Adidas Fevernova

The Adidas Fevernova was the official match ball of 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, manufactured by Adidas. Its styling marked a departure from the traditional Tango ball design.

History

The Fevernova's colouring parted from the Tango's style of three-pointed shapes connecting each hexagon, instead introducing a different, triangle-like shape on four hexagons. This colourful and revolutionary look and colour usage was entirely based on Asian culture (the dark gold trigon resembles a tomoe and the red streaks on its angles resemble calligraphy brush strokes). It also featured a refined syntactic foam layer, to give the ball superior performance characteristics, and a three-layer knitted chassis, allowing for a more precise and predictable flight path.^[1]

This ball was notoriously criticised for being too light, yet some spectacular goals were scored with it during the tournament. The ball was also blamed for a number of upsets that happened in the knockout stages.

A new version of the ball was manufactured for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[2]

In the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, did not create a ball for the tournament but Vivernova was agreed to play in the matches.

References

^ "adidas unveils the Fevernova" (PDF). Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
^ "New Fevernova design for USA 2003". FIFA.com (Press release). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 July 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

External links

Soccerball World web page: Technical and Design Information

Preceded by Tricolore	FIFA World Cup official ball 2002	Succeeded by Teamgeist

[1] "adidas unveils the Fevernova" (PDF). Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2018-07-31.

[2] "New Fevernova design for USA 2003". FIFA.com (Press release). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 July 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

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