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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 ...
Developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories for AT&T, Telstar was the world's first active communications satellite [8] and was the first to send live television signals, telephone calls, and fax images through space, [9] which inaugurated an age of instant worldwide communications via satellite. [10] The ball was made of leather. [2]
The Adidas Telstar 18 was the official match ball of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which was held in the Russian Federation.It was designed by the company Adidas, a FIFA Partner and FIFA World Cup official match ball supplier since 1970, and based on the concept of the first Adidas's World Cup match ball. [2]
The Adidas Tango is a family and brand of association football balls originally introduced as the "Tango Durlast" in 1978, specifically for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. Variations of the design had been produced for various competitions including the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship, the South American Football ...
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as the host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution and the Uruguay national football team had retained their football ...
A football or soccer ball is the ball used in the sport of association football. The ball's spherical shape, as well as its size, weight, mass, and material composition, are specified by Law 2 of the Laws of the Game maintained by the International Football Association Board . [ 1 ]
Official match ball Manufacturer Additional information 1968: Telstar Elast: Adidas: First championship use of this ball [3] 1972: Telstar Durlast: Adidas: Variations of the original Telstar 1976: Adidas: 1980: Tango Italia: Adidas: Variations of the original Tango 1984: Tango Mundial: Adidas: 1988: Tango Europa: Adidas: 1992: Etrusco Unico: Adidas
The Rugby School boys still wanted an oval ball produced to distinguish their hand and foot game from association football, so Lindon created a bladder design which allowed a more egg-shaped buttonless ball to be manufactured. This was the first specifically designed four-panel rugby ball and the start of size standardisation.