The Adidas Telstar 18 was the official match ball of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which was held in the Russian Federation. It was designed by the company Adidas, a FIFA Partner and FIFA World Cup official match ball supplier since 1970, and based on the concept of the first Adidas's World Cup match ball. The manufacturer of the ball was Forward Sports, a sports equipment supplier based in Sialkot, Pakistan.
The Adidas Telstar 18.
The Adidas Telstar 18 being used in the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup semi-final between Al-Jazira and Real Madrid.
Telstar Mechta
Telstar is a soccer ball made by Adidas. The iconic 32-panel alternating black-and-white design of the ball, based on the work of Eigil Nielsen, has since become a global standard design used to portray a soccer ball in different media.
The 1974 World Cup Adidas Telstar
The Telstar satellite for which the ball was named