Vote for Soca Warriors bus slogan

World Cup partners sponsor Hyundai has asked fans to suggest names for each of the 32 teams taking part in the World Cup finals in Germany from June 9 to July 9.

It has now come down to three slogans of which one will be selected to use on the buses transporting the Soca Warriors from the moment they arrive in Germany on June 4 up until their departure.

The slogans are “Soca Warriors — The Pride of Trinidad and Tobago”; “The Soca Warriors Coming Thru — Making Trinidad and Tobago Proud”; and “Here Come the Soca Warriors— the Fighting Spirit of the Caribbean”.

The voting closes on May 5 and can be done on www.fifaworldcup.com by hitting on the tournament link at the top of the homepage and then relocating to the fans corner page from which the actual voting can take place.

With TT expected to have colourful support in Germany, their fans will also be interested in the Hyundai “Fan of the Match” award. Hyundai will celebrate the passion and devotion of emotional and colourful supporters at each of the matches.

They will also give football fans around the world the chance to vote for the “Fan of the Tournament” among those chosen winners at the Hyundai Fan Corner during the 2006 FIFA World Cup on www.FIFAworldcup.com.

Meantime, fans who simply want to be in Germany to experience the atmosphere can do so now. All of the conditions have been put in place to create unique and amicable public viewing events for all fans.

For the first time in World Cup history, FIFA, the Organising Committee and the Host Cities have developed a joint concept to allow fans to experience the month-long excitement of the FIFA World Cup even without a ticket.

No other tournament in history has featured a central square in every FIFA World Cup Host City where you can follow every match live and enjoy a comprehensive support programme every day. The aim is to make the Fan Fest site a second FIFA World Cup stadium.

The public viewing is the perfect way for you to enjoy the world’s greatest football event— and for free.

For the first time ever at a FIFA World Cup, all of the host cities (in Germany’s case 12) will be organising official public viewings along with a supporting programme of music, shows and cultural events— the 2006 FIFA World Cup Fan Fest. Public viewing events came to genuine prominence for the first time at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan.

Some 2.8 billion people around the world followed the 64 matches in public squares, halls and bars. The incredible sight of a sea of 200,000 South Korean fans following their team on the big screens in Seoul will live long in the memory.

In Germany too, up to 30,000 fans gathered in some places to watch the live broadcasts.

This year, it is expected that around 30 per cent of the German population will follow the matches via public viewing— hopefully joined by plenty of foreign guests including some from TT.

Arrangements are also being finalised for TT’s culture and tourism attractions to be on display at the fanfest.