The example on view here went to the Eintracht Frankfurt women’s football team (formerly the 1. FFC Frankfurt). Prevailing against the Parisian team Paris Saint-Germain by 2 : 1 on 14 May 2015, the team won the UEFA Women’s Champions League—Europe’s premier women’s football competition.

In ancient Greece, athletic contests played an important role in society. Regularly recurring sporting events were introduced as far back as the eighth century BC, and (professional) athletes trained for them in facilities designed especially for that purpose: gymnasiums. Team sports were unusual, however; the focus was on individual disciplines such as running, wrestling, and discus throwing. The winners of the Athens games received decorative clay vessels (so-called Panathenaic prize amphorae) filled with olive oil. To this day, many trophies are still modelled on ancient Greek vases.