The 1966 World Cup in England saw the first official mascot of the World Cup, a lion who could play football - Willy. This new initiative of using cartoon images as a promotional method has become a milestone in future World Cup mascot design.
In 1970, the ninth World Cup was held in Mexico, and a mascot named "Juannito" was launched.
The 1974 World Cup was hosted by the former West Germany. The host country designed a pair of German children "Tip" and "Tip", one tall, one thin, one short and one fat.
The 1978 World Cup in Argentina was modeled after a little plateau boy playing football. The boy was wearing the Argentina team uniform, holding a riding crop in his right hand and wearing a traditional Argentine plateau national hat.
The 1982 World Cup in Spain went against the convention of using animals or characters as mascots in previous World Cups, and instead used a plump orange "Naranjito" as the protagonist.
The 13th World Cup was held in Mexico in 1986. The mascot introduced was an anthropomorphic pepper named "Pique" wearing a pointed straw hat.
In the Italian summer of 1990, the designer went against the tradition and used a football and building blocks to form a human figure (Chinese name "Chao"). It used a football as the head and 90 pieces made of green, white, The body and limbs composed of red and tri-color building blocks are very dynamic and creative.
In 1994, Americans who lacked football skills took advantage of their cartoon drawing skills and designed a cartoon dog as the mascot for the World Cup. This brown puppy is named "Shooter", wearing a red and white jersey, blue shorts and red and white striped socks that represent the colors of the American flag, and holding a football in his arms.
In 1998, a human-shaped jumping rooster named Footix became the mascot of the World Cup in France. France has historically been the habitat of the Gauls. The French have been famous for their worship of roosters since ancient times. The mascot of the 1998 World Cup has obvious French cultural totems. The rooster has simple and smooth lines and smooth ups and downs. The ball action became the rooster's signature move.
The mascots of the 2002 World Cup were three space elves. Among them, an older and taller leader was covered in gold and held a football in his hand. The other two were smaller, one was blue, and the other was Purple. The yellow elf is called Ato, the blue elf is called Nik, and the purple elf is called Kaz. With a distinct oriental color. According to the organizing committee, these outer space elves live in the atmosphere and play a space version of football, symbolizing "harmony, unity and cooperation."
The mascot of the 2006 World Cup in Germany is named " Goleo VI". He is a cute
lion who is the mascot of the 2014 World Cup, the armadillo
. "Golio VI" is 2 meters tall. It is also the first time the World Cup has a "living" mascot since the 1974 World Cup. Accompanying Goriot VI is a talking football named "Fili".
The first two letters "ZA" in the name of the 2010 World Cup mascot leopard "Zakumi" are the abbreviation of "South Africa" ??in Afrikaans, and the following letters "KUMI" mean the same in many African languages. Both are "10", which means the year the World Cup was held in South Africa - and it is also the jersey number worn by most of the top football players. This little leopard is set to be born in 1994, symbolizing the founding of the new Republic of South Africa.
The mascot of the 2014 Brazil World Cup - an armadillo. "Alien" Ronaldo, a former World Footballer and current member of the Board of Directors of the World Cup Organizing Committee, introduced to the audience the armadillo that will become the symbol of the World Cup in Brazil.