adidas Brazuca Final Rio Official Match Football White/Black/Metallic Gold - size 5

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Adidas had been developing the ball for over 2 years, and had worked with many teams and players to ensure the ball was acceptable. For Simon Choppin, "the seams are more effective agitators of the air, so the knuckling effect is less likely to occur at high speeds.

Forward Sports, who have been associated with Adidas since 1995 and already supplied footballs for both the UEFA Champions League and the German Bundesliga, [6] were awarded the contract by Adidas at short notice after the original manufacturer in China failed to meet the demand [ citation needed]. Whilst the technical aspects of the ball are the same, the colour is different from the Brazuca balls used in the group stages and other playoffs, with a green, gold and black colouring. According to FIFA, "the informal term 'brazuca' (our fellow) 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 following competition used Brazuca ball which was also used in the World Cup, unless named different. The ball has been made of six polyurethane panels which have been thermally bonded; the reduction in the number of panels is claimed to increase the consistency in the ball.The original Brazuca balls for the World Cup finals were contract manufactured in Pakistan, [11] however bona fide replica balls are made in both China [2] and Pakistan. It is textured to feel more like the Adidas Finale 13, the official UEFA Champions League ball, than the Jabulani. A second supplier, Forward Sports (based in Sialkot, Pakistan), was brought in to help manufacture the ball. The Brazuca has six thermally bonded propeller-shaped panels, less than the eight of the Jabulani, the 14 of the Teamgeist or the 32 of traditional footballs.

Size 5: These soccer balls are regulation Size 5, suitable for players aged 12 and up, ensuring they meet official standards for matches and training. The launch event took place in Rio de Janeiro at Parque Lage and featured a 3D light projection, which revealed the Brazuca to everyone in attendance. If you compare this to the Teamgeist (the official ball at the 2006 World Cup in Germany), the areas apart from the seams were very smooth.The Brazuca official match ball has only 6 flat parts, 12 seams and 8 joint points - but the seams do not go along the edges of the cube they go over a complex curve. Each team participating in the World Cup finals were delivered a set of Brazuca balls after the unveiling in December 2013 to have sufficient time to practice with it.

The Brazuca ball has been stated to avoid aerodynamic problems with the Jabulani ball used in South Africa for the previous World Cup. It is designed by the company Adidas, a FIFA Partner and FIFA World Cup official match ball supplier since 1970. Adidas unveiled the Brazuca at a launch event on 3 December 2013, two days ahead of the traditional unveiling of the World Cup match ball at the draw of the group stages of the World Cup Final. On 7 December 2013, Major League Soccer announced a FIFA-approved version of the Brazuca as the official match ball for the league's 2014 season. When the bracelet will tear himself fall from his hands, they believed that it's made wishes should start to come true.According to legend, the bangle should be wrapped around the wrist and tie the knot three with making a wish on each of them. Taipei-based Long Way Enterprise were originally asked to manufacture the ball in their subsidiary YaYork Plastic Products in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.