List of AFC Asian Cup official match balls explained

In the AFC Asian Cup, prior to 2004, various match balls were used for the tournament, and therefore it was difficult to determine what was considered the official ball of the Asian Cup. It was only after the start of the new millennia when the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) began to declare one official match ball. The following match balls were used in the AFC Asian Cup over the years.

List

Edition	Official match ball	Manufacturer	Additional information	Refs
2004	Roteiro	Adidas	First Asian Cup to register an official ball for the tournament. Also official UEFA Euro 2004 ball.	[1]
2007	Mercurial Veloci	Nike	First independent official Asian Cup ball not brought from UEFA European Championship or FIFA World Cup	[2]
2011	Total 90 Tracer	Nike		[3]
2015	Ordem 2	Nike		[4]
2019	Acentec	Molten	First official Asian Cup ball not manufactured by Adidas or Nike	[5]
2023	VORTEXAC23 VORTEXAC23+	Kelme	After VORTEXAC23 was unveiled, VORTEXAC23+ was announced as official match ball for the final	[6] [7]
2027	TBD	TBD

See also

• List of FIFA World Cup official match balls
• List of UEFA European Championship official match balls
• List of CONCACAF Gold Cup official match balls
• List of Copa América official match balls
• List of Africa Cup of Nations official match balls
• List of Olympic Football official match balls

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football Year 2004 the Most Successful for Adidas. Adidas. 26 September 2023. 16 December 2004.
2. News: Flashback: AFC Asian Cup 2007. The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 8 July 2018.
3. News: The Tracer's excitement for AC 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20181019163932/http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/31770-the-tracers-excitement-for-ac-2011. dead. 19 October 2018. The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 13 December 2010.
4. News: Khám phá trái bóng Nike Ordem 2 của Asian Cup 2015. Discover the Nike Ordem 2 ball of the 2015 Asian Cup. VTV. 1 November 2015. Vietnamese.
5. News: AFC appoints world-leading ball manufacturer Molten as official match ball supplier. The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation.
6. Web site: VORTEXAC23: Official Match Ball of the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ unveiled. The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 10 August 2023.
7. News: The Official Match Ball of the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ Final Revealed. The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 22 December 2023. 20 December 2023.