Adorned in colours of pale blue and white, the mascot, depicted as a young boy is dressed in Argentina’s football kit along with a hat with the words ARGENTINA ’78. In the mascot-verse, Tip and Tap can be seen playing football with other mascots.Īrgentina introduced Gauchito to the public as its official mascot in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Tip and Tap are also the first mascot duo introduced in the World Cup. The two mascots, depicting young boys, are dressed in German football kits, with one donned with the letters WM for Weltmeisterschaft (German for World Cup), and the other with the number 74. The iconic duo of Tip and Tap was unveiled when West Germany hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1974. Juanito followed four years after World Cup Willie as the second mascot of the tournament. Who could ever forget the little boy dressed in a 1970s Mexican national jersey matched with a sombrero, a wide-brimmed high-crowned felt or straw hat, with the words “MEXICO 70” emblazoned on it? Meet Juanito, the mascot for FIFA World Cup in Mexico in 1970. In the mascot-verse, you can see World Cup Willie going about the streets of the city, judging an audition show, and even hailing a cab! Designed by artist Reg Hoye, his creation of World Cup Willie paved the way for more mascots to be brought to life in FIFA’s other major sporting events. Willie, the first-ever World Cup mascot, is an English lion who sported a Union Jack or Union Flag shirt with the words “WORLD CUP”. World Cup Willie was unveiled to the public in 1966 when England hosted the tournament. Over three decades since the very first World Cup in 1930 hosted by Uruguay, FIFA introduced a new character in the field. Through the mascot-verse, let’s take a little trip down memory lane and recall the iconic mascots which embodied every FIFA World Cup’s host nation in the past! Nostalgic memories sparked among fans poured as comments under the YouTube video, with some recognizing their favorite mascots while others point out the years that have gone by. The colorful and lively scheme of the mascotverse manifests a bright and futuristic city featuring other iconic mascots which graced the FIFA World Cup tournament through the years. In a four-minute video published on the official YouTube channel of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, La’eeb is shown to be on a visit to the mascot verse with RedOne, a multi-Grammy award producer and FIFA’s Creative Entertainment Executive. La’eeb, derived from the Arabic word meaning super-skilled player, is introduced as a character from the mascot-verse, a parallel world where other tournament mascots live. Doha: On the night of the Final Draw held in Doha on April 1, several exciting news were revealed, including the official groups of each qualified team as well as the debut public performance of the first single in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Official Soundtrack titled Hayya Hayya (Better Together).Ĭertainly, the introduction of a “super-skilled player” is unmissable as the world met the adventurous La’eeb, the official mascot for this year’s FIFA World Cup 2022.
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