{"id":267,"date":"2019-12-19T16:07:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T16:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2021-12-15T22:17:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T22:17:35","slug":"official-world-cup-1998-tricolore-soccer-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/official-world-cup-1998-tricolore-soccer-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Official World Cup 1998 Tricolore Soccer Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/WCTricolore1998.jpg\" alt=\"WC Tricolore 1998 Official World Cup 1998 Tricolore Soccer Ball\" class=\"wp-image-800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/WCTricolore1998.jpg 464w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/WCTricolore1998-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By 1998, FIFA World Cup France was played with a ball which sported the French red-white-blue tri-color. A complete departure from the old traditional black and white pattern.&nbsp; The first official World Cup soccer ball that was in color.&nbsp;The TRICOLORE used underglass print technology with a thin layer of syntactic foam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tricolre3.jpg\" alt=\"tricolre 3 Official World Cup 1998 Tricolore Soccer Ball\" class=\"wp-image-801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tricolre3.jpg 450w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tricolre3-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The above picture was provided by&nbsp;Sebastiano Cal\u00ec&nbsp;from Italy. Thanks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The above Tricolore soccer ball (football) picture provided by Sheridan Bird. Visit&nbsp; www.sheridanbird.com.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1998-World-Cup-Matchball-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Tricolore ball on stand Official World Cup 1998 Tricolore Soccer Ball\" class=\"wp-image-802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1998-World-Cup-Matchball-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1998-World-Cup-Matchball-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1998-World-Cup-Matchball-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1998-World-Cup-Matchball-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1998-World-Cup-Matchball.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you Jacques Barralon for the above picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Featured a newly engineered hi-tech syntactic foam layer. This new foam material had better compression and more explosive rebound characteristics, making the ball softer and faster than its predecessor, Questra. The first World Cup ball in color was a revolutionary concept in ball surface design.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graphics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was the first ever multi-colored Match Ball. France\u2019s flag and national colors (the Tricolore) and the \u201ccockerel\u201d the traditional symbol of the French nation and Football Federation, inspired the ball\u2019s name and design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 1998, FIFA World Cup France was played with a ball which sported the French red-white-blue tri-color. A complete departure from the old traditional black and white pattern.&nbsp; The first official World Cup soccer ball that was in color.&nbsp;The TRICOLORE used underglass print technology with a thin layer of syntactic foam. 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