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A World Cup role for Taiwan

28/06/2010
Holding 167th position in the FIFA world rankings, few people linked to Taiwanese football expected the country to reach the World Cup finals in South Africa, but its representative office to the European Union has told media in Brussels that Taiwan has made an important contribution to the event.

Wang Chen-tai, head of news at the Taiwanese representative office in Brussels, said Taiwanese textile companies had supplied recycled polyester for the shirts that some of the top teams wore in South Africa. Mr Wang said the choice of Taiwanese technology for the shirts showed that his country is a leader, if not in football, then at least in the performance apparel the top stars wear and in its commitment to reducing carbon emissions and protecting the environment.

He said nine teams at the World Cup were wearing Taiwanese-enhanced shirts and that 13 million recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles had gone into making the fabric for the players’ shirts and for the high numbers of replica kits that fans around the world will buy; one shirt requires eight recycled PET bottles on average, he said.

The teams involved were Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United States, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Serbia and Slovenia, all of whom have Nike as their kit supplier.

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