The trophy features a 24-carat gold palm attached to a piece of cut crystal.
"We came unstuck in the Trophy but the lads' minds weren't on it, " said Smith.
The trophy was presented to the Manchester team by the Astronomer Royal Professor Martin Rees.
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Another showed Ware in his hospital bed, holding the trophy his teammates brought to him.
Winning the trophy is a serious business, and there are few jokes between competitors.
The one framed "perfect" photo of the Trevi Fountain is no longer the trophy.
"Nottingham will of course be the biggest challenge of the Trophy so far, " said Drewett.
Once the commotion had died down Ollie missed and the US won the trophy.
"It was the farewell of my dreams, " he said after lifting the trophy on Wednesday.
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They need nine points to retain the trophy, nine and a half to win it outright.
"I actually didn't want to come out for the trophy, " Mr. Nowitzki said after the game.
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The trophy was sculpted by Grizel Niven, sister of the film star David Niven.
There is nothing I would love more than to lift the trophy once again.
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But the former Manchester United player preferred to envisage lifting the trophy than reproducing his scoring heroics.
By defeating Partick Thistle at Firhill, Dunfermline reached their first semi-final since winning the trophy in 1968.
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The trophy can be seen a final time in the shop on Wednesday between 11:00 and 13:00 BST.
Jones was the tournament's leading scorer and played in all five matches as New Zealand lifted the trophy.
Mr. Nowitzki enjoyed a tearful moment in the locker-room showers before he gathered himself for the trophy presentation.
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But getting the trophy for stress is quite a dubious honor and one that is left to interpretation.
Bringing the trophy back to the Home of Golf is the perfect way to continue Team Europe's celebrations.
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The trophy will be presented only after Everton have completed their lap of honour and left the pitch.
There had been claims Everton could face heavy punishment for refusing to allow United to parade the trophy.
After the game, the trophy presentation was conducted entirely in Spanish, prompting outrage from US goalkeeper Tim Howard.
As they celebrated raucously on receipt of the trophy, the public address system belted out Razorlight's "Fall to Pieces".
Patriots owner Robert Kraft is in the trophy room at Gillette Stadium, playing host at his usual pre-game party.
The United States will defend the trophy at Celtic Manor, Wales in 2010.
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