Soccer & Football > pictures of soccer balls Pictures of soccer ballsThe ball used in Association football (soccer) is called a football or soccer ball.
Most modern balls are stitched from 32 panels of waterproofed leather or plastic: 12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons. The 32-panel configuration is similar to the polyhedron known as the truncated icosahedron, except that it is more spherical, because the faces bulge due to the pressure of the air inside. The first 32-panel ball was the Adidas Telstar, the official ball of the Mexico and GermanyWorld Cup in 1970 and 1974. Its design of black pentagon/white hexagon was intended for maximum visibility on monchrome television sets. It has become the archetype, still used for generic balls and symbolic representations of the game. However, premium branded balls, such as the Nike Total 90 Aerow, have other more elaborate patterns.
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