Adidas Tricolore

Tricolore is the official name of the products marketed by adidas match ball of the FIFA World Cup 1998 in France.

The ball was the first one foam filling under the dermis and was considered the most modern football until then. The name Tricolore is deliberately ambiguous: On the one hand it is reminiscent of the hosts, whose football team is known as the " Équipe Tricolore ". On the other hand he was the first World Cup ball, the three colors (blue, white and red) and thus possessed of France le tricolore flag rezipiert.

Tricolore after Durlast Telstar was the first ball that was manufactured outside Europe. It was produced in Morocco and Indonesia and sewn together in Tunisia.