Soccer World Cup / mascot
Since 1966 a separate mascot has been designed for each men's soccer World Cup ; In 2011 there was a mascot for the first time at a women's World Cup .
List of World Cup mascots
| competition | country | Surname | description | image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | England | Willie | A lion with the Union Jack on its chest. The designer was the children's book author Reg Hoye . Bill Titcombe created a comic about the character. Lonnie Donegan sang the mascot song . | link |
| 1970 | Mexico | Juanito | A boy wearing the national shirt of Mexico and a sombrero . | link |
| 1974 | Germany | Tip and tap | Two boys who wear Germany's national jersey. They go back to the well-known selection process for children before a soccer game, whereby one foot is placed on the other. Whoever touches the opponent's foot may be the first to choose the team members. This procedure is known as tip-tap or tip-top , depending on the region. After Willie, the second mascot that brought the hosts luck and the world title. One bears the word WM , the other 74 on the jersey. | link |
| 1978 | Argentina | Gauchito | A boy wearing the national shirt of Argentina . | link |
| 1982 | Spain | Naranjito | An orange that wears the national jersey of Spain . | link |
| 1986 | Mexico | Pique | A green jalapeno - Chili , of the national team of Mexico, a mustache wearing a sombrero and. | link |
| 1990 | Italy | Ciao | A stylized graphic in the shape of a footballer in the national colors of Italy . The first mascot that was designed entirely on the computer. | link |
| 1994 | United States | Striker | A dog in the US national jersey . | link |
| 1998 | France | Footix | A rooster that, together with the ball that it is holding, represents the French national colors . | link |
| 2002 | Japan and South Korea | The Spheriks (Ato, Kaz and Nik) | Three computer-animated characters : Ato ( coach , yellow), Kaz (soccer player, purple) and Nik (soccer player, blue). | link |
| 2006 | Germany | Goleo VI and pill | A stuffed lion in a soccer jersey and a talking soccer ball. | link |
| 2010 | South Africa | Zakumi | A leopard with a soccer jersey and pants. | link |
| 2011 | Germany | Karla Kick | A cat with a jersey in the colors of the German women's national team . | link |
| 2014 | Brazil | Fuleco | An armadillo with yellow fur and blue armor ( national colors of Brazil ). | link |
| 2015 | Canada | Shuéme | A female snowy owl wearing a jersey in the colors of the Canadian women's national soccer team . | link |
| 2018 | Russia | Zabivaka | A wolf dressed in the national colors of Russia with ski goggles. | link |
| 2019 | France | Ettie | A domestic chicken , daughter of Footix, the mascot of the 1998 World Cup . The name is derived from the French étoile (German star ). | link |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emma Kasprzak: BBC News - World Cup Willie's sporting mascot legacy. www.bbc.com, June 15, 2012, accessed March 2, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Bill Titcombe (UK). www.lambiek.net, June 10, 2018, accessed June 14, 2018 (English).
- ^ World Cup Willie. www.footballandmusic.co.uk, June 2, 2010, accessed June 17, 2014 .
- ↑ a b An orange, a chilli pepper and a lot of fur: all World Cup mascots. Kicker-Sportmagazin , 2018, accessed on June 14, 2018 .
- ↑ The official mascot of the 2015 Women's World Cup. Www.fussballnationalmannschaft.net, accessed on March 23, 2020 .
- ↑ kicker sports magazine : special issue: WM 2018. Olympia-Verlag , Nuremberg 2018, p. 216.
- ↑ ettie - the official mascot of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019. de.fifa.com , May 12, 2018, accessed on April 1, 2020 .