{"id":667,"date":"2026-07-21T14:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights.goldbank.co.uk\/insights\/?p=667"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:41:06","slug":"world-cup-trophy-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldbank.co.uk\/insights\/world-cup-trophy-value\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Trophy&#8217;s gold value dropped \u00a320,000 during tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NEWS RELEASE:<\/strong> <strong>Gold Bank London reveals latest World Cup trophy insights<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldbank.co.uk\/\">Gold Bank<\/a>, the FIFA World Cup trophy\u2019s 18-carat gold content declined in value by \u00a320,134, or 5.3%, during the 2026 tournament as it played out over 39 days \u2013 from 11 June to 19 July \u2013 the longest and biggest World Cup in history, with 48 teams competing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the start of the World Cup just over five weeks ago, the trophy\u2019s pure gold content was worth an estimated \u00a3380,398. By the time Spain secured the title on Sunday, the figure had fallen to \u00a3360,264.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the current period of geopolitical uncertainty, in which gold prices are usually expected to rise, escalating tensions in the Middle East have caused gold prices to fall. Due to the World Cup trophy\u2019s value being directly linked to the price of gold, its estimated pure gold value has dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of the tournament, and a total of 104 World Cup matches, the US and Iran exchanged missile and drone strikes, while Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 a vital shipping route through which around one-fifth of the world\u2019s seaborne oil passes. The prospect of disrupted oil supplies pushed oil prices higher and rather than buying gold, investors focused on the risk that higher energy prices posed relating to elevated inflation and delayed interest rate cuts. That strengthened the US dollar and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ig.com\/uk\/trading-strategies\/why-is-gold-falling-despite-middle-east-crisis-july-2026-260716\">negatively impacted the price of gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faisel Ali, Gold Bank London\u2019s Founder and Managing Director, said, &#8220;Firstly, congratulations to Spain on winning what has been a fantastic World Cup. The trophy itself is priceless, but as someone who has worked in the gold industry for more than 30 years, I find it fascinating to see how the value of the gold inside it has changed over the decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe same trophy has been lifted by generations of football legends, but the gold it\u2019s made of has also lived through oil crises, financial crashes, pandemics and geopolitical conflicts. Looking at how its value has changed is another way of looking back at world history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor investors, it&#8217;s another reminder that gold has reflected changing economic conditions while continuing to play an important role as a long-term store of value.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldbank.co.uk\/insights\/how-much-is-the-gold-in-the-fifa-world-cup-trophy-worth\/\">Find out more about what the World Cup trophy is worth and how its value has changed<\/a> since it was first awarded in 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For further information on Gold Bank London, visit <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldbank.co.uk\/\"><strong>goldbank.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><strong> or contact:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Gold Bank, the FIFA World Cup trophy\u2019s 18-carat gold content declined in value by \u00a32\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Cup Trophy&#039;s gold value dropped \u00a320,000 during tournament - Gold Bank<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The FIFA World Cup Trophy&#039;s gold content lost more than \u00a320,000 in value during the 2026 World Cup. 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