{{Short description|Official match ball of 1998 FIFA World Cup}} {{Infobox product | title = Adidas Tricolore | image = 1998 - Tricolore (France) (4170715889).jpg | image_size = 150 | alt = | caption = | type = [[ball (association football)|Association football]] | inventor = [[Adidas]] | inception = {{start date|1998}} | manufacturer = Adidas | available = | current supplier = | last production = | models = | website = | notes = }} '''Adidas Tricolore''' ({{IPA|fr|adidas tʁikɔlɔʁ}}) was the [[List of FIFA World Cup official match balls|official match ball]] of [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] in [[France]].<ref name="Tricolore">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=28402.html |date=24 June 2006 |accessdate=12 March 2013 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=[[Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |title=1998: adidas Tricolore |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705075818/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid%3D28402.html |archivedate=July 5, 2010 }}</ref> The Tricolore was officially unveiled in December 1997, being the first colorized ball used in a [[FIFA World Cup]].<ref name=fifa>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190830022413/https://es.fifa.com/news/tricolore-asi-llama-nueva-estrella-76133 Tricolore - así se llama la nueva estrella] on FIFA.com, 25 Dec 1997</Ref>
==Overview== The tricolour flag and cockerel, traditional symbols of France were used as inspiration for the design. Made by [[Adidas]], it was the first multi-coloured ball to be used in the tournament's final stage and was also the final World Cup ball to bear the classic [[Adidas Tango|Tango]] design, introduced in [[1978 FIFA World Cup|the 1978 tournament]]. The design of blue triads decorated with cockerel motifs was adopted to represent the colours of the [[flag of France]].<ref>[http://capital-balls.com/adidas-tricolore-world-cup-1998/ ADIDAS TRICOLORE: WORLD CUP 1998] on Capital Balls, 14 Dec 2016</Ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/world-cup-2010/pictures/6670565/Fifa-World-Cup-match-balls-through-time.html?image=24|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911180746/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/world-cup-2010/pictures/6670565/Fifa-World-Cup-match-balls-through-time.html?image=24|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2012|work=[[Telegraph.co.uk]] |accessdate=12 March 2013|title=Fifa World Cup match balls through time |date=27 November 2009}}</ref> Tricolore was also the first Adidas World Cup match ball manufactured outside of Europe (made in [[Pakistan]], [[Morocco]] & [[Indonesia]]) since the 1970 [[Adidas Telstar]]. "Tricolore" means "three-colored" in French.
More than twenty roughs had been proposed by the Adidas design team before the definitive version was approved. The aim was to amalgamate symbols of the French culture and heritage, adopting the colors used in the [[French Revolution]]. The [[Gallic rooster]] and the [[TGV]] were some of the symbols chosen to represent the French identity on the ball.<ref name=fifa/>
''Adidas Tango Argentina'', that was built using the same technology of Adidas Tricolore, was used as official match ball of [[Argentine Primera División]] until [[2003–04 Argentine Primera División]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tango Argentina is official match ball of Argentina Primera Division 2004 {{!}} Football Balls Database |url=https://football-balls.com/ball-details/tango-argentina-official-match-ball-of-argentina-primera-division-2004 |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=football-balls.com |language=en}}</ref>
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{{start box}} {{succession box|title=[[List of FIFA World Cup official match balls|FIFA World Cup official ball]]|before=[[Adidas Questra|Questra]] |after=[[Adidas Fevernova|Fevernova]]|years=[[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]}} {{end box}} {{footy-stub}}
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