2006 Germany World Cup Ball. Telstar was the first 32 panel black and white ball used in the fifa world cup finals. German soccer legend franz beckenbauer head of germany s organizing committee for the 2006 soccer world cup plays with a world cup soccer ball in front of the brandenburg gate in berlin on tuesday april 18 2006.
Telstar was the first 32 panel black and white ball used in the fifa world cup finals. Translated from the german word team means command and geist spirit. The plus sign in its name was introduced for trademark purposes since the regular german word teamgeist meaning team spirit could not be trademarked.
With the name of teamgeist the creators of the ball wanted to remind that one of the most important components of success in world cup it s team spirit.
Teamgeist is official match ball of world cup 2006. Adidas world cup official match ball white black silvmt 4 6 out of 5 stars 206. 3 years and up. German soccer legend franz beckenbauer head of germany s organizing committee for the 2006 soccer world cup plays with a world cup soccer ball in front of the brandenburg gate in berlin on tuesday april 18 2006.
