Remember all the balls used in World Cup editions
The ball of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, rolling in Russia, was named "Telstar 18" and, according to Adidas, consists of a rereading of the balls used in the 1970 and 1974 editions of the football world cup. Interested in knowing what the first selection balls were like for competitions? What were they like and how did they evolve over the decades? Kill this curiosity below:
1 - 1930
The final was played by Uruguay and Argentina, and each team could choose a different ball for each half. The ball on the left was chosen by Argentina and used in the first half; the ball on the right was chosen by Uruguay and was on the court in the second half.
2 - 1934
This year's World Cup was hosted in Italy and the players used the ball called Federale 102.
3 - 1938
The championship was hosted in France with the ball called Allen.
4 - 1950
The World Cup held in Brazil had the Super Duplo T ball.
5 - 1954
That was the official ball of the tournament held in Switzerland.
6 - 1958
That was the ball used during the World Cup in Sweden.
7 - 1962
The games this year were in Chile with the ball Crack.
8 - 1966
Ball used in the final between England and Germany in the game that took place in England.
9 - 1970
The new colors of the Adidas Telstar ball made it more visible on black and white TVs. This Cup took place in Mexico.
10 - 1974
Everyone liked Telstar and she came back at the World Cup in Germany.
11 - 1978
The championship was played in Argentina with the ball Tango. Her design continued to be used for the next 20 years.
12 - 1982
The Spanish version was called Tango Spain.
13 - 1986
Mexico once again hosted the World Cup with the Aztec ball, the first completely synthetic used by FIFA.
14 - 1990
Italy will again host the World Cup with the Etrusco Único ball.
15 - 1994
Uncle Sam opens the door to football, played with the Questra ball, “the unpredictable, ” as it became known.
16 - 1998
Joana d'Arc's land receives the Cup again with the Tricolore ball. It was the first ball to use colors, in which case red, blue and white represent the French flag.
17 - 2002
The Japan and Korea Cup used the Fevernova ball, the first with a different pattern since Argentina's Tango.
18 - 2006
One of the most talked about names of the 2006 World Cup, Zinedine Zidane holds the Teamgeist ball, official of the World Cup in Germany.
19 - 2010
The South African Cup had two striking words: vuvuzela and Jabulani, name given to the controversial ball mentioned at the beginning of the text.
20 - 2014
Named "Brazuca", the ball used during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, held here in Brazil, shook the goal net during the World Cups, was at the center of many joys and sadness and left some trauma as well. Or do you think any Brazilian will forget the fateful game between our national team and Germany?
21 - 2018
And finally we come to "Telstar", the ball that promises - and is already causing - a lot of excitement at the Russian World Cup, which started last Thursday, June 15th. Hopefully it will bring a lot of luck to the Canarinho National Team and a lot of joy to the Brazilians and all the soccer fans around the world!
* Originally posted on 13/01/2014 and updated on 17/06/2018 .
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