1980
Italy |
 |
"Pinoccio" |
A naked wooden lad with a ball and a paper hat. And a large stripey nose. |
1984
France |
 |
"Peno" |
Enormous-footed rooster in a French football kit. With a ball. |
1988
Germany |
 |
"Berni" |
Tough looking rabbit with dodgy euro-rock headband and even dodgier ball control. |
1992
Sweden |
 |
"Rabbit" |
The most cunningly named of all the mascots. Slightly better ball control than Berni but equally bad head gear. |
1996
England |
 |
"Goliath" |
Slightly boss-eyed lion in excruciatingly tight shorts. With a ball. |
2000
Holland and Belgium |
 |
"Benelucky" |
Strange demon-lion thing. With a ball. |
2004
Portugal |
 |
"Kinas" |
A Portuguese kid. With enormous, fat hands. But only 3 fingers. |
2008
Austria and Switzerland |
 |
"Trix and Flix" |
Fun-loving Austro-Swiss mates. With no ball. |
European Championships Mascots 
The first mascot to make an appearance at the European Championships was a large-nosed young fellow
called Pinoccio, back in the 1980 tournament over in Italy. And since then it's probably made rich men of a few bosses of
some advertising and marketing companies across Europe as it became big business to create these cheeky little chappies.
