Champion the World Cup Bear (Sweden)
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 Swedish version of Champion is a fuzzy, brown bear with black button eyes and a button nose with the Swedish 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
In 1958 Sweden hosted the first
FIFA World Cup to receive
international television coverage.
Sweden has taken part in 8 FIFA
World Cup tournaments; 1934-
1950, 1958, 1970-1978, 1990.
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 Sweden.
Each version of Champion retired separately on the day that country was eliminated from the 2002 World Cup.
The Swedish Champion the Bear retired on 16th June 2002.
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