Select Sport
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Company type | Private |
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Key people | Peter Knap (CEO), Preben Kønig (Chairman) |
| Products | Balls, sportswear, Protective gear |
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| Website | select-sport.com |
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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 [1]
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,[1] National Premier Soccer League,[2] NAIA, several NCAA Division II and Division III conferences, and state high school federations in Kentucky and Wisconsin.[3]
History
It was founded in 1947 by Eigil Nielsen,[4] the former goalkeeper of the Denmark national team.
In 1962, Select manufactured and marketed the first 32-panel ball.[5] Based loosely on the geodesic dome designs of R. Buckminster Fuller,[6] 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.[7]
Products
Select Sport manufactures and commercializes a variety of products for several sports. The following chart contains all the product lines by the company.[8]
| Sport | Range of products |
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| 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 |
Sponsorships
Select Sport is the official supplier and sponsor of numerous teams, players and associations of several sports, including:
Football
National teams
Associations and competitions
Select is official ball supplier for the following football leagues/associations:
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- Template:Flagicon Jupiler Pro League
- Template:Flagicon BH Telecom Premier League
- Template:Flagicon Danish Football Association
- Template:Flagicon Fortuna liga
- Template:Flagicon Veikkausliiga
- Template:Flagicon Deutsche Fußball Liga
- Template:Flagicon Úrvalsdeild
- Template:Flagicon Eredivisie
- Template:Flagicon Norwegian Football Association
- Template:Flagicon I liga
- Template:Flagicon Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional
- Template:Flagicon Liga I
- Template:Flagicon Swedish Football Association
- Template:Flagicon Professional Football League of Ukraine[9][note 1]
- Template:Flagicon United Soccer League [note 2]
- Template:Flagicon National Premier Soccer League
- Template:Flagicon Women's Premier Soccer League
- Template:Flagicon United Women's Soccer
- Template:Flagicon NAIA
- Template:Flagicon NJCAA
- Template:Flagicon Singapore Premier League
Club teams
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- Template:Flagicon AB Tårnby
- Template:Flagicon Akademisk BK
- Template:Flagicon Avarta
- Template:Flagicon Birkerød
- Template:Flagicon Gentofte-Vangede Idrætsforening
- Template:Flagicon Vendsyssel FF
- Template:Flagicon 07 Vestur
- Template:Flagicon Kakamega Homeboyz
- Template:Flagicon Hønefoss
- Template:Flagicon Moss
- Template:Flagicon Tromsø (Since 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Fanja (Since 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Young Lions (Since 2025 -)
- Template:Flagicon Brage (Since 2015)
- Template:Flagicon GAIS
- Template:Flagicon Kalmar
- Template:Flagicon Sirius
- Template:Flagicon Utsiktens BK
- Template:Flagicon Örebro SK
Handball
National teams
Club teams
- Template:Flagicon GOG
- Template:Flagicon KIF Kolding
- Template:Flagicon Cavigal Nice
- Template:Flagicon Dijon Métropole
- Template:Flagicon Grand Nancy Métropole
- Template:Flagicon Plan-de-Cuques
- Template:Flagicon Sélestat Alsace
- Template:Flagicon Valence
- Template:Flagicon TSV Bayer Dormagen
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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- ^ For Ukrainian First and Second leagues
- ^ For USL Championship, USL League One, USL League Two, USL Super League, USL W League and USL Youth
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."United Soccer Leagues Announces New Partnership with Select". United Soccer League (USL). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Select Named Official Match Ball Sponsor of the NPSL". National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sponsor". Select Sport America. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ SELECT - The origin Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Select.dk Template:In lang, retrieved 10 June 2012
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SELECT Since 1947". SELECT. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ The history of the soccer ball, Soccerballworld.com Template:In lang, retrieved 29 May 2008
- ^ About SELECT Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Select-sport.com Template:In lang, retrieved 27 May 2008
- ^ Company products Script error: No such module "webarchive". on Wilson website, 13 Mar 2019
- ^ ОФІЦІЙНИЙ М`ЯЧ ЗМАГАНЬ ЧЕМПІОНАТІВ ПЕРШОЇ ТА ДРУГОЇ ЛІГ СЕЗОНІВ 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22. Professional Football League
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