adidas, the official ball supplier for AFCON and all FIFA sanctioned tournaments, will produce the official match ball for the 2013 edition of AFCON –which will be played in South Africa.
adidas –in conjunction with Supersport –is inviting all African football fans to participate in choosing the appropriate name for the official match ball for 2013 AFCON tournament. To streamline the process, adidas has shortlisted 3 names from which the public can choose.
The names were taken from local South African languages as the host nation. A similar approach had been used in choosing the name for 2010 FIFA World Cup™ -Jabulani.
• adidas does not sponsor AFCON –we are a partner of CAF and official ball supplier since 2008
• we have produced 3 balls for the AFCON tournament since 2008:
-wawa aba –for the AFCON in Ghana -2008
-jabulani –for the AFCON in Angola -2010
-comoequa – for the AFCON in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea-2012
Now we are asking the African football fans in SA and the rest of Africa to participate in a competition to choose the appropriate name for the AFCON ball in 2013 –which will be hosted by South Africa.
• To streamline the competition –adidas has shortlisted three names for the fans to choose from
• The names are:
-khanya (shine/light)
-katlego (success)
-motswako (mixture)
The voting process;
• To stand a chance of winning a double ticket to the final game of AFCON in 2013 –viewers will have to go to http://www.supersport.com/competitions/afconadidas and vote for one of the 3 names.
The prize;
The ultimate prize is winning a double ticket to the final of the AFCON 2013 tournament. The winner will be drawn on the 20th of February 2012 as per competition rules and conditions.
Go to: Name 2013 AFCON ball
