List of FIFA World Cup official match balls
This is a list of the official match balls for FIFA World Cup finals tournaments. From the 1970 FIFA World Cup, official match balls have been used by FIFA.

List of FIFA World Cup official match balls

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Table Section Text: This is a list of the official match balls for FIFA World Cup finals tournaments. From the 1970 FIFA World Cup, official match balls have been used by FIFA.

World Cup	Ball(s)	Image	Manufacture	Additional information	Refs

1930	Tiento (first half) T-model (second half)	-	Two different balls were used in the final: Argentina supplied the first-half ball (the 'Tiento') and led 2–1 at the break; hosts Uruguay supplied the second-half ball (the 'T-Model' which was larger and heavier) and won 4–2.

1934	Federale 102	-	ECAS (Ente Centrale Approvvigionamento Sportivi), Rome

1938	Allen	-	Allen, Paris	Made up of leather, consisted of 13 panels and had white cotton laces on a separate, thin panel.

1950	Duplo T	-	Superball	First ball to have no laces and introduce the syringe valve.

1954	Swiss World Champion	-	Kost Sport, Basel	The first 18-panel ball.

1958	Top Star	-	Sydsvenska Läder och Remfabriken, Ängelholm (aka "Remmen" or "Sydläder")	Chosen from 102 candidates in a blind test by four FIFA officials.

1962	Crack	-	Senor Custodio Zamora H., San Miguel, Chile Remmen	The Crack was the official ball. Referee Ken Aston was unimpressed with the Chilean ball provided for the opening match, and sent for a European ball, which arrived in the second half.

1966	Challenge 4-Star	-	Slazenger	18-panel ball in orange or yellow. Selected in a blind test at the Football Association headquarters in Soho Square.

1970	Telstar	-	Adidas	Telstar was the first 32-panel black-and-white ball used in the FIFA World Cup finals. Only 20 were supplied by Adidas.

1974	Telstar Durlast	Fifaworldcup1974.JPG	Adidas	The first polyurethane coated ball, making it waterproof and resistant to wear and tear.

1978	Tango	-	Adidas	The first of a family of footballs that was also used in the UEFA European Championships and the Summer Olympics until 1988.

1982	Tango España	-	Adidas	Similar to its predecessor the Tango the Tango España had a polyurethane coating. It had new and improved rubberized seams and was the last leather ball to be used in the World Cup.

1986	Azteca	-	Adidas	First fully synthetic FIFA World Cup ball and first hand-sewed ball

1990	Etrusco Unico	-	Adidas

1994	Questra	-	Adidas

1998	Tricolore	-	Adidas	First multi-coloured ball at a World Cup finals tournament.

1999 (women)	Icon	Adidas	First ball specifically created for a Women's World Cup. Technically identical to the Tricolore, but with a different visual design.

2002	Fevernova	-	Adidas	First World Cup ball with a triangular design. The ball for the 2003 Women's World Cup was technically identical to the Fevernova, but had a different visual design.

2006	Teamgeist	-	Adidas	The Teamgeist is a 14-panel ball. Each match at the World Cup finals had its own individual ball, printed with the date of the match, the stadium and the team names.

Teamgeist Berlin	-

2010	Jabulani	-	Adidas	This ball has 8 panels. A special variant was used for the final match, the gold Jo'bulani (picture on the left), which was named after "Jo'burg", a standard South African nickname for Johannesburg, site of the final game.

Jo'bulani	-

2011 (women)	SpeedCell	Adidas	Technically identical to the Jabulani, but with a different visual design.

2014	Brazuca	-	Adidas	This is the first FIFA World Cup ball named by the fans. The ball has been made of six polyurethane panels which have been thermally bonded.

Brazuca Final Rio	-

2015 (women)	Conext15	Adidas	Based on the technology introduced in the Brazuca. The Conext15 Final Vancouver is the first ball created specifically for a Women's World Cup Final.

Conext15 Final Vancouver

2018	Telstar 18	-	Adidas	For the 48 matches in the Group Stage, teams competed with a ball designed in tribute to the original Adidas Telstar, used in the 1970 and 1974 World Cups.

Telstar Mechta	-	At the end of the 2018 World Cup group stage, FIFA revealed a new color scheme to be used for the 16 matches played in the Knockout Stage: the Telstar Mechta (Мечта).

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