Adidas Launches Official Ball Of The 2025 Club World Cup

Adidas Ball for Club World Cup 2025 (Photo: FIFA)

JAKARTA - The well-known sports brand, Adidas launched an official ball for the 2025 Club World Cup competition which was held in the United States from June 14 to July 13.

"The official FIFA 2025 Club World Cup ball has been launched by Adidas, which features iconic design and uses cutting-edge technology," the FIFA statement quoted Antara as saying.

The ball design was inspired by the host country, the United States, which shows a triangular pattern in red, white, and blue as a tribute to the country's flag.

This football outer skin uses Precisionshell, which is 20 panels that are strategically placed to provide better accuracy in the game.

In addition, this ball also uses a CTR-Core inside which is designed for accuracy and consistency, supporting fast, precise games, with maximum shape and air retention.

The Club World Cup was attended by 32 teams from six confederations around the world. Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Chelsea qualified for this tournament as three Champions League winners in the last four editions of the European competition.

Meanwhile, there are nine other European clubs taken under UEFA rankings over the past four years, including Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Inter Milan, Porto, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, and Red Bull Salzburg.

Then from CONMEBOL (South America) followed by six teams. Four teams from Brazil namely Palmeiras, Flamengo, Fluminense, and Botafogo participated as four teams that won the last four editions of the Copa Libertadores.

While the other two teams are Argentine clubs taken under CONMEBOL rankings in the last four years, namely River Plate and Boca Juniors.

Asia (AFC), Africa (CAF), and North and Central America (CONCACAF) sent four representatives each. The AFC was represented by Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia, Urawa Red Diatons from Japan, Al-Ain from the United Arab Emirates, and Ulsan HD from South Korea.

While Africa was represented by Al Ahly from Egypt, Wydad AC from Morocco, Esperance de Tunis from Tunisia, and Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa. Then CONCACAF represented by Monterrey, Leon, and Pachuca from Mexico and Seattle Sounders from the United States.

Then the other two teams are Auchland City from representatives of OFC or Oceania, and the selected host team is Inter Miami who qualified as the winner of MLS Supporter's Shield 2024.