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Aztecs, ballgames and logos...

Aztecs, ballgames and logos...

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Mexico have come pretty close (quarter finals) to winning the World Cup, and were the first country to host the FIFA series twice - in 1970 and again in 1986, each time in the famous ‘Estadio Azteca’ or Aztec Stadium in Mexico City. (Written/compiled by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore)

The Aztec Stadium, designed by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (who also designed Mexico City’s celebrated National Anthropology Museum), was built in 1966, and is the second largest (capacity 114,000) football stadium in the world. It was in the stadium during the 1986 World Cup that the world famous ‘Mexican Wave’ first broke onto the international scene.

For decades the Mexican team have sported a strip with a striking design based on the ultimate Aztec icon - the Sunstone or Calendar Stone. The ‘ghosted’ version in grey became very popular around the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

More on the Aztec Calendar StoneMore on the ancient Mesoamerican ballgame

Comments (2)

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George

3rd Jun 2011

Where can I get the green sport shirt with the design

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Mexicolore

Thanks for asking, George. We’re afraid we don’t know, at present. We’ll try and find out for you...

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Alma

24th Jul 2008

I would love to see some information on ullamaliztli or ulama. Maybe others would be interested in learning something about this Aztec game, reportedly still played in Sinaloa, but on the verge of extinction. Thank you.

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Mexicolore

There is a link on this page, Alma, to a page on our site about the pre-Hispanic ballgame, ullamaliztli! Click on 'More on the ancient Mesoamerican ballgame'...

Aztecs, ballgames and logos...

3 Mexican football fans

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