Champion the World Cup Bear (Republic of Ireland)
Theme: | Beanie Babies |
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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: | 16/06/2002 |
Animal: | Bear |
Description
The Irish version of Champion is a fuzzy, brown bear with black button eyes and a button nose with the Irish flag on it. It wears a gold ribbon tied around it’s neck. On it’s chest is a badge with the words “2002 FIFA World Cup” on it.
Poem
Ireland qualified for their first FIFA
World Cup final, travelling to Italy
in 1990. Ireland qualified for the
1994 FIFA World Cup with a 1-1
draw to Northern Ireland.
Collectors note
Champion the Bear was introduced on 4th April 2002.
There are 32 different versions of Champion, each representing the countries that were in the 2002 World Cup. This particular bear represents the Republic of Ireland.
Each version of Champion was retired separately on the day that country was eliminated from the 2002 World Cup.
The Irish Champion the Bear retired on 16th June 2002.
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