Champion the Bear – Uruguay
| Theme: | Beanie Buddies |
|---|---|
| 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 (Uruguay) is a fuzzy, brown bear with black button eyes and a Uruguay 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 1930 in Uruguay, 13 countries
participated in the first FIFA World
Cup. The So. American final was
between Uruguay & Argentina.
Uruguay was down 2-1 at half time
but scored 3 goals in the second half,
ending the game with a 4-2 victory.
Collectors note
Champion (Uruguay) 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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