World Cup Logos This Millenium

The 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa just ended it’s 31 days of glories,victories but most of it is frustrations. Every team targetting to raise the solid 18-carat gold trophy but only the lucky Spain did it. So for the others it just the frustrations.

Despite the excitement of the matches held in South Africa, I was interested in the presentation of the World Cup itself. Giant events such as the Olympics,Euro,Asian Sport would have their own presentation to amaze the world and the Fifa World Cup is not an exception.

I marveled their presentations including the logo, the opening ceremony, the night-before-world-cup Concert and everything. We get to know South Africa to it’s heart and that is a chance not to be missed. In this entry, I want to emphasise on the logos of the previous and upcoming World Cups including the Brazil 2014, which attracted me a lot, the designs and arts that laid in just one logo could translate everything. Enough blabbering, now we go to the main idea of this entry, to bring back the world cup logos from 2002 untill the next 2014,in Brazil

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Disclaimer : The comment below is only my personal opinion on the logos and It’s not intended to offence anybody

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2002 Fifa World Cup Logo – Korea and Japan

Hosts : Korea and Japan

Winner : Brazil

This Logo look firm and strong as the circle is supported from the inside. Simple yet shined the identity of the hosts, Korea and Japan through it’s colours and shapes. I love the font used to write the word Korea Japan.

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2006 Fifa World Cup Logo – Germany

Host       : Germany

Winner   : Italy

I love this logo most. Somehow it showed happiness through the smilies.All the funs and excitement of the world cup hid in this logo. With the stripes of the German official colours, this logo revealed the host’s identity.

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2010 Fifa World Cup Logo – South Africa

Host       : South Africa

Winner   : Spain

Actually,I don’t really like the typical boxed design as it  doesn’t really give the freedom to the logo. Still, thisis logo is beautiful.With a black people kicking the football showing the ethnicity of South Africa. yet, A lot of people complaints the man in the logo is like starving with his thin figure so it may be a sensitive issue.

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2014 Fifa World Cup Logo – Brazil

Host        : Brazil

Winner    : We will see, I hope it’s my Argentine :p

The idea behind this logo seemed to come from the world cup trophy itself. The shape obviously look like it. The colours fit with Brazil identiy and the hands grabbing the cup maybe means that Brazil really want to win this event for the 6th time. yet, It’s simple, and enough to amazed me. Simplicity is my taste. Simply Siti too :p

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Bonus

Official Opening & Logo, FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 Video from the Youtube.