrated as the best of the old continent when raising the robust trophy. The Berlin Olympic Stadium It will frame the moment in which the squad and the star player will raise The monumental Henri deaunay Cup, that in addition to sports glory, I keep a story strongly linked to design, the goldsmith tradition and the richness of the artisanal workshops where they have also given themselves Life to jewelry, medals and decorations of Europe.
Known as the Henri Delaunay Cup, the Eurocup trophy was baptized in honor of the UEFA secretary who conceived the football tournament.Picture Alliance / Getty Images
The origin of the Henri Delaunay Cup
Soccer fans will remember more than one image in which Figures like Cristiano Ronaldo They raise the famous cup after the game that sees them consecrate themselves as champions. However, few know that the trophy that appears in the photos It is an evolution of the original which was created in the 1960s and that was raised for the first time by the team of the Disappeared Soviet Union.
And is that the original design of the Eurocup trophy was in charge of Pierre Delaunay, son of Henri de Delaunaythe UEFA general secretary who conceived the tournament, but unfortunately died in 1955, five years before the first edition of the meeting was held. At the death of his father, Pierre was in charge of conceiving the award as A huge glass manufactured in silver which measured 48 centimeters high that weighed 10 kilos and that included a marble base as a base.
As it was to honor the most prestigious selection in Europe, the design included the name of the champion team at the base, which was something unstable for the body of sculpture. The execution, according to the UEFA page, originally in charge of Chobillon, A French goldsmith company which was acquired by the firm of Arthus-Bertrand, an artisanal jewelry founded in 1803 and that to date remains in force in France. And although currently the Eurocup trophy is developed by The Asprey London firmthe choice of these companies marked the beginning of a tradition of trusting the trophy design to companies with a great domain of artisanal techniques.