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Weaved As One

HAVAS MIDDLE EAST, Dubai / ADIDAS / 2024

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Background

Saudi Arabia is a truly diverse country, with communities from different corners of the kingdom that are vastly different from each other, with unique dialects, unique cuisines, and even unique cultures. The one common passion that runs through the entire country, no matter where you may be, is football. Saudi Arabia has never had a strong standing on the global football stage. Resulting in the misinformed belief that football isn't as popular here. Whereas the reality is that the local football scene in the kingdom is just as popular with locals as it is in any other major football loving nation.

The national team's performence at the 2022 Qatar World Cup finally made the world take notice of Saudi's potential to becoming a force to reckon with. Now it was time for Saudi fans to get global recognition too.

Idea

To launch the 2023/24 Saudi Arabia Football Federation kit, we launched Weaved As One. A campaign tailored to remind every Saudi football fan across the kingdom that this new kit belongs to them just as much as it belongs to the national team players.

Every piece of this campaign proved just one thing. That no matter who you are, if you’re wearing the Saudi Arabia National Kit, you are part of the national team.

Strategy

The objective of Weaved As One was two-fold.

- To launch the new 2023/24 Saudi Arabia Football Federation kit in a way that becomes a national moment.

- To leverage this launch as an opportunity to bring Saudi football passion to the global stage.

The intention behind taking the unconventional approach of making the people of Saudi Arabia the stars of the kit launch instead of the national team players was to bring to life a notion that has existed in the kingdom for decades - that the national team doesn't stop at the players. Every man, woman, and child who shares the same passion is an extention of the team itself.

Execution

“Weaved As One” was specially created to be an ode to the devoted fans of Saudi Arabia.

Starting with taking the national players on a journey across the kingdom to meet with diverse Saudi communities and give them the honour of being the first to put on the new national jerseys, even before the players themselves. These unscripted interactions are what became the launch film.

The music of the film too was created to be an ode to the Saudi football spirit. By turning chants from different Saudi stadiums into audio samples.

Then to bring the celebration of fans onto the pitch, we invited people from across the kingdom to send in their signatures that were printed onto the official kits worn by players during key matches.

Outcome

3.2 million views in less than a week

6.2 million reach

The film became the most shared piece of football content in the kingdom. Second only to highlights from their historic World Cup win against Argentina.

The new kits sold out across stores in less than a week.

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