2015 Promo & Activation

UCL TROPHY HOME TOUR

TitleUCL TROPHY HOME TOUR
BrandADIDAS
Product/ServiceSPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURER
Category B01. Use of Digital Advertising in a Promotional Campaign
Entrant Company HEIMAT Berlin, GERMANY
Advertising Agency HEIMAT Berlin, GERMANY
Media Agency CARAT HAMBURG & CO MEDIA-SERVICE, GERMANY
Production Company EASYDOESIT Berlin, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Myles Lord Heimat/Berlin CCO
Gün Aydemir Heimat/Berlin Creative Director
Kai Heuser Heimat/Berlin Creative Director
Corbinian Hennies Heimat/Berlin Copywriter
Jonas von Schwedes Heimat/Berlin Art Director
Flo Hoffmann Heimat/Berlin Account Director
Philip Bauch Heimat/Berlin Account Manager
Janine Gollub Heimat/Berlin Social Media

The Brief

The UCL Trophy is the holy trophy of any die hard football fan. However, the people who are the most enthusiastic about their clubs, the people who make up the core DNA of football usually don’t even get a glimpse of it. adidas is a fans brand. In order to prove this, we decided to give them the unique opportunity to experience this trophy within their own homes once in their life.

Campaign Success

We used the main channels of the football youth: Facebook and Instagram, supported by wild postings through Berlin. Our secret weapon? Our assets posted the activation on their own social media channels for organic reach. And when the first film came out and our target group realized that we really bring the real trophy to their homes, they shared, linked their friends in the comments and made their own applications.

Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results

In total, the story gathered more than 1.8 million views and generated more than 49.3 million media contacts in the two week lead-up to the big game - ensuring that even without a team in the final, adidas dominated the conversation. And made a few fans dreams come true along the way.

Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service

2015 was the year of the UEFA Champions League final in Berlin. The whole world was talking about the most glamorous Award in club football. So the VIPs cued up to see the Trophy on fancy brand events. But sadly the real fans barely get a chance to see it. adidas set out to change this. So finally: “football’s coming home” for real. In a series of three online episodes we brought the real UEFA Champions League trophy directly into our fans real living rooms, and spread this experience throughout the web.