Hyundai Takes FIFA World Football Museum from Zurich to Moscow

Hyundai Motor, the official partner of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, will be bringing the FIFA World Football Museum™ from Zurich to the Hyundai Motorstudio Moscow. This exhibition celebrates the FIFA World Cup through the passion and devotion of the fans and tells the event’s history through the players who have left an indelible mark on it in the past.

One highlight of the exhibition will be the Jules Rimet Cup, making its first public display outside of the FIFA World Football Museum™. The Jules Rimet Cup was the original FIFA World Cup™ Trophy between 1930 and 1970. It was stolen twice, once in 1966 and again in 1983 in Brazil. The trophy has never been recovered. However, the original base of the Jules Rimet Cup does remain on which the names of the first four winners of the FIFA World Cup™ are inscribed. It was discovered in a basement of the federation’s Zürich headquarters in 2014, now attached with an identical replica of the lost part of the trophy. Fans will have a chance to see this trophy at the Hyundai Motorstudio Moscow during the whole exhibition period, while the 2018 FIFA World Cup Winner’s Trophy will be on display on the 9th of June.

The adidas Telstar Official Match Balls used for the kick-off of all 64 matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia will also be seen through the façade window of the Hyundai Motorstudio Moscow, together with a giant match table of the tournament in real time. Each of the 64 matches played during the tournament in Russia has an Official Match Ball customized for the kick-off. At the end of each game, the kick-off balls will be brought back from all 12 stadiums to Moscow and added to the exhibition.

In addition, the exhibition will feature objects from the FIFA World Football Museum™ Collection from the first FIFA World Cup™ in 1930 until the latest edition. Visitors will discover objects and stories from players like Pelé, Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo.