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The Telstar was the first World Cup ball to use the now-familiar truncated icosahedron for its design, consisting of 12 black pentagonal and 20 white hexagonal panels. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The 32-panel configuration had been introduced in 1962 by Select Sport , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and was also used in the official logo for the 1970 World Cup. [ 6 ]
First fully synthetic FIFA World Cup ball and first hand-sewed ball [5] 1990: Etrusco Unico [5] 1994: Questra [15] [5] 1998: Tricolore: First multi-coloured ball at a World Cup finals tournament. [5] 1999 (women) Icon: First ball specifically created for a Women's World Cup. Technically identical to the Tricolore, but with a different visual ...
Promotional balls are usually made to promote a name brand, organization or event. Indoor footballs come in the same sizes as outdoor soccer balls but are designed to have less bounce and rebound in them, making it possible to control the ball on a smaller court or indoor arena. The cover of an indoor ball is also the strongest of any category ...
Adidas Tricolore, the official ball for the 1998 World Cup. Law 2 of the game specifies that the ball is an air-filled sphere with a circumference of 68–70 cm (27–28 in), a weight of 410–450 g (14–16 oz), inflated to a pressure of 0.6 to 1.1 atmospheres (60–111 kPa or 8.7–16.1 psi) "at sea level", and covered in leather or "other suitable material". [7]
The gold colouring of the ball mirrored the colour of the FIFA World Cup Trophy and also echoed another of Johannesburg's nicknames: "the City of Gold". [9] The Jo'bulani ball was the second World Cup Final ball to be produced, the first time being the +Teamgeist Berlin for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. [9]
The Crack was made with eighteen rectangular panels, twelve hexagonal and six rectangular, and was the last FIFA World Cup ball to not be manufactured by a multinational. [2] [3] Before the 1962 FIFA World Cup, it was used for four years in the Chilean league, and was the first ever World Cup ball to have a regular spherical shape. [4]
In 2017, he became the world’s most expensive player after a $263 million transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, winning five league titles but ultimately leaving for Saudi Arabia having failed to ...
The first country's league was the "Association of Argentine Football" (AAF), founded in 1891 by F.L. Wooley. This league organized the first ever championship to take place in 1891, [46] making Argentina's the oldest association football league outside mainland Great Britain [47] although it only lasted for one