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  2. The official ball was the "Top-Star VMbollen 1958" model made by Sydsvenska Läder & Remfabriks AB (aka "Remmen" or "Sydläder") in Ängelholm. It was chosen from 102 candidates in a blind test by four FIFA officials.

  3. Official ball of the 1958 World Cup in Sweden was chosen as representatives of FIFA. Ball Top Star, made by Swedish firm "Sydsvenska Läder- och Remfabriken", consisted of 24 panels and was presented in three colors - brown, orange and white, no branding.

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    There was no official ball for the first World Cup, held in Uruguay in 1930. Before the final, Argentina and Uruguay argued over who would supply the ball and so agreed to change it at half-time. It may have had a rather substantial bearing on the outcome of the game. Argentina were 2-1 up at the break before the Uruguayans' larger, heavier ball wa...

    The second World Cup was held in Italy, which at the time was under the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini. His government produced the Federale 102 ball, though others from England were also used at the tournament. One of the most important innovations it featured was the replacement of leather laces with cotton ones, which were much softer and more...

    Allen, a Paris-based manufacturer, had the privilege of being the first company to be allowed to brand their balls when the World Cup came to France in 1938. This was much the same ball as the Federale 102 in Italy. The cotton laces stayed, as did the 13th panel that they were sewn on to (previously, balls had usually been made up of 12). The most ...

    There was a 12-year wait for the next World Cup after the 1938 tournament due to World War II, and a substantial advance in the production of balls was the result. In actual fact, though, the big breakthrough for the 1950 tournament had been made in Argentina back in the early 1930s and was simply waiting to be cleared for use at a FIFA competition...

    The World Cup headed for Switzerland in 1954, which meant a Swiss ball manufactured by Basel-based company Kost Sport. Their 'Swiss World Champion' ball took another big step forward by adopting an 18-panel structure, with the panels interlocking together in a zig-zag pattern. That shape would be used in some balls for decades to come. The combinat...

    For the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, FIFA took its first steps into opening up competition to supply the tournament ball. They did so by inviting manufacturers to send in unbranded balls along with an envelope stating the company they had come from. A lawyer received all 102 entries and gave them each a number. Then, four members of FIFA's organising ...

    Before the Jabulani, there was the Crack. This was the ball selected for the first World Cup in Chile in 1962, and it was not universally well received. The Crack, made by Chilean company Custodio Zamora, had 18 panels but it's defining feature was that they were irregularly divided; some were hexagonal, some rectangular and so on and all were manu...

    The ball for the 1966 World Cup in England was selected through a blind test, as had been the case in 1958, and was the first ball to be manufactured by a major modern brand. The English Football Association took several measures to ensure that no one involved in the selection process - which was made at the meeting of the FIFA Bureau in London - c...

    In 1970 came perhaps the most dramatic development in the history of the World Cup ball. That was the arrival of Adidas, who FIFA decided to task with designing the ball for the tournament in Mexico following the success they had enjoyed doing so for the European Cup in 1968 and the Olympic Games, also in Mexico, soon after. As a result, Adidas had...

    The Telstar was such a hit that it was only slightly tweaked, and not completely redeveloped, for the 1974 tournament in West Germany - the home of Adidas. It was renamed the 'Telstar Durlast', but the 'Durlast' part had been present on the 1970 ball. This refers to the coating the ball was given to protect the leather and ensure it held up in wet ...

    • 1930 World Cup in Uruguay. The very first World Cup used balls made in the country that was spreading the sport through the world: England. There were two types of laced balls used in the games, and the one you see below, the "T-Model," got its name from the distinctive t-shaped panel on its sides.
    • The 1934 World Cup in Italy. By 1934, soccer was booming all over the world, and plenty of manufacturers in other countries were making balls, too. According to Pesti, the fevered nationalism of Mussolini-era Italy "required" that the balls used in their World Cup be made in Italy.
    • 1938 World Cup in France. French World Cup, French soccer ball: The Paris-manufactured Allen, a 13-panel ball with laces—which were how these early balls were inflated, before the era of valves.
    • 1950 World Cup in Brazil. In the 1930s, an Argentinean company called Tossolini had made a breakthrough: A ball with a hidden valve that could be pumped into shape, rather than manually blown up through laces.
  4. Nov 22, 2013 · 1958 World Cup Match Ball- Top Star; The Top Star has had a unique story of being selected as the match ball for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. For the tournament, a total of 102 balls were considered. Still, the one made by Swedish manufacturer ‘Sydsvenska Läder- och Remfabriken” was selected after a blind test conducted by four FIFA officials.

  5. Nov 17, 2022 · The Swiss World Champion ball was made of tanned leather and was much lighter in colour than its predecessors. 1958 (Sweden) - Top Star The ball for the World Cup in Sweden had no major innovations compared to its predecessor.

  6. May 25, 2018 · The 1958 World Cup balls were yellow, light brown or white. In matches when it was rainy or wet, the white ones were used. The Top Star ball became a popular design, it was similar to the balls of the time — however, on this ball there were elegantly alternating long and short panels; two short panels in the midst of two long panels and the ...

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