Zabivaka (russian: Забива́ка) was the official mascot of the
2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national Association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awa ...
, which was held in
Russia
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. The name is a
blend
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of the Russian words
собака ("dog") and
забивать ("to strike").
Designed by student designer Ekaterina Bocharova, the mascot was selected by
internet voting in Russia.
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In pre-World Cup events, the mascot was played by English YouTuber and actor Rafe Young.
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Design
The mascot was unveiled on 21 October 2016. It represents an anthropomorphic
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Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...
Eurasian wolf (''Canis lupus lupus'') with brown and white fur, wearing a T shirt emblazoned with the words "RUSSIA 2018" and orange goggles — according to the designer, these are not ski goggles, but sports goggles like those used in cycling: "Zabivaka is so fast on the field that he needs eye protection".["Russians deride choice of confusing 2018 World Cup mascot Zabivaka"]
'' Russia Beyond'', 28 October 2016
The combination of white, blue and red T shirt and shorts are the national colours of the Russian team.
Competition
The competition results were announced on 22 October 2016, in the ''Evening Urgant
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'' on the Channel One Russia. The Wolf, named Zabivaka, scored 53% of the votes, ahead of the Tiger (27%) and the Cat (20%). More than one million people participated in the voting, which took place during September 2016 at FIFA.com, as well as before an during the live show of the ''Evening Urgant'', where the results of the competition were announced.
"Создатель талисмана ЧМ-2018, волка Забиваки, получила за свою работу 500 долларов "
See also
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FIFA World Cup mascot 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 ...
s
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2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots
The mascots for the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Paralympics were revealed on February 26, 2011. A shortlist of ten Olympic and three Paralympic designs had been shown to the public on February 7, 2011.
History
Election
Along wit ...
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Zoich
Zoich ( Cyrillic: Зойч, ) was a proposed mascot for the XXII Winter Olympics, which took first place in the official online poll to select a mascot for the 2014 Sochi games. Despite being a popular Internet character, the committee chose not ...
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Misha
Misha (russian: Миша), also known as Mishka (russian: Мишка) or The Olympic Mishka (russian: Олимпийский Мишка), is the name of the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (the XXII Summer Olympics). He wa ...
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Vučko
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2018 World cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...
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FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...
References
External links
FIFA's official webpage on Zabivaka
2018 FIFA World Cup
Fictional wolves
Russian mascots
FIFA World Cup mascots
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