Condoms with the Italian, French, English and German flags on them have raised the profile of the Czech Republic in France 98. (The Czech team reached the Euro 96 final but did not qualify for the World Cup.)

About 2,000 condoms have been produced by Erco, a Czech company in Doubrava, a small town about 100 km north east of Prague, and are being sold in France specially for the World Cup by a Dutch distributor.