List of AFC Asian Cup official match balls

In the AFC Asian Cup, prior to 2004, various match balls were used for the tournament, and therefore it was difficult to determine what was considered the official ball of the Asian Cup. It was only after the start of the new millennia when the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) began to declare one official match ball. The following match balls were used in the AFC Asian Cup over the years.

List

Edition Official match ball Manufacturer Additional information Refs
2004 Roteiro Adidas First Asian Cup to register an official ball for the tournament.[citation needed] Also official UEFA Euro 2004 ball. [1]
2007 Mercurial Veloci Nike First independent official Asian Cup ball not brought from UEFA European Championship or FIFA World Cup [2]
2011 Total 90 Tracer Nike [3]
2015 Ordem 2 Nike [4]
2019 Acentec Molten First official Asian Cup ball not manufactured by Adidas or Nike [5]
2023 VORTEXAC23
VORTEXAC23+ 		Kelme After VORTEXAC23 was unveiled, VORTEXAC23+ was announced as official match ball for the final [6][7]
2027 TBD TBD

See also

References

  1. ^ "Football Year 2004 the Most Successful for Adidas". Adidas. 16 December 2004. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Flashback: AFC Asian Cup 2007". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 8 July 2018.
  3. ^ "The Tracer's excitement for AC 2011". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Khám phá trái bóng Nike Ordem 2 của Asian Cup 2015" [Discover the Nike Ordem 2 ball of the 2015 Asian Cup]. VTV (in Vietnamese). 1 November 2015.
  5. ^ "AFC appoints world-leading ball manufacturer Molten as official match ball supplier". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation.
  6. ^ "VORTEXAC23: Official Match Ball of the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ unveiled". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 10 August 2023.
  7. ^ "The Official Match Ball of the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ Final Revealed". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.