OK, we are all stoked about the World Cup Final Draw on 4 December in Cape Town when we will know where and whom the 32 teams are playing, but what about the Official World Cup Match Ball?
Very little has been said about the most important element of this 2010 World Cup Mix – the Match Ball.
Every World Cup, Adidas releases a special World Cup Match Ball that becomes part of the history and hype of the tournament.
Confederations Cup – Kopanya
The name of the ball and its unusual design pay tribute to 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup hosts, South Africa. ‘Kopanya’ was unveiled as the Official Match Ball of the 2009 tournament.
The word ‘kopanya’ comes from Southern Sesotho, an official language spoken by almost five million people throughout the rainbow nation. Literally translated, kopanya means, “join together.”
The design honours tradition while embracing the future – a core value of Adidas. Like its predecessor, the ‘Europass’ (used for UEFA EURO 2008™) the Adidas ‘Kopanya’ provides perfect flight characteristics and allows the players exceptional ball control.
With Kopanya, which we seem to have been using since then, Adidas for the first time presented a match ball specifically made for the FIFA Confederations Cup, with a bright, colourful Ndebele style design.
The History of the Official World Cup Match Balls
Adidas started to make soccer balls in 1963 but made the first official FIFA World Cup ball in 1970. The first ball used in the World Cup to use the Buckminster type of design. The first ball with 32 black and white panels. The TELSTAR was more visible on black and white televisions (1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico™ was the first to be broadcast live on television).
- Telstar : Mexico, 1970
- Telstar Durlast R: West Germany, 1974
- Tango Durlast: Argentina, 1978
- Tango Espana: Spain, 1982
- Azteca : México, 1986
- Etrvsco: Italy, 1990
- Questra: USA, 1994
- Tricolore: France, 1998
- ICON Women’s World Cup 1999 Match Ball
- Fevernova TM : Korea Japan, 2002
- Fevernova: USA Women’s World Cup 2003
- Teamgeist Germany, Berlin, and Final Balls 2006 for FIFA World Cup Germany, 2006
Other Soccer Ball History Information on Soccer Ball World.
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