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  • Decathlon/Kipsta unveils new official match balls for UEFA Europa and conference leagues

    Decathlon/Kipsta unveils new official match balls for UEFA Europa and conference leagues

    Mumbai: KIPSTA teams up with UEFA and becomes its official match ball supplier for the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League. This partnership will start with the 2024 2025 season and run until the end of the 2026 2027 season.

    Answering the most technical standards required to play football at the highest level and being awarded with the FIFA quality pro label, the KIPSTA ball has been chosen for the comfort of control given to the player, its great landing zone precision, as well as its outstanding grip, which facilitates the use of the ball in all weather conditions. The thermobonding technology used for its conception also guarantees better durability of the ball, ensuring its premium quality from the beginning to the end of the match.

    Decathlonglobal chief sports and products officer Fabien Brosse said, “Decathlon is delighted to embark on this wonderful partnership with UEFA as the official match ball supplier of the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League. Our ball being selected, supports and confirms our continuous efforts to produce quality and highly technical products, which have the capacity to be used at the highest level of the sporting game.”

    UEFA marketing director Guy-Laurent Epstein added, “We look forward to seeing the new Kipsta UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League balls in action across Europe as a new, exciting season of UEFA’s men’s club competitions kicks off. In addition, we are delighted to see the ambitious plans that have been put in place by Decathlonto to promote and sell the balls through their extensive retail and online networks.”

    While many people have never played with a professional ball, KIPSTA and UEFA are uniting to change this dynamic. By teaming up, they are proving that a ball at an accessible price can be of great quality and meet the highest professional standards.

    This quality level has been achieved by KIPSTA via a fruitful collaboration with multiple players of different levels, resulting in having the most tested ball in the world. The tests of the ball’s prototypes were also conducted with more than 10 professional football teams in France.

    However, the quality of the ball doesn’t compromise its accessibility, following KIPSTA’s business model: to reach more footballers around the world with excellent and sustainable products that meet professional standards and are accessible to everyone.

    The ball is now available online and in all Decathlon stores.

    Decathlon federated sports director Frédéric Boistard added, “Football is a sport that completely embodies Decathlon’s Ready-To-Play motto. It can be played anywhere, by anyone, as long as you have a group of people and a ball. KIPSTA aims at providing a crucial element to each match, therefore enhancing every player’s experience on a field, whether it is for professional ones during a UEFA match, or in a school playground for young beginners.

  • UEFA chooses Decathlon’s Kipsta for the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa conference league

    UEFA chooses Decathlon’s Kipsta for the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa conference league

    Mumbai: KIPSTA continues its rise in professional football. From the 2024-2025 season onwards and for a period of three years until the end of the 2026-2027 season), Decathlon will supply official match balls for the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League. From Portugal to Azerbaijan, from the Faroe Islands to Türkiye, all matches in these competitions will be played using Official Match balls designed and produced by Decathlon’s sub-label Kipsta.

    Kipsta, whose global headquarters are situated at the Kipstadium in Tourcoing, France, has been producing, for several years, official match balls that meet the highest technical requirements of the Ligue one Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT in France, as well as the Jupiler Pro League in Belgium.  

    Thanks to the thermo-bonding of its match ball panels (seamless ball), Kipsta official match balls offer superior sphericity and durability. It also provides a heightened playing sensation thanks to the textured microfiber foam component and debossing. Kipsta official match balls are characterised by their highly stable flight trajectory. Designed, tested and created in France, Kipsta official match balls are FIFA Quality Pro certified.

    Decathlon chief products and sports officer Fabien Brosse said: “UEFA’s decision recognises KIPSTA’s expertise and ability to offer a high-level technical product that meets the highest standards. It also reinforces the commitment of the KIPSTA teams to the practice of football, whether amateur or professional, throughout the world.”

    UEFA marketing director Guy-Laurent Epstein said: “We are thrilled to announce KIPSTA as the official match ball supplier for the first time as we join forces with a brand that shares our passion for innovation, quality and the love of the game. KIPSTA’s experience in providing top-quality balls and commitment to the sport will be tremendous assets as the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League enter into new eras”