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According to TYC Sports, the Argentina national football team will remove the gold 'World Cup defending champion' badge from their jerseys following their loss to Spain in the 2026 World Cup final on July 19. As runners-up, Argentina no longer holds the right to wear the FIFA champion badge, which will now be transferred to Spain. Instead, the team will wear the 2024 Copa América champion badge, earned after defeating Colombia in the 2024 Copa América final. A proposed 'four-star' jersey design, which would have featured stars for 1978, 1986, 2022, and 2026 championships, has been shelved due to the defeat. This situation mirrors the period after the 2021 Copa América win, when Argentina wore that badge until the 2022 World Cup.
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Hupu, July 23 — According to TYC Sports, with the 2026 World Cup now concluded, the Argentina national team, which finished as runners-up, will see a series of changes to their jersey details. The most notable change is that the gold badge representing the "World Cup defending champion" on the chest of Argentine players will be removed.
Since Argentina lost to Spain in the final on July 19 and failed to defend their title, they no longer have the right to wear the FIFA World Cup champion badge. From now on, this badge, symbolizing the highest honor in world football, will be officially handed over to the new champions, Spain.
Return to "Copa América Champion" Mode
Although they bid farewell to the World Cup champion badge, the Argentina team's jersey will not be "empty." In the upcoming matches, Argentine players will wear the 2024 Copa América champion badge. This honor was earned after Lautaro Martínez's decisive goal in the 2024 Copa América final in the United States, defeating Colombia.
This situation is not unfamiliar to Argentine fans. After winning the Copa América in 2021, the Argentina team wore the Copa América champion badge until the start of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
The Missed "Four-Star" Design
Following the World Cup final defeat, a draft design for a "four-star" Argentina jersey circulated online. According to the original plan, if Argentina had successfully defended their title, four gold stars would have been embroidered above the team crest, each star containing the corresponding championship year (1978, 1986, 2022, 2026).
However, with the final whistle, this commemorative four-star jersey design will remain on the drawing board for now.
Source: TyC Sports Posted in: Shanghai Reads: 4,037
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Two-Footed Monster No. 11: They could replace it with a World Cup runner-up badge instead. Collapse
Reply: That's still far better than being a pathetic last-16 team. Liked (10)
Two-Footed Monster No. 11: They could replace it with a World Cup runner-up badge instead. Collapse
Reply: You're so impatient; next Copa América, they can still wear the Copa champion badge. Liked (10)
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