Challenge cup
The challenge cup or challenge prize is a mostly sporting award , the ownership of which is never finalized. A challenge cup changes hands within a certain cycle , that is, it "wanders" from winner to winner.
The shape of the cup or prize can be very diverse. Often it is actually a price in trophy-like shape, but sometimes a bowl, a figure or a bowl. Some challenge cups finally become the property of a winner if he has been won several times in a row. The names of the respective winners are usually engraved on the honorary award.
Well-known cups
A well-known challenge cup is the championship trophy for winning the German football championship . The cup for the winner of a soccer world championship , the so-called Coupe Jules Rimet, was also a challenge cup. A trophy of the European Union , the European Prize , which annually to municipalities will be awarded that have rendered outstanding services to the idea of European unification.
