FIFA World Cup official mascots are a series of unique characters for each event. The trend began with the
1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the ...
having World Cup Willie, one of the first
mascot
A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fi ...
s to be associated with a major sporting competition. The mascot designs represent a characteristic of the host country, such as flora, fauna, or costume.
The design is frequently one or more anthropomorphic characters targeted at children and coinciding with cartoon shows and merchandise.
List of mascots
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List of FIFA Women's World Cup official mascots
This is a list of FIFA Women's World Cup mascots.
List of Mascots
See also
*List of FIFA World Cup official mascots
References
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List of UEFA European Championship official mascots The UEFA European Football Championship has featured mascots since 1980. The first mascot was Pinocchio, for the UEFA Euro 1980 in Italy. Since then, every tournament has had a mascot except for the UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012, that both had t ...
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List of Copa América official mascots
Each Copa América since 1987 has its own mascot. ''Gardelito'', the mascot for the 1987 competition, was the first Copa América mascot. The mascot designs show some representing a characteristic feature (costume, flora, fauna, etc.) of the host ...
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List of Africa Cup of Nations official mascots
The following mascots were used in the Africa Cup of Nations over the years.
List of mascots
See also
* List of FIFA World Cup official mascots
* List of UEFA European Championship official mascots
* List of Copa América official mascots
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List of AFC Asian Cup official mascots Although it is the second oldest continental tournament after Copa América, the AFC Asian Cup didn't practice using mascots until near the end of 20th century when UEFA European Championship had begun to practice since 1980. This late catch up was ...
References
External links
Information on Goleo VI and Pille
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Association football mascots
Lists of mascots