Challenge 4-star
Illustration — The Slazenger Challenge 4-Star Challenge 4-Star was a football made by the British company Slazenger as the official match ball for the 1966 FIFA World Cup held in England, one of the countries inside the United Kingdom. The ball was made with 25 rectangular panels and had no markings or branding. It was selected in a blind test at the Football Association headquarters in Soho Square.
Challenge 4-star
Ben Sutherland from Forest Hill, London, European Union · Close-up of the ball from the 1966 World Cup Final Uploaded by LongLiveRock · CC BY 2.0
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Illustration — The Slazenger Challenge 4-Star Challenge 4-Star was a football made by the British company Slazenger as the official match ball for the 1966 FIFA World Cup held in England, one of the countries inside the United Kingdom. The ball was made with 25 rectangular panels and had no markings or branding. It was selected in a blind test at the Football Association headquarters in Soho Square.
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- 1.https://www.worldcupballs.info/ball/world-cup-balls/1966-england/pre-adidas-world-cup-match-ball-game-used-fifa-world-cup-1966-england-slazenger-challenge-italy-chile
- 2.https://espndeportes.espn.com/noticias/nota?s=futbol/mundiales&id=1845879
- 3.https://www.espn.cl/noticias/nota?s=futbol/mundiales&id=1845869
- 4.https://web.archive.org/web/20131128080230/http://footballs.fifa.com/Football-Facts/FIFA-World-Cup-Footballs
- 5.Copia archivada.
- 6.http://fashiongear.fibre2fashion.com/brand-story/adidas/conclusion.asp
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