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Encyclopedia > FIFA World Cup mascots
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Each Football World Cup usually has its own mascot. World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot, and one of the first mascots to be associated with a major sporting competition. Tip and Tap, mascots of the 1976 Football world cup, scanned by wS (as my camera is a bit on the poor side). ... Tip and Tap, mascots of the 1976 Football world cup, scanned by wS (as my camera is a bit on the poor side). ... The Football World Cup (official name: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer). ... Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, FL. A mascot is something, typically an animal or human character used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team (the name often corresponds with the mascot), society or corporation. ... 1966 was a year of triumph for the host nation, England. ...


The World Cup mascot is mostly targeted at children with cartoon shows and other merchandise released to coincide with the competition.


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External links

  • Hispanic Magazine: World Cup Mascots
  • Information on Goleo VI and Pille

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World Cup: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (3936 words)
The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the football World Cup or the soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men's national football teams of member nations of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
FIFA president Jules Rimet thus planned the inaugural World Cup tournament to be held in Uruguay in 1930.
The 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by Japan and Korea, was the first one held in Asia (and the only tournament with multiple hosts), and in 2010, South Africa will become the first African nation to host the World Cup.
Reference.com/Encyclopedia/FIFA World Cup (3718 words)
The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football (soccer) competition contested by the men's national football teams of the member nations of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
The 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by Japan and South Korea, was the first one held in Asia (and the only tournament with multiple hosts), and in 2010, South Africa will become the first African nation to host the World Cup.
Mascots for the 2006 World Cup were Goleo, a lion, and Pille, a football.
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