The
UEFA European Football Championship has featured
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 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
The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European ...
and
UEFA Euro 2012
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 ...
, that both had two. The mascots are mostly targeted at children, with cartoon shows and other merchandise released to coincide with the competition.
List of mascots
There have been a total of 12 mascots (a duo was featured in both 2008 and 2012) in the nine tournaments since 1980:
See also
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List of FIFA World Cup official mascots FIFA World Cup official mascots are a series of unique characters for each event. The trend began with the 1966 FIFA World Cup having World Cup Willie, one of the first mascots to be associated with a major sporting competition. The mascot designs r ...
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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
* Lis ...
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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
The weird and wonderful world of EURO mascotsat UEFA.com
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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 ...
Association football mascots
Lists of mascots