What mascots have been included in the World Cup over the years?

The 1966 World Cup in England saw the first appearance of the official World Cup mascot, Willie, a lion that plays soccer. This new initiative to use a cartoon image as a promotional method became a milestone in the design of future World Cup mascots.

In 1970, the ninth World Cup was held in Mexico, and a mascot named "Juanito" was introduced.

The 1974 World Cup was hosted by the former West Germany. The host country designed a pair of German children, Tip and Tep, who were tall, thin, short and fat.

The 1978 World Cup in Argentina was styled after a young highland boy playing soccer, wearing the Argentine team's uniform, a horsewhip in his right hand, and a traditional Argentine highland cap.

The 1982 World Cup in Spain, contrary to previous World Cups to animal or human shape as the mascot of the practice, instead of a fat and incomparable orange "Naranjito" (Naranjito) as the protagonist.

The thirteenth World Cup, held in Mexico in 1986, featured an anthropomorphic chili pepper wearing a peaked straw hat called "Pico".

In the summer of 1990 in Italy, the designers went against tradition and used a soccer ball and blocks to put together a humanoid (Chinese name "Chaao"), which has a soccer ball as its head and a body and limbs made up of 90 green, white and red blocks, which is very dynamic and creative.

In 1994, Americans who lacked soccer cells played their own cartoon drawing expertise, they designed a cartoon dog as the World Cup mascot. The brown dog, named "Shooter," wore a red-and-white jersey representing the colors of the U.S. flag, blue pants and

red-and-white striped socks, and carried a soccer ball.

In 1998, a humanoid cheering and jumping cockerel named Footix Footix became the mascot of the World Cup in France. France is historically the habitat of the Gauls, from ancient times the French people for the worship of the rooster is quite famous, the 98 World Cup mascot with obvious French cultural totems, this rooster lines simple and smooth, and the smooth movement of the ball has become the rooster to show up the signature action.

The 2002 World Cup mascot featured three space elves, an older, taller leader covered in gold holding a soccer ball, and two smaller ones, one blue and the other purple. The yellow elf is called Ato, the blue elf is called Nik, and the purple elf is called Kaz. with a distinctive oriental color. According to the organizing committee, these elves from outer space live in the atmosphere and play a space version of soccer, symbolizing "togetherness, unity and cooperation."

The mascot for the 2006 World Cup in Germany is named "Goleo VI." He is a cute, cuddly little boy. He is a cute

2014 World Cup mascot armadillo

lion. "At 2 meters tall, Goleo VI is the first time since 1974 that the World Cup has had a "live" mascot. Accompanying Goliath VI is a talking soccer ball named Philly.

The 2010 World Cup mascot leopard "Zakumi" name in the first two letters "ZA" is the Afrikaans language in "South Africa" abbreviation, after the letter "KUMI" in many African languages means "10", means the year of the World Cup in South Africa - at the same time, this is also most of the top soccer players wearing the and it is also the jersey number worn by most top soccer players. The baby leopard is set to be born in 1994, symbolizing the founding of the new South African **** and nation.

The mascot for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil -- an armadillo. Cristiano Ronaldo, the former world footballer and current board member of the World Cup organizing committee, introduced the armadillo, which will be the symbol of the World Cup in Brazil, to viewers on the show.