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The Mascot Of Every Previous World Cup

The World Cup dated from 1930. But the first mascot of World Cup appeared in 1966 at the England World Cup. Now lets review all previous .

1966-England-Lion Willie
World Cup Willie is the mascot of 1966 Word Cup,Adrian Peterson Womens Jersey. Its also the first mascot of World Cup and the first mascot of international big sport events.

Willie is a lion, which is the typical symbol of British Empire. Its wearing polo shirt printed with the Union Jack and WORLD CUP.

1970-Mexico-Juanito
Juanito is a little boy wearing the polo shirt of Mexico national team and broadbrim printed with MEXICO 70. Juanito is the nickname of Juan, a common name in department of Spanish.

1974-West Germany -Tip and Tap
This mascot features with two boys wearing the jersey of West Germany national team, printed with WM 74. WM equals Weltmeisterschaft, which means World Cup in German.

1978-Argentina-Gauchito
Gauchito is a boy in the jersey of Argentina national team. The hat he wearing is printed with Argentina 78. His scarf and whip in the hand are typical Gauch Style.

1982-Spain-Naranjito
Orange is a typical fruit of Spain. Naranjito comes from naranja, which means orange in Spanish. And in this World Cup, it dressed on jersey of Spain national team and become the mascot.

1986-Mexico-Pique
A jalapeno can surely be found in Mexico food,New Jimmy Graham Jersey. Maybe this is the reason why the Pique appeared as the mascot of World Cup,Terrel Suggs womens jersey. The Pique is named from the picante in Spanish, wearing a particular large-brimmed hat of Mexico.

1990-Italia-Ciao
Ciao is a matchstick footballer. He controls the football with his head and his body uses three colors, which stands for the tricolor of Italia. Its designed by a famous Italian artist. In Italian, ciao means hello,Amazines_Chinese Jerseys Wholesale - 2011 Discount.

1994-America-Striker
The mascot of this World Cup is a dog named Striker. Its jersey adopts the same color collocation of Americans flag. USA 94 are printed on it.

1998-France-Footix
This is a chanticleer, which is one of the symbols of France. FRANCE 98 are on his colpus. His body is blue, the same color with the jersey of France national team. His name is the mixture of football and ix, coming from the famous Astrix et Oblix. The other names of this mascot include Raffy, Houpi and Gallik,Nike Ravens Jerseys.

2002-Korea and Japan-Ato, Kaz and Nik
The colors of them each is orange, purple and blue. The design of them embodies futurity and computerized. They are all the member of Atmoball. Ato is the coach. Kaz and Nik are players. The names are selected from all the names supplied by the users of internet and hosts McDonalds.

2006-Germany-Goleo VI and sidekick: Pille
A lion wearing the jersey of Germany national team, accompanied by a football only having expression. Goleo is a compound word consisting of goal and leo, which means lion in Latin. In Germany, Pille is the colloquial of football.

2010-South Africa-Zakumi
Zakumi is a big leopard with green hair. He wears jersey printed with SOUTH AFRICA 2010,Ray Lewis Jersey 2012. The green and golden of Zakumi represent the color of South Africa national team. His name is coming from ZA, which is the code of South Africa in ISO 3166. And the kumi means ten in kinds of South Africa languages.

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