Champion the World Cup Bear (Costa Rica)
| Theme: | Beanie Babies |
|---|---|
| Subtheme: | Sports |
| Style Number: | 04408 |
| Colour: | Brown |
| Swing Tag Generation: | 7, 10 |
| Tush Tag Generation: | 11 |
| Birthday: | None |
| Release Date: | 04/04/2002 |
| Release Year: | 2002 |
| Retirement Date: | 13/06/2002 |
| Animal: | Bear |
Description
The Costa Rican version of Champion is a fuzzy, brown bear with black button eyes and a button nose with the Costa Rican flag on it. It wears a gold ribbon tied around it’s neck. On it’s chest is a button with the words “2002 FIFA World Cup” on it.
Poem
Costa Rica clinched it’s first FIFA
World Cup berth since 1990,
totally outplaying a U.S. team that
only twice came close to scoring.
Collectors note
Champion the Bear was introduced on 4th April 2002.
There are 32 different versions of Champion, each representing the countries in the 2002 World Cup. This particular bear represents Costa Rica.
Each Champion bear was retired separately on the day their country was eliminated from the 2002 World Cup.
The Costa Rican Champion bear was retired on 13th June 2002.
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