UEFA Euro 2008#Match ball

Euro Pass is the name of the official match ball of the 2008 European Soccer Championships in Austria and Switzerland.

Development

The Euro Pass remembered by the outside appearance by the black dots on a white background heavily on a mix of former soccer balls and the team spirit, the official match ball of the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. It was developed in collaboration with adidas, however, and Bayer MaterialScience, who chose its name after the newly introduced " Euro " Pass. The ball was officially presented during the Final Draw on December 2, 2007 in Lucerne.

The ball is made of orange plastic air bubble that is sewn into fabric scraps and is also coated with latex. This form and arrangement of the panels was chosen as team spirit at the and serves the better roundness of the ball.

An innovation of the ball is the polymeric material called PCS texture that covers the surface. The Euro Pass weighs 441-444 grams and increases its weight even in heavy rain by 4.5 %, bringing the FIFA standard is below the 10 %.

Criticism

Some goalkeepers and players like the team spirit and the Euro passport was criticized. The Czech goalkeeper Petr Čech and the German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann criticized especially its unpredictable trajectory.

Stamp

Austrian Post brought on 12 March 2008 issued a circular commemorative stamp with the design of the Euro pass. The stamps were made ​​of the same material as the game ball. The stamp has a face value of 3.75 euros and was produced in an edition of 490,000 of Cartor Security Printing.