Is this better than the World Cup 2006 ball – the Teamgeist?
Teamgeist had 14 panels – this was revolutionary at the time and was the basis for the running joke that Adidas made the ’roundest ever ball’. As you can see from this diagram, Jabulani takes that one step further – with just 8 polyurethane panels that are spherically moulded surrounding a latex bladder, this truly is the ’roundest ever football’.