Puma announced that the company will be the Official Technical Supplier of on-field, sideline, training, and representation apparel, as well as equipment to 11 national teams at the upcoming 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
With the play-offs now completed, the following Puma contracted National Teams are confirmed for participation in next years major sporting event:
Czech Republic Poland Ghana Saudi Arabia Iran Switzerland Italy Togo Ivory Coast Tunisia Paraguay
“This is a tremendous statement for Puma and once again underlines our commitment to football with the aim of further strengthening Puma as one of the leading football brands,” said Jochen Zeitz, CEO & chairman of Puma. Zeitz continued: “We take great pride in being the brand with most national teams at next years event and would like to congratulate all eleven Federations for their wonderful achievement as well as those PUMA associated Federations that battled hard throughout the qualification.”
All associated Puma National Teams will be endorsing the brands new v1.06 statement product concept come 2006. The v1.06 statement product concept will be launched at the African Cup of Nations where Puma six national teams confirmed including: Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo and titleholders Tunisia.
Three of the African teams, i.e. Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, make their debut at the World Cup, with Tunisia making their fourth appearance. For Saudi Arabia this has been the fourth successive successful qualification campaign with Iran bound to appear for the third time. For Paraguay and Poland, the upcoming finals represent their seventh appearance. Czech Republic and Switzerland will both be making the trip for the eighth time with Italy further enhancing their impressive record of sixteen appearances in total.
