Official Posters of all the FIFA World Cup editions | 1930 - 2022
Updated: Jun 24, 2022
With 92 years of history, the FIFA World Cup has thousands of stories to tell, but what the following lines of this story will focus on is the graphic footprint left by each edition, that is, the official posters of each of the tournaments, including Qatar 2022. Discover them.
Uruguay 1930
The venue for the first World Cup was awarded by FIFA to Uruguay for being the then two-time champion in soccer at the Olympic Games (1924 and 1928) and also for the centenary of its independence.
Italy 1934
The second edition of the FIFA World Cup took the world to Europe, where Italy permeated by the politics of its then Prime Minister Benito Mussolini organized the tournament.
France 1938
On the eve of a massive global war, France was allowed to host the FIFA World Cup.
Brazil 1950
Once the turbulence of the second world war that plagued mankind had passed, the mood and the opportunity to celebrate a FIFA World Cup returned and Brazil was chosen.
Switzerland 1954
Undoubtedly, the official poster for the FIFA World Cup Switzerland 1954 stood out for its iconic configuration: straight lines, well-established colors, and the first ode to the true source of joy in soccer: the goal.
Sweden 1958
The 1958 edition of the FIFA World Cup in Sweden was in charge of marking a distance with its sobriety, a classic of the Scandinavians, with a simple official poster.
Chile 1962
The official poster of the FIFA World Cup Chile 1962 was carried away by the current space conquest that was beginning to worry humanity at that time.
England 1966
The sobriety of the country host at its best. Perhaps one of the simplest official FIFA World Cup posters of all.
Mexico 1970
If any of the official FIFA World Cup posters compete with England's for the position of king of simplicity, it is this one.
Germany 1974
A total contrast was this official poster. A black, lapidary background, notably altered by a rain of colors that gave shape to a soccer player kicking a ball.
Argentina 1978
Abstract shapes, such as dots, and a few colors, if any three. Just that and great imagination is needed to give life to an official FIFA World Cup poster.
Spain 1982
Surrealism in Spain could not be presented by anyone other than Joan Miró, who let out all his creative genius attached to his favorite trend in the official poster that gave the world the FIFA World Cup Spain 1982.
Mexico 1986
The second World Cup hosted by Mexico delivered an official poster that broke any ties with its predecessors. The photograph that was the central object of the poster unites the ball with the Mexican pre-Hispanic culture, a postcard taken by the American Annie Leibovitz.
Italy 1990
With no longer, a trace of what it was under the spell of Mussolini, Italy was once again hosting a FIFA World Cup and wanted to make its new face clear from its official poster, in which it creatively dressed the Colosseum as the site of a soccer battle.
USA 1994
Pure symbolism. The United States showed the world that in addition to football, basketball, and baseball, it has soccer at its heart, with an official poster for the FIFA World Cup organized in which the colors of its flag stood out prominently.
France 1998
The nineties were saying goodbye to a social and cultural phenomenon such as the FIFA World Cup. The official poster for France 1998 was made based on abstractionism, but full of color and typography that scandalously winks at the American series Friends.
Korea-Japan 2002
The first FIFA World Cup organized in Asia by two host countries had to show a consensus in its graphic line so as not to disadvantage any of the organizers. So they opted for the simple: brushstrokes in the official colors of the tournament that gave a sober and elegant look to their official poster.
Germany 2006
The FIFA World Cup is a bright dream for many, whether they participate in it or enjoy it. That's what the official Germany 2006 poster tried to capture: a ball made up of stars that illuminate the world's firmament with the light that only soccer can emit.
South Africa 2010
The African continent has only been able to host one FIFA World Cup. And the official poster went down in history as one of the most symbolic history: the shape of the continent in the form of a footballer dominating the ball with his head, a canvas illuminated with the most representative colors of the region.
Brazil 2014
The sum of details built a very representative concept in the official poster of Brazil 2014. Silhouettes of animals and flowers from the host country of that year's FIFA World Cup formed a pair of legs that dispute a ball. Color, as a sign of the joy of the Brazilian people, was also present.
Russia 2018
The most vintage official FIFA World Cup poster ever. Russia 2018 paid a tremendous tribute to its most representative footballer, goalkeeper Lev Yashin, and to the design of the Uruguay 1930 poster, in terms of colors and shapes.
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