A Spanish football fan who ran onto the pitch before the kick-off of the World Cup final and tried to put a hat on the trophy has been slapped with a fine, media reported Tuesday.

Jaume Marquet Cot, who calls himself "Jimmy Jump", was fined 2,000 rands (260 dollars, 210 euros) by a Johannesburg court late Monday for trespassing and attempted theft of the World Cup trophy, The Star newspaper said.