The Henri Delaunay trophy that is awarded to the winner of the European Football Championship, is in honor of Henri Delaunay, the first General Secretary of UEFA, who had the idea of a European championship but died five years ago, he named the first tournament of the year 1960th His son Pierre Delaunay was responsible for the preparation of the trophy. Since her first tournament was the winning team got it for four years, until the next tournament.
For the 2008 tournament, the trophy was slightly modified, so that there is more. The trophy is made of sterling silver, now weighs 8 kilograms and is 60 inches tall. A small number of juggling a ball has been painted in the back of the original, as was the marble plinth. The silver base of the trophy should be enlarged to make it stable. The names of the winners of countries that had appeared on the pedestal at the rear of the trophy engraved.
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