The coming year will be the year of Soccer lovers, the year for the Fifa World Cup 2010. In May 2004, FIFA awarded the hosting of the FIFA World Cup to an African country for the first time in the 101 years of FIFA’s existence. As the host, South Africa stands not as a country alone – but rather as a representative of Africa and as part of an African family of nations.
Hence, the logo design of the Fifa World Cup 2010 depicts the same essence and shows the map of Africa with blue, green, red, yellow, black and white stripes of South African flag. The design is dynamic and embodies the burning passion of Africa.
A bicycle kicker in the Fifa logo symbolizes the passion of soccer not only for African people but for those of around the world.
2 comments:
That logo is colorful, it's like what South Africa is all about. Can't wait for the FIFA WORLD CUP to come.
January 7, 2010 at 7:44 AMThe logo symbolizes the dynamics of African football development. In seven consecutive finals the African teams showed-off their impressive performance, including those shown by Algeria in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain (controversially sidelined by full-of-question Austria's defeate to West Germany). The logo is inspiring...
January 15, 2010 at 10:25 AMPost a Comment