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.

Adidas Fevernova
Adidas Fevernova at the
Deutsches Fußball Museum
TypeAssociation football
InventorAdidas
Inception2002 (2002)
ManufacturerAdidas

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][2]

This ball was notoriously criticised for being too light,[3][4] 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.[5]

Fevernova was used in the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia since the competition did not have an official ball.

References
  1. "adidas unveils the Fevernova" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  2. https://www.forbes.com/2002/05/31/0531tentech.html?sh=5a82a3a19da7
  3. http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/06/02/football.jabulani.ball.world.cup/index.html
  4. https://www.wired.com/2002/05/fuming-over-world-cups-foam-ball/
  5. "New Fevernova design for USA 2003". FIFA.com (Press release). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 July 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
Preceded by
Tricolore		 FIFA World Cup official ball
2002		 Succeeded by
Teamgeist
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