I think that the history of the fifa world cup is very interesting, as it was interrupted by World War II and there are many interesting events in between, and changes in the format of the competition.
Firstly, Fédération Internationale de Football Association was founded in 1904 by Robert Guerin, when football started to increase in popularity in the 20th, there was a need for a single body to oversee the worldwide sport so that matches can be held in international levels.
Formed in Paris, it is a French organisation their headquarters are currently in Switzerland, and until now, they retained their French name, and their initial acronym.
FIFA held a few insignificant competitions after their founding, before Jules Rimet, the 3rd president of FIFA, decided to have their own internation tournament.
The First World Cup was promptly held in 1930, with Uruguay as the host.
After some more research on the World Cup Trophies, I realised that the Jules Rimet Trohpy will be awarded permanently to any nation that won the World Cup 3 times first, and this nation is Brazil.
The World Cup will be kept by the winning nation until the next tournament.
An interesting thing happened to the trophy during World War II.
During the World War, the 1938 winners, Italy, held on to the cup.
The vice-president of FIFA and the president of Italian Football Federation secretly transported the cup from a Roman Bank and hid it in a shoe-box under his bed to prevent the Nazis from taking it.
The trophy was stolen before the 1960 World Cup in England while on exhibition, but was found seven days later in at the bottom of a suburban garden hedge in South London.
The Brazilian team won the World Cup for the third time in 1970, allowing them to keep the Cup permanently. The Cup was then stolen again in 1983, and was never recovered.