UEFA European Championship mascot

The UEFA European Football Championship has featured mascots since 1980. The very first mascot was Pinocchio, for the UEFA Euro 1980 in Italy.^[1] Since then, every tournament has had a mascot except for the UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012, that both had two. The mascots are mostly targeted at children, with cartoon shows and other merchandise released to coincide with the competition.

List of mascots

There have been a total of eleven mascots (a duo was featured in both 2008 and 2012) in the nine tournaments since 1980:

European Football Championship	Mascot(s)	Description
Italy 1980	Pinocchio	Based on the character from the children's story of the same name. Pinocchio comprised a small wooden boy with long nose in the colours of the Italian national flag and a white hat emblazoned with EUROPA 80.^[1]^[2]
France 1984	Péno	A white cockerel, a traditional national symbol of France, dressed in a French coloured football strip including football boots and white gloves.^[3]
West Germany 1988	Berni	A cartoonised German Grey Rabbit with human shaped body. Berni wore an outfit in the colours of the German national flag with a black football jersey with UEFA across the front, red football shorts and yellow or golden socks additionally with white head and wristbands. Mostly depicted while jumping and controlling a football.
Sweden 1992	Rabbit	The Swedish mascot was also a rabbit in the national colours with head and wristbands controlling a football like the mascot from four years previously and was called name of Rabbit.
England 1996	Goaliath	Goaliath was designed in a similar fashion to the original World Cup mascot from 1966 World Cup called World Cup Willie. Goliath comprised a lion, the image on the English football teams crest, dressed in an England football strip and football boots whilst holding a football under his right arm.
Netherlands/Belgium 2000	Benelucky	A lion with a devil's tail and human hands. A lion's head appears on the crest of the Dutch national federation, and the Belgian national team is historically nicknamed "Red Devils". The name Benelucky is a portmanteau of "Benelux", the term for the three nations of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and the ending "-lucky" wishing the participating teams "good luck". It wore football boots and held a football under its left arm. One of the most striking characteristics of Benelucky was its multicoloured lions mane which incorporated the colours of both the Belgian and Dutch national flags.
Portugal 2004	Kinas	A cartoon version of a boy dressed in the Portugal football strip. The mascot's name, Kinas, is taken from "Bandeira das Quinas", which is a name for Portugal's national flag.
Austria/Switzerland 2008	Trix and Flix	A twin set of mascots two represent the two host countries, Austria and Switzerland. The Rainbow Productions and Warner Bros. design was of two child like characters both dressed in football strips comprising solely red and white, the colours of the national flags of Austria and Switzerland.
Poland/Ukraine 2012	Slavek and Slavko	Once again Rainbow Productions and Warner Bros. created the mascots. The twins represent two host nations, Poland and Ukraine. One twin wears Poland's national colours of white and red, the other the yellow and blue of Ukraine.
France 2016	Super Victor	A child in the kit of the French national football team, with a red cape at the back, to echo the blue, white, red flag. Other considered named were Dribblou and Goalix. The cape, boots and ball are claimed to be the Child's superpowers.^[4]
2020	TBA	TBA

References

1 2 "Italy meets UEFA European Football Championship 1980 (Euro 80)". Euro 2012 Live Online. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
↑ "Brands - Pinocchio". Brands of the World. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
↑ "Brands - Peno". Brands of the World. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/finals/news/newsid=2189677.html

External links

The weird and wonderful world of EURO mascots at UEFA.com

UEFA European Championships

Tournaments	France 1960 Spain 1964 Italy 1968 Belgium 1972 Yugoslavia 1976 Italy 1980 France 1984 West Germany 1988 Sweden 1992 England 1996 Belgium/Netherlands 2000 Portugal 2004 Austria/Switzerland 2008 Poland/Ukraine 2012 France 2016 Pan-European 2020

Qualification	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Finals	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Squads	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Bids	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Statistics	Team appearances Teams with no appearances Droughts Goalscorers Hat-tricks Own goals Penalty shoot-outs Records Red cards Teams of the Tournament Mascots Video games

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

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