{"id":26983,"date":"2022-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/2022\/11\/29\/the-fifa-world-cup-2022-ball\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:09:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:09:57","slug":"the-fifa-world-cup-2022-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designdiffusion.com\/en\/2022\/11\/29\/the-fifa-world-cup-2022-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"The FIFA World Cup 2022 Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Al Rihla, the ball of the FIFA World Cup 2022, is a combination of technology and sustainable materials<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The FIFA World Cup 2022 ball contains many technological innovations, making it a real &#8220;smart ball\u201d. Al Rihla<\/strong>, the official ball of the FIFA World Cup 2022, is manufactured by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adidas.it\/\">Adidas<\/a>, like the balls of every World Cup since 1970. The name, Al Rihla, is an Arabic word meaning &#8220;the journey\u201d, a metaphor for the game of soccer, which constructs a journey composed of endless successive touches of the ball.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Read<\/strong> <strong>about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/en\/2018\/06\/19\/telstar-2018-fifa-world-cup-ball\/\">the history of World Cup balls<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168639 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/pallone-ambientato.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1145\" height=\"704\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is so special about the Al Rihla ball? First, the bladder<\/strong> is made of crushproof butyl rubber. This is a very durable material, which gives the ball greater stability, and <strong>allows accurate trajectories to be drawn, thanks to its non-deformability<\/strong>. <strong>Second, the outer shell consists of twenty heat-sealed panels of PU leather (polyurethane), using only water-based inks and glues<\/strong>. Also the shell has been designed to speed up the game and allow for higher kicking accuracy. Its pearly background is juxtaposed with colors inspired by local traditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Discover<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/designdiffusion.com\/en\/2022\/11\/28\/fifa-world-cup-2022-stadiums-in-qatar\/\">FIFA World Cup 2022 Stadiums In Qatar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168633 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/adidas-world-cup-football-history-archive-gameplana-Al-Rihla-4x3-1-1440x9999-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1302\" height=\"953\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The real innovation of the Al Rihla ball is its technological core, which allows for almost complete control of the game, also in terms of refereeing<\/strong>. In fact, the core of the ball is equipped with a sensor that transmits very precise data on the position of the ball in real time. Basically, the smart ball communicates directly with the VAR room and allows referees to make decisions based on very accurate data. Although Al Rihla is not Adidas&#8217; first smart ball, this is the first time that such a ball has been used at the World Cup. [All pictures: courtesy of Adidas]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Check out\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/designdiffusion.com\/en\/2022\/11\/22\/fifa-world-cup-2022-lusail-stadium\/\">Lusail Stadium, designed by Foster + Partners<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0for FIFA World Cup 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168635\" src=\"http:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/al-rihla-1-min.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1100\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Rihla, the ball of the FIFA World Cup 2022, is a combination of technology and sustainable materials The FIFA World Cup 2022 ball contains many technological innovations, making it a real &#8220;smart ball\u201d. Al Rihla, the official ball of the FIFA World Cup 2022, is manufactured by Adidas, like the balls of every World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The FIFA World Cup 2022 Ball - Design Diffusion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The soccer ball used at the FIFA World Cup 2022 has a technological heart and is made with sustainable materials.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/designdiffusion.com\/en\/2022\/11\/29\/the-fifa-world-cup-2022-ball\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The FIFA World Cup 2022 Ball - 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