New official Kipsta balls for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 BKT
For the third consecutive year, Kipsta will supply the official match ball for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 BKT in 2024-2025. These were revealed by the LFP (Professional Football League) and the brand DECATHLON.
Blue-White-Red with “flashes of genius” to salute these actions, these gestures, these acts of play where everything suddenly changes! The names of the French champions, as a tribute to past heritage, remain annotated on the new official Ligue 1 ball, distributed according to their geographical area on the national territory. An evolution of the balls used since 2022, the new version of the official Kipsta balls for Ligue 1 embodies a further improvement in the technologies already used by the brand. Thus, the twelve heat-sealed panels have their shape reworked. This cutout has been studied to further increase trajectory stability and speed restitution. All this without degrading the other qualities of these balls and preserving their excellent level of resistance.
Still identical in terms of development, the Ligue 2 BKT ball, however, is adorned with green and fluorescent yellow on a petroleum green background. Each entity displays the new graphic identity adopted for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 BKT, the logos of which clearly identify the competitions.
Like last season, Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 BKT will play with the same ball throughout the season. However, a new collector's ball with a specific design will be made for the day dedicated to Child Defenders. It will be used on a single day of the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 BKT championships. The Champions Trophy ball will soon be revealed.
The 2024-2025 Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 BKT balls are already available at the price of 80 euros. It should be noted that the “replica” and “mini-balls” will for the first time have identical paneling to their counterparts.
To meet the highest technical requirements, these balloons are at the cutting edge of technology. Thanks to the heat-sealing of their twelve polyurethane panels (balloon without sewing thread), they offer better sphericity and resistance. They thus provide heightened playing sensations thanks to the textured microfiber component accompanied by foam and grooves. An exclusive Kipsta design, their particular characteristic is great trajectory stability. Designed, tested and created in France, these balls, co-created with amateur and professional footballers, have the FIFA QUALITY PRO label.
About Kipsta
The brand of all DECATHLON team sports, Kipsta has specialized in the design of football products since 2016. Based in the North of France, the brand's mission is to sustainably improve the daily lives of all footballers. Kipsta is part of an approach to excellence, providing its users with high-performance products, including at the highest level and at the most accessible price possible.
About DECATHLON
A multi-specialist sports brand meeting the needs of beginners and high-level athletes alike, DECATHLON is a manufacturer of innovative sporting goods for all skills. With more than 100,000 employees and 1,700 stores around the world, DECATHLON and its teams have been working since 1976 to meet a continuing ambition : Move people through the wonders of sport, to help them be healthier and happier in a sustainable future.
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About LFP
The Professional Football League regulates French professional football. As such, the LFP organizes and manages five competitions: the Ligue 1®, the Ligue 2 BKT®, the Trophée des Champions®, the EA Ligue 1 Games® and the eLigue 1®. The LFP finances all operations or actions capable of developing the resources of professional football with the aim of ensuring its promotion. The Professional Football League is the leading organizer of live shows in France per season which brings together more than 11.4 million spectators (including 8.2 million for Ligue 1®, 3.4 million for Ligue 2 BKT. Football French professional is the leading sports product consumed by the media and has a strong geographic presence in the heart of 40 of the 50 largest French cities. 80% of the French population lives less than 50 km from a League stadium. 1 ® or Ligue 2 BKT®.
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