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Most modern footballs (soccerballs) are stitched from 32 panels of waterproofed leather or plastic: 12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons. The 32-panel configuration is the spherical polyhedron corresponding to the truncated icosahedron; it is spherical because the faces bulge due to the pressure of the air inside. The first 32-panel ball was marketed by Select in the 1950s in Denmark. This configuration became common throughout Continental Europe in the 1960s, and was publicised worldwide by the Adidas Telstar, the official ball of the 1970 World Cup. Older balls were usually stitched from 18 oblong non-waterproof leather panels, similar to the design of modern volleyballs and Gaelic footballs, and laced to allow access to the internal air bladder. This configuration is still common. The official FIFA World Cup football for Germany 2006 matches was the 14-panel Adidas +Teamgeist. It was made in Thailand by Adidas, who have provided the official match balls for the tournament since 1970, and is a "thermally bonded" machine-pressed ball, rather than a traditionally stitched one. For future world cups, FIFA is hoping to alternate between Nike and Adidas for match balls.[citation needed] Another ball with an innovative pattern is the 26-panel Mitre PRO 100T. There are also indoor footballs, which are made of one or two pieces of plastic. Often these have designs printed on them to resemble a stitched leather ball.
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How many pentagons are on a soccer ball?
On a soccer ball there are 12 pentagons and any practical number of hexagons that can make the soccer ball look spherical.
How many patches are on a professional soccer ball?
depends on the ball
What was the first ball used in basketball?
A soccer ball, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball#Early_basketball. A soccer ball was used to play the first basketball game.
What size soccer ball do women use?
Women's soccer is in a different league to the men's soccer. Women use a soccer ball that is the same size as the men's soccer ball.
What was the first basketball used?
the first basketball was a soccer ball
How many pentagons are on a soccer ball?
On a soccer ball there are 12 pentagons and any practical number of hexagons that can make the soccer ball look spherical.
How many patches are on a professional soccer ball?
depends on the ball
Why isn't soccer called soccer ball?
It isn't called soccer ball because the soccer ball is the ball you use in soccer. See? I have actually heard people call it soccer and soccer ball.
What was the first ball used in basketball?
A soccer ball, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball#Early_basketball. A soccer ball was used to play the first basketball game.
How many players in soccer touch the ball?
six
How many of the 32 panels on a football or soccer ball as some call it are pentagons and how many are hexagons?
On the 32-panel soccer ball, there are 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons.
When a soccer ball is headed from one player to player two across the soccer field what is the projectile?
soccer ball, just did it
What size soccer ball do women use?
Women's soccer is in a different league to the men's soccer. Women use a soccer ball that is the same size as the men's soccer ball.
Which has more volume a football or a soccer ball?
a Soccer ball
What is a supporter soccer ball?
A supporter soccer ball is your mom
Which one would compress more golf ball or a soccer ball?
Soccer ball
What was first used as a soccer ball?
many similar games were played with stones but the first actual soccer ball was a pigs bladder, although a ball of rags was frequently used aswell
