Friday, July 4, 2008

Spain to receive 7.3 ton trophy from Austria
Afp, Vienna

Austria will present newly-crowned European football champions Spain with a giant crystal-encrusted trophy in commemoration of Euro 2008, the government's tournament coordinator Heinz Palme said Friday.The trophy, commissioned by the Austrian government and designed by Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury, measures 5.11 metres (16.7 feet) in height and weighs 7.3 tonnes.The sculpture, which has been decorated with some 11,000 Swarovski crystals and can be lit from within, will be handed to the Spanish team within the next two months, Palme said. Spain took home the smaller and lighter European championship trophy Sunday, after beating Germany 1-0 in the Euro 2008 final in Vienna.Spain last won the competition in 1964.
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