{"id":6283,"date":"2026-07-06T19:14:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6283"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:14:29","slug":"adidas-unveils-shiny-new-match-ball-for-2026-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6283","title":{"rendered":"Adidas Unveils Shiny New Match Ball For 2026 World Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Adidas has revealed the official match ball that will be used during the final stages of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Named the &#8220;Trionda Final,&#8221; the ball will debut during the tournament&#8217;s semifinals, third-place game and the World Cup final.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>(Photo courtesy of Adidas)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span>Lionel Messi has scored 7 goals for Argentina during the 2026 FIFA World Cup so far. (Photo courtesy of Adidas)<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Lionel Messi, Jude Bellingham and Lamine Yamal modeled the new \"Trionda Final\" ball for Adidas, but each player still needs a quarterfinal victory to see it used on the pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>This marks the first time in FIFA history that Adidas has introduced a completely distinct final ball design, moving away from the traditional practice of simply updating the color scheme of the tournament's primary group stage ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>(Photo courtesy of Adidas)<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p><span>Lamine Yamal is playing in his first World Cup and won man of the match in Spain&#8217;s round of 32 win over Austria. (Photo courtesy of Adidas)<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>The design features a gold, black and white color scheme inspired by the World Cup trophy. The panel graphics prominently display the names of the four final host cities: Dallas, Atlanta, Miami and New York\/New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Jude Bellingham has scored four goals for England so far at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. (Photo courtesy of Adidas)<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>On the pitch, the ball shares the same performance features as the standard Trionda ball introduced in October 2025. It utilizes a four-panel construction and includes connected ball technology to provide real-time data to match officials for VAR and offside decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Here&#8217;s what Adidas&#8217; Trionda ball for most World Cup matches in 2026 looks like:<\/p>\n<p><span>(Photo by Alex Slitz\/Getty Images)<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Adidas has revealed the official match ball that will be used during the final stages of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.\u00a0 Named the &#8220;Trionda Final,&#8221; the ball will debut during the tournament&#8217;s semifinals, third-place game and the World Cup final.\u00a0 (Photo courtesy of Adidas) Lionel Messi has scored 7 goals for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}