The Graphic Evolution of World Cup Logos

There is left less than a month to the first game of the World Cup in Russia, competition which takes place every 4 years in a different country.

The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War (yeah, the war ruined almost everything..). The current champion is Germany, which won its fourth title at the 2014 tournament in Brazil.

While the first 4 editions hadn’t adopted a separate logo as we know it today (they have only posters, see The Graphic Evolution of World Cup Posters), from the 1954 edition we started to see the very first unique logos for the World Cup tournaments.

Below you can check out the graphic evolution of World Cup logos.

 

1954 World Cup Switzerland

1954 World Cup Switzerland

1958 World Cup Sweden

1958 World Cup Sweden

1962 World Cup Chile

1962 World Cup Chile

1966 World Cup England

1966 World Cup England

1970 World Cup Mexico

1970 World Cup Mexico

1974 World Cup West Germany

1974 World Cup West Germany

1978 World Cup Argentina

1978 World Cup Argentina

1982 World Cup Spain

1982 World Cup Spain

1986 World Cup Mexico

1986 World Cup Mexico

1990 World Cup Italy

1990 World Cup Italy

1994 World Cup USA

1994 World Cup USA

1998 World Cup France

1998 World Cup France

2002 World Cup Korea Japan

2002 World Cup Korea Japan
(yes, this is my favourite)

2006 World Cup Germany

2006 World Cup Germany

2010 World Cup South Africa

2010 World Cup South Africa

2014 World Cup Brazil

2014 World Cup Brazil

2018 World Cup Russia

2018 World Cup Russia

2022 World Cup Qatar

2022 World Cup Qatar