MASTER OF PERFECTION 2021 SELECT SPORT AMERICA CONTENTS Soccer Balls Pro Series-Pro Level .................................14 Club Series / High Performance ................18 Club Series / Super Quality .......................20 Club Series / Training Balls .......................26 Turf Series .................................................28 Retail Balls ................................................30 Futsal Series .............................................32 Specialty Training Balls .............................40 Goalkeeper Gloves .......................................42 Goalkeeper Equipment .................................51 Ball-punktur & Ball-stik ................................56 Shin Guards and Sleeves .............................58 Bags .............................................................59 Accessories / Training Equipment ................60 Customize Your Own Soccer Ball .................66 WELCOME TO 2021 We are dedicated to creating innovative products that meet the highest quality stan- dards. As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of hand-sewn and dual-bonded balls, we have continued to innovate and expand our line of products since our found- ing father, Eigil Nielsen, created the first SELECT ball in 1947. We are the official match ball supplier in 12 of Europe’s top soccer leagues, in¬cluding several leagues in the United States, stating our position as the number one league partner. We are proud to now include Liga Portugal and to be represented in their 1st and 2nd league as well as the Allianz CUP. Another major addition to our league partnerships is the Bundesliga. 2021 will be our fourth year for our German subsidiary DERBYSTAR as official match ball in the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga – ranked as one of the best soccer leagues in the world by FIFA. We know that our actions matter. We are continuously taking sustainable steps in our production, packaging and business partner efforts. Part of sustainable efforts include using recycled fibres in the backing of SELECT soccer balls and we are introducing environmentally friendly water-based ink for our soccer balls. Like other companies, SELECT pays the market price for the stitching of our balls in Pakistan. But it is our conviction that our responsibility goes further than this. For those people who stitch SELECT balls at our production facility in the Sialkot area, it is our aim to also provide medical and educational assistance for the worker and their whole family. All children must be given the opportunity to have an education as it is key to improving living standards for future generations. We have now expanded our equipment range substantially to provide the training tools needed for players and leagues at all levels. SELECT’s training equipment range has been thoughtfully developed with input from professional players, coaches and youth players alike. The same commitment to the highest quality standards for soccer balls is applied to the 2021 equipment range. We are the player’s choice, the league’s choice, and our ongoing mission is to develop high quality products for all players. Welcome to our catalog for 2021. THE ORIGINAL 32 PANEL BALL CONSTRUCTION Every single soccer, handball and futsal ball from SELECT is based on the A ball with optimum roundness is essential to obtain reliable aerodynamic revolution from 1962, where our founder, Eigil Nielsen, invented a ball made - a straight flight and a controlled bounce. Our finest soccer ball, BRILLANT of 32 panels. The overriding desire was to create the most reliable ball with SUPER, has just been thoroughly tested in a wind tunnel at the Institute of the most predictable, straight flight and a bounce neither too high nor too low. Health & Sports Science at the University in Tsukuba, Japan. The results show that BRILLANT SUPER has a better aerodynamic than other top balls It was impossible to make a perfectly round ball with just 18 panels, which in the market. The ball’s classic construction with 32 panels means that the was the standard construction of a ball in the past. With the 32 panels - 20 ball meets resistance at a later point in its trajectory through the air, thus hexagons and 12 pentagons - SELECT succeeded in creating the roundest retaining a steady, high speed over a longer period of time. This provides a ball ever seen. Later, a group of American scientists won the Nobel Prize for stable and more predictable flight – highly valued by all soccer players. discovering that the molecules of carbon with a special irradiation organize themselves as a complete round ball - something Eigil Nielsen had already All of our balls today are still based on Eigil Nielsen’s original invention of the discovered and realized in his soccer ball with 32 panels, why the reinvention 32 panel ball construction, as we never compromise on quality, playability was named “the soccer ball molecule”. or durability. THE OPTIMUM ROUNDNESS A soccer ball with optimum roundness is essential to obtain reliable aerodynamics and superior playability. Hidden behind the elegant exterior of the soccer balls in our Pro and Club Series is a specially developed Zero-Wing bladder made of high performance natural latex. The Zero-Wing concept, ensures a perfectly round and bal- anced ball, always maintaining its shape through impact, resulting in a straight flight and a controlled bounce. PERFECT FLIGHT As SELECT soccer balls have a perfect and stable flight, the trajectory of the ball is easier to estimate correctly - the player´s skills determine where the ball goes – not the ball’s unpredictable flight. SOCCER BALLS OFFICIAL LEAGUE MATCH BALLS SELECT is the official match ball supplier for the Danish national team, the Our BRILLANT SUPER ball is also supplied to a vast number of teams and Portuguese league, the Bosnian and Herzegovinian league, the Romanian federations around the world. league, the Belgian league, the Danish men’s and women’s league and first division, the Norwegian men’s and women’s league, the Finnish league, the Furthermore, our German subsidiary DERBYSTAR is the official match ball Icelandic league and the Swedish league and first division. In USA, SELECT is supplier for the Dutch league and the German Bundesliga. The Bundesliga is the official match ball of the USL and NJCAA as well as several High School ranked as one of the world’s best soccer leagues by FIFA. State Conferences nationwide. Official ball in the NJCAA SOCCER league Official ball in the WPSL league Official ball in the USL Academy USA USA USA Official ball in the NPSL league USA Official ball in Super Y league USA Official ball in the USL league Official ball in the NAIA league USA USA Official ball in the UNITED WOMEN’S SOCCER league USA Official ball in the best league ÚRVALSDEILD - ICELAND Official balls in the best leagues ELITESERIEN - MENS LEAGUE Official ball in the best league TOPPSERIEN - WOMEN’S LEAGUE ALLSVENSKAN - SWEDEN NORWAY Official ball in the best league VEIKKAUSLIIGA - FINLAND Official balls in the best leagues Official ball in the best league SUPERLIGA - MENS LEAGUE EREDIVISIE - HOLLAND KVINDELIGA - WOMEN’S LEAGUE DENMARK Official ball in the best league NATIONAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE I BETANO – ROMANIA Official ball in the best league Official ball in the best league JUPILER PRO LEAGUE - BELGIUM BUNDESLIGA - GERMANY Official ball in the best league LIGA NOS - PORTUGAL Official ball in the best league PREMIER LEAGUE - BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA DERBYSTAR by SELECT DERBYSTAR is official match ball supplier for the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga 2 with BUNDESLIGA BRILLANT APS. DERBYSTAR has been a part of ©DFL/Getty Images SELECT SPORT since 1991, build- ing a strong position in the top soc- cer leagues in Europe through the years. DERBYSTAR is deeply rooted in the German soccer community with re- lations to elite clubs throughout the ©DFL/Getty Images regions. The Bundesliga is among the strongest leagues in the world ranked second best by FIFA mak- ing this partnership a force in the world of soccer. ©DFL/Getty Images LIGA NOS PORTUGAL BRILLANT SUPER is the official match ball in the best league in Portugal – Liga Portugal. Season 2019-2023 will feature SELECT as the official match ball supplier in all three competitions of the league: 1st league Liga NOS, 2nd league LigaPro and the Portuguese League Cup, Allianz Cup, with a total of 32 teams participating in the competitions. Liga Portugal is one of the most competitive professional champion- ships in Europe, ranked 6th place by UEFA. 5 HAND STITCHED 5 – LONG LASTING EXCELLENCE 1 A SELECT Hand-Stitched soccer consists of five crucial elements: 1 4 3 PU ZERO-WING SURFACE BLADDER 4 2 5 HAND- DOUBLE LOCK STITCHED VALVE 2 3 LINING 2 HIDDEN BEHIND THE ELEGANT EXTERIOR Common to all our balls is that the quality is high and the durability long. An To stabilise the ball and ensure that it remains round, the 32 panels are lined optimally round soccer consists of 32 panels made up of 12 pentagons and with several layers of textile material. The lining helps to adjust the softness 20 hexagons. The 32 panels are sewn together using 630 double stitches and improves the contact between the ball and the foot. and 60 corner stitches and are closed off – especially for SELECT – with a double knot. The ball lasts longer this way. The outer layer of the ball is made of synthetic leather in polyurethane (PU). The surface of this material can be either ”shiny”, ”grain” or “pattern” and Hidden behind the elegant exterior of the balls in our Pro and Club Series is consists of lots of PU fibres. Combined, this gives a strong surface with a Zero-Wing bladder made of high-performance natural latex. The concept consistent softness. has been developed to ensure that not only the ball but also the bladder is as round as possible. We solely use latex bladders in our soccers with High quality is essential for SELECT. For this reason, each ball undergoes a build-in balance point at the opposite side of the valve hole.