World Cup fan costumes: Mexico, Japan, Netherlands and US supporters go all-out

We are present 1 afloat week into the 2022 World Cup and heading into the last acceptable of group-stage games. We've besides had the accidental to witnesser an astounding array of accepted costumes and fancy formal worn by fans of each nationalist team, with immoderate genuinely sensational outfits spotted astatine the tournament's 8 stadiums.

All the supporters you would expect to basal retired person brought their A-games, with heavyweights specified arsenic Japan, Netherlands and the United States providing stiff contention successful the moving to beryllium the best-dressed fans astatine the World Cup.

But the crown mightiness good beryllium to the Mexico fans, who person created a vibrant oversea of green, reddish and achromatic successful the terraces during their archetypal 2 games -- adjacent if they are yet to spot a triumph from El Tri connected the pitch.

Have a look, and justice for yourself.

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Mexico

The Aztec God of Football made a uncommon quality astatine Mexico's archetypal lucifer against Poland successful Doha. Alas, his power could not steer his broadside to victory.

As you mightiness expect, oversized sombreros person proved fashionable with patriotic El Tri supporters seeking shadiness retired successful Qatar.

Some adjacent chose to treble up by wearing their lucha libre wrestling masks underneath.

These fans made the other effort to brace the accepted large-brimmed chapeau with faux-muscle vests.

But, arsenic these supporters amusement with their look paint, sometimes little is more.

Japan

Japan's enactment has been afloat of fantastic costumes with radical turning retired successful everything from accepted covering -- specified arsenic this flag-bearing instrumentality successful a kimono -- to out-of-the-box creations.

This instrumentality seems to person taken inspiration for their costume from a kawaii-style cartoon animal.

This elephantine greenish feline costume is sweet, but it indispensable beryllium awfully blistery successful there.

Netherlands

Dutch fans ever spell large erstwhile it comes to dressing the portion astatine large tournaments -- they played a starring relation astatine past year's European Championship -- and the 2022 World Cup is nary exception.

As an orange-clad icon himself, Fred Flintstone appears to person been adopted arsenic an honorary talisman of the Dutch instrumentality base.

Elaborate spectacles are besides a fashionable fixture among the Oranje supporters, with galore favouring to embellish their colourful frames with much random accoutrements than you could imagine.

Indeed, adjacent the country's youngest supporters are furnished with agleam orangish receptor defenders.

United States

The travelling US fans person besides been connected apical signifier successful Qatar, arsenic shown by this changeable of an eagle (aka Eagleman), Wonder Woman and Maverick successful the assemblage unneurotic for their team's archetypal crippled against Wales.

Benjamin Franklin and Lady Liberty herself past appeared for the USMNT's 2nd outing against England.

The stars and stripes person been well-represented with each the patriotic fervour you'd expect.

But it's not conscionable the 4 nations supra whose fans person stood retired from the stands astatine this World Cup successful Qatar.

Every squad has had its just stock of radical who person gone the other mile to amusement their support, adjacent if their teams haven't lived up to their expectations.

Argentina

We've heard of messy hairsbreadth before, sure, but MESSI hair? Outrageous.

Australia

Looks similar the past fewer months person proved to beryllium an particularly lucrative clip for Australian novelty inflatable kangaroo vendors.

Belgium

When your elephantine foam-fries bonnet is eclipsed by a chapeau featuring a standard exemplary of the Atomium depository successful Brussels, you cognize you're successful the beingness of greatness.

Brazil

Fans of the Selecao ever capable the stadium with carnival energy, but this flawless Ronaldo Nazario cosplay conscionable puts the icing connected the cake.

Cameroon

This handsome chapeau decorated with needle-sharp porcupine quills is arsenic crisp arsenic Vincent Aboubakar was erstwhile helium came connected successful the 3-3 gully vs. Serbia.

Canada

Canada has cowpokes, too, and they cognize however to formal the part.

Costa Rica

A beauteous patriotic display, though we can't assistance but wonderment whether those cautiously positioned sequins were inactive successful spot successful the aftermath of the 7-0 demolition occupation meted retired by Spain.

Croatia

Red-and-white checks heaped connected apical of much red-and-white checks? Check.

Denmark

Wearing full, fur-trimmed Viking garb successful the mediate of the Qatari godforsaken is immoderate superior committedness to the Danish cause.

Ecuador

Again, arsenic beauteous arsenic the accepted Ecuadorian "Aya Huma" masks are, we're not definite that a dense knitted balaclava is the astir applicable attire for a World Cup taking spot nether the Middle Eastern sun.

England

We can't responsibility the festive spirit, but determination are immoderate precise bold (and mostly unsubstantiated) claims being made astir Santa Claus connected the hats of these England supporters. Isn't Lapland successful Finland?

France

Les Bleus fielding an intimidating backmost 4 of Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Bonaparte and Bonaparte.

Germany

Nice to spot that planetary relations remained cordial arsenic Germany and Japan fans shared an aperitif (presumably a Bud Zero) during their opening group-stage match.

Ghana

There was immoderate impeccable tri-colour greasepaint enactment (complete with further Black Star detailing) connected show among the Ghana fans.

Iran

We're not wholly definite what emotion this wide-eyed Iran instrumentality is experiencing, but we'd suggest that the nationalist squad travel his elemental command.

Morocco

These fans of the Atlas Lions were rewarded for their effort by seeing their squad assertion a shocking triumph implicit Belgium.

Poland

Poland played retired a reasonably dull 0-0 gully against Mexico successful their opening game, truthful immoderate fans recovered different ways to support themselves entertained.

Portugal

The kit Portugal are wearing astatine this tourney is expected to correspond the nationalist emblem coiled astir the wearer's assemblage -- a plan conception taken to the adjacent level by this supporter.

Qatar

Their squad whitethorn person been the archetypal to beryllium eliminated from this World Cup, but fans of the big federation held their ain successful the dressing-up stakes.

Saudi Arabia

Their astonishing 2-1 triumph implicit Argentina successful their opening radical crippled was an astonishing upset, but surely it's a small aboriginal to grant Saudi Arabia the trophy outright?

Senegal

If these fans get their seating arrangements wrong, they could extremity up declaring their full-bodied enactment for Spanish second-division nine Leganes.

Serbia

The wig and look overgarment seemed similar a overmuch amended thought earlier this instrumentality watched his broadside get beaten 2-0 by Brazil successful their archetypal match.

South Korea

Despite their squad being led by the near-angelic Son Heung-Min, South Korea supporters notation to themselves arsenic the "Red Devils," and arsenic such, horns are a regular show successful the stands.

Spain

The formal codification for Spain fans is simple: Wear immoderate you similar arsenic agelong arsenic it's dripping successful the reddish and yellowish colours of the Bandera de Espana.

Switzerland

These Swiss fans person got World Cup fever, and the lone medicine is much cowbell.

Tunisia

Tunisia request a occurrence to suffice for the adjacent phase, but if the Eagles of Carthage bash exit the World Cup astatine the archetypal hurdle, they person been good represented by their supporters.

Uruguay

Too overmuch shouting near this Uruguay instrumentality a small horse. The different instrumentality is wearing a bully wig, though.

Wales

This is not technically a costume, but this fan's committedness to their fandom of Gareth Bale deserves highlighting.