The Adidas Brazuca is the official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Brazil. It will be made by the company Adidas, a FIFA Partner and FIFA World Cup Official Match Ball supplier since 1970. This is the first FIFA World Cup ball named by fans. The ball is Contract manufactured in Sialkot, Pakistan. The name of the ball was revealed on Sunday 2 September 2012. It was selected by a public vote organised by the Local Organising Committee and Adidas, with over one million Brazilian football fans voting. The name Brazuca was chosen with 77.8% of the vote.Two other voting options were given: Bossa Nova (14.6% of the vote) and Carnavalesca (7.6% of the vote). The colours and ribbon design of the ball panels symbolise the traditional multi-coloured wish bracelets (fita do Senhor do Bonfirm da Bahia) worn in the country, in addition to reflecting the vibrancy and fun associated with football in Brazil. According to FIFA, the informal term brazuca is used by Brazilians to describe national pride in the Brazilian way of life, and mirroring their approach to football, it symbolises emotion, pride and goodwill to all. The term is also used as slang for Brazilian and became well-known abroad due to the Brazilian diaspora, but can also be a pejorative name used to mean third class citizen from Brazil. The ball is produced by Forward Sports in Sialkot, Pakistan. Forward Sports was given the contract by Adidas at short notice, after the main manufacturer in China failed to meet the demand.The adidas brazuca weighs 437 grams and has a circumference of 69 cm. Forward Sports has been associated with Adidas since 1995, and has supplied footballs for many top football tournaments, including the Champions League and the German Bundesliga. The Brazuca has been tested by over 600 footballers, and 30 teams from ten countries over a period of two and a half years. Some players involved in the testing include Lionel Messi, Iker Casillas, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Zinedine Zidane. Technical aspects The ball is a developmental successor to the Adidas Tango 12 series of balls, with the same bladder and carcass but a different surface structure en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas_Brazuca
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