Adidas unveiled the Al Rihla, the 14th consecutive match ball supplied for a FIFA World Cup by the manufacturer in a relationship that dates back over 50 years.
In all, there have been 22 different ball designs used since the first World Cup took place in Uruguay in 1930, with the Adidas era only beginning with the introduction of the classic Telstar ball at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.
Since the first World Cup was held in 1930 the changing materials and designs used for soccer balls are a way of charting the evolution of the game itself over the past century, from a more unsophisticated era to the ultramodern professionalism of today.
Chapters:
00:00 T-Model (1930)
00:10 Federale 102 (1934)
00:17 Allen (1938)
00:24 Duplo T (1950)
00:32 Swiss World Champion (1954)
00:39 Top Star(1958)
00:46 Crack (1962)
00:54 Challenge 4-Star (1966)
01:01 Telstar (1970)
01:08 Telstar Durlast (1974)
01:16 Tango (1978)
01:23 Tango España (1982)
01:30 Azteca (1986)
01:38 Etrusco Unico (1990)
01:45 Questra (1994)
01:53 Tricolore (1998)
02:00 Fevernova (2002)
02:07 Teamgeist (2006)
02:15 Teamgeist Berlin (2006)
02:22 Jabulani (2010)
02:29 Jo'bulani (2010)
02:37 Brazuca (2014)
02:44 Brazuca Final Rio (2014)
02:51 Telstar 18 (2018)
02:59 Telstar Mechta (2018)
03:06 Al Rihla (2022)
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