Golden adidas “JO’BULANI” Official Match Ball for 2010 FIFA
World Cup™
Adidas Match Footballs
Johannesburg / Herzogenaurach, 20 April 2010
adidas presents the Official Match Ball for the final of the 2010 FIFA
World Cup in South Africa. The adidas "JO'BULANI" is a unique gold-coloured
version of the "JABULANI", the Official Match Ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
Its name is a tribute to Johannesburg or Jo'burg, the City of Gold.
While the football still features the iconic South African inspired design, the
main colour of the "JO'BULANI" is gold.
Launch of Golden adidas “JO’BULANI” Official Match Ball for
the Final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™
South Africa 2010 official football
adidas proudly presents the Official Match Ball for the final of the 2010
FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa. The adidas “JO’BULANI” is a unique
gold-coloured version of the “JABULANI”, the Official Match Ball of the 2010
FIFA World Cup™ and its name is a tribute to Johannesburg or Jo’burg, the City
of Gold. While the ball still features the iconic South African inspired
design, the main colour of the “JO’BULANI” is gold.
This is the second time that adidas has designed a special ball for a FIFA
World Cup™ final, the first final ball was the golden “TEAMGEIST BERLIN”, which
was used on 9 July 2006.
The “JO’BULANI” also features the newly developed “Grip’n’Groove” profile
which provides the best players in the world with a ball allowing an
exceptionally stable flight and perfect grip under all conditions.
Comprising only eight, completely new, thermally bonded 3-D panels, which for
the first time are spherically moulded, the ball is perfectly round and even
more accurate than ever before.
The name ”JO’BULANI” is inspired by the name “JABULANI”, which means “to
celebrate” in isiZulu, one of the eleven official languages of the Republic of
South Africa, which is spoken by almost 25% of the population. The name
“JO’BULANI” is also a tribute to the host city of the final, Johannesburg, or
Jo’burg as people may call it. The “JO’BULANI” is designed in white and gold, as
a tribute to both the colour of the FIFA World Cup™ trophy and the “City of
Gold”, the nickname of Johannesburg.
Previous Competition Footballs
adidas always involves world-class athletes in the development and testing of
its products. For the adidas “JABULANI”, adidas partners AC Milan, FC Bayern
München, the Orlando Pirates and Ajax Cape Town tested the ball in 2008,
contributing to improvements in the surface structure and material composition.
The involvement of our players will continue to help bring the best football
products to market going forward.
Future Footballs
In the future, adidas will continue to use innovative technology to extend
its world-leading position in football production and thus strengthen its
position as the authentic symbol of high-performance sporting goods for
professionals and amateurs alike. adidas also intends to unveil more
revolutionary innovations in match ball production for future UEFA, FIFA and CAF
competitions.
The adidas innovation team is already working on innovations for the 2014
FIFA World Cup Brazil™.
