Champion the Bear – South Africa
Theme: | Beanie Buddies |
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Subtheme: | Sports, Football, Soccer |
Style Number: | 09501 |
Colour: | Brown |
Swing Tag Generation: | Champion |
Tush Tag Generation: | - |
Birthday: | None |
Release Date: | 04/04/2002 |
Release Year: | 2002 |
Retirement Date: | 24/05/2002 |
Animal: | Bear |
Description
Champion (South Africa) is a fuzzy, brown bear with black button eyes and a South African flag nose. He wears a golden ribbon tied around his neck and he has a FIFA World Cup 2002 badge on his chest.
Poem
In the last 10 years, the country
has emerged as a strong power on
the African continent. South
Africa qualified for the last FIFA
World Cup finals in France.
Collectors note
Champion (South Africa) was released on 4th April 2002.
He was retired on 24th May 2002.
There are 32 Champion bear Beanie Buddies for each country that entered the FIFA World Cup football tournament in 2002: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Nigeria, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United States and Uruguay.
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