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Select Sport

Danish manufacturing company of sportswear

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Select Sport A.S. is a Danish sports equipment manufacturer based in Glostrup, Denmark.

As of 2008, Select Sport provides the Danish Football Association with footballs, and also several clubs in the Danish, Belgian, and Portuguese top football leagues use Select balls.

Select also provides the Official Matchball for the Germany Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 with Derbystar form 2018/19 season

Select balls are used in the Olympic handball games, as well as in the World Championship and in the Danish, Swedish and Spanish men's handball leagues, among others.

The company's U.S. subsidiary, Select Sport America, has contracts to supply soccer balls for the United Soccer League, National Premier Soccer League, NAIA, several NCAA Division II and Division III conferences, and state high school federations in Kentucky and Wisconsin.

01History

It was founded in 1947 by Eigil Nielsen, the former goalkeeper of the Denmark national team.

In 1962, Select manufactured and marketed the first 32-panel ball. Based loosely on the geodesic dome designs of R. Buckminster Fuller, it consisted of 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons. The 32 panel configuration became the world standard for several decades. Select was also the first manufacturer of footballs without exterior lacing.

02Products

Select Sport manufactures and commercializes a variety of products for several sports. The following chart contains all the product lines by the company.

Sport	Range of products
Association football	Balls, uniforms, goalkeeper gloves
Futsal	Balls, uniforms, goalkeeper gloves,
Handball	Balls, sportswear
Accessories	Shoes, shin guards, compression garment, pressure measurements, ball pumps, bags, tactic boards, inflatable figures, marking cones, ointments, ice packs, massage balls, medical bags

03Sponsorships

Select Sport is the official supplier and sponsor of numerous teams, players and associations of several sports, including:

Football

National teams

Southern Schleswig

Associations and competitions

Select is official ball supplier for the following football leagues/associations:

Club teams

Handball

National teams

Club teams

Former sponsorships

In the past, Select S / A has also been a supplier to important sports teams and associations, including:

National teams

Notes

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Sources and credits

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Select-Sport Logo.svg by SELECT SPORT A/S, Public domain

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