The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play during the World Cup final tournament. Only teams that qualified for the second round are considered. The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.
The appearance of the award was originally a certificate but from 1982–1994 it had been a golden trophy based on Sport Billy, a well known football-playing cartoon character from 1982 who became an icon for FIFA Fair play. More recently it is simply a trophy with an elegant footballer figure. Peru was the first nation to win the award after receiving no yellow or red cards in the 1970 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico.
| World Cup | FIFA Fair Play Trophy Winners |
|---|---|
| 1970 Mexico | Peru |
| 1978 Argentina | Argentina |
| 1982 Spain | Brazil |
| 1986 Mexico | Brazil |
| 1990 Italy | England |
| 1994 United States | Brazil |
| 1998 France | England France |
| 2002 Korea/Japan | Belgium |
| 2006 Germany | Brazil Spain |
| 2010 South Africa | Spain |
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