November 2010

" The Balls also have names "

The ball used in the FIFA World Cup, not only have been changing over time through the use of new technologies to define aspects such as speed, water resistance, precision, and design. They have also renamed.

In the first events were used leather balls with a bladder filled to consistency, but over the years was evolving and changing their characteristics. In Mexico 1970 orange leather balls were finally discarded, leading to the traditional white balls with black helmets polygonal. The first was called Telstar, after the satellite that made possible the transmission of the event to various corners of the globe. In Spain 82 Argentina 78 and was famous for its Tango spread the ball. Four years later would be used first synthetic materials to increase the impermeability of the ball and in 1986 would be the main material of the ball Azteca. Over the years the ball has been changing gradually, becoming lighter and faster and improve their curvature, until in 2006 the Teamgeist, which fourteen helmets (eighteen less than his predecessor, Fevernova) joined by heat sealing make it almost spherical in its entirety. And even now with the technological advancement in South Africa 2010 has improved the characteristics of all the balls so far, the result Jabulani ball with their own characteristics dimensional and preserving African culture references in their design. List

balls

World Mexico 1970 Telstar Germany 1974 Telstar Mexico 1986 Azteca South Africa 2010 Jabulani

(s) Name		Image Features
Uruguay 1930	Argentina 12-panel ball	Ball Argentine Leather model. Inside was a bladder. Was used in the 1st half of the Final.
Uruguay 1930	Model T	leather ball Uruguayan model . Inside was a bladder. Was used in the 2nd half of the Final.
Italy 1934	Federale 102
France 1938	Allen	The bladder is replaced by an inflatable valve through a peak.
	Brazil 1950 Super Ball Duplo T	The bladder is replaced by an inflatable valve through a peak.
	Switzerland 1954 Swiss World Champion	Its external segments look like a "T".
	Sweden 1958 Top Star	Its external segments look like a "T".
Chile 1962	Adidas Crack	panels are increased, which transforms it into a regular field.
England 1966	Slazenger Challenge	return of the rectangular slices of orange, yellow and white.
		Leather with 32 branches and hand-sewn, marked the current model of the ball.
	Durlast	Retains shape of the above, only changed the color of the letters printed in gold on black.
Argentina 1978	Tango	motif in its branches, was used as a model for the following 5 drinks.
Spain 1982	Tango Spain	was combined leather and polyurethane, which made it waterproof.
		synthetic First official ball. Further reduced the water absorption.
Italy 1990	Etrusco	was fastest in its inner layer of black polyurethane foam.
USA 1994	Questra	With its white polyethylene foam, had great energy recovery.
France 1998	Tricolore	microbubbles was full of gas, closed and highly resistant.
Korea-Japan 2002	Fevernova	three woven layers gave a more accurate flight path.
Germany 2006	+ Teamgeist	With fewer segments than its predecessors, allowing a smoother surface to finish.
Germany 2006	+ Teamgeist Berlin
		supercabonato With a layer that is supposed to help to clarify the shots.
	Jo'bulani