Medals are often given out either instead of or along with trophies, such as gold medals, silver medals, and bronze medals for in sport.

Etymology

Derived from the French trophée in 1513, "a spoil or prize of war," from Old French trophee, from Latin trophaeum, monument to victory, variant of tropaeum, from Greek tropaion, from neuter of tropaios, of defeat, from tropē, a rout originally from "turning".

Trophy types

The Academy Awards Oscar is a trophy with a stylized human; the Hugo Award for science fiction is a space ship; and the Wimbledon awards for its singles champions are a large loving cup for men and a large silver plate for women.

A loving-cup trophy is a common variety of trophy; it is a cup shape, usually on a pedestal, with two or more handles, and is often made from silver or silver plate.

Hunting trophies are reminders of successes from hunting animals, such as an animal's head mounted to be hung on a wall.

Sporting

Some sporting trophies include:

• Scottish Cup — Awarded to the winners of the Association Football national tournament of Scotland and the oldest national trophy still awarded in the world
• Premier League Trophy — Awarded to the Premier League Champions of England
• Wimbledon Cup — Awarded to the Wimbledon Champion
• Borg-Warner Trophy — Awarded to the Indianapolis 500 Champion
• FIFA World Cup — Awarded to Football's World Champion
• Champion's League Cup — Awarded to UEFA Champion's League's Champion
• Webb Ellis Cup — Awarded to Rugby Union's World Champion
• The Ashes — The oldest and most revered rivalry trophy in the sport of Test Cricket, contested biennially between England and Australia.
• Bledisloe Cup — Awarded annually to the winner between New Zealand and Australia, Rugby Union's greatest rivalry.
• Calcutta Cup — Awarded annually to the winner between England and Scotland in Rugby Union
• America's Cup — Awarded to Yacht Racing Champion
• Heisman Trophy — Awaded to the NCAA's Most Valuable Player in College Football
• BCS Trophy — Awarded to College Football's National Champion
• Stanley Cup — Awarded to the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Champion
• Commissioner's Trophy — Awarded to Major League Baseball's World Series Champion
• Vince Lombardi Trophy — Awarded to the National Football League's Super Bowl Champion
• Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy — Awarded to the National Basketball Association's World Champion
• Football League Championship Trophy — Awarded to The English Football League's Champion
• Grey Cup — Awarded to the Canadian Football League's Champion
• McClelland Trophy — Awarded to the Australian Football League's Home & Away season / Minor Premiership champion.
• Old Oaken Bucket — A college football rivalry trophy
• Mann Cup — An Indoor Lacrosse trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada.
• Steinfeld Cup — Awarded to the Major League Lacrosse Champion
• Champion's Cup — Awarded to the National Lacrosse League Champion