Adidas Tango

Historical Adidas Tango

The Adidas Tango is a successful family and brand of association footballs first introduced as the Tango Durlast in 1978 for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. Variations of the design had been produced for various competitions including the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the Summer Olympics. The Tango balls have had different names applied to them to distinguish them in their construction, the competitions they have been used for, and even if they are match or replica balls.

In 2011, Adidas introduced the Tango 12, but besides the name there are no particular similarities between the new ball and the old Adidas Tango family.

Tango Durlast

The 1978 Tango Durlast has twenty identical panels with 'triads' created the impression of 12 circles. Like its predecessors, the Adidas Tango Durlast was made of genuine leather and boasted the shiny waterproofing Durlast coating.

Tango España

Adidas Tango España.

The Tango España by Adidas was the official match ball of 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. The Tango España had improved water resistant qualities through its rubberized seams. These were not very resistant and resulted in the ball having to be changed several times during some games. This ball was the last genuine leather ball to be used in the World Cup.^[1]

Tango variations

Year	Tango variation	Competition	Additional information
1978	Adidas Tango Durlast	1978 FIFA World Cup	The ball was initially introduced as the Tango Durlast, however further production models were also branded as Tango River Plate. Replica variations include the Tango Rosario ^[2]
1980	Adidas Tango River Plate	1980 European Football Championship	Tango River Plate ^[3]
1982	Adidas Tango España	1982 FIFA World Cup	Replica variations include the Tango Barcelona.^[2] Other variations include the Tango Mundial, Tango Alicante, Tango Malaga and Tango Indoor ^[4]
1984	Adidas Tango Mundial	1984 European Football Championship
1984	Adidas Tango Sevilla	1984 Summer Olympics	Used for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games - compared to previous Tango the only addition is the competition logo ^[5]^[6]
1988	Adidas Tango Europa	1988 European Football Championship
1988	Adidas Tango Séoul	1988 Summer Olympics
2012	Adidas Tango 12	2012 European Football Championship	New design Adidas Tango, including Adidas Tango Argentina 12, Torfabrik, Comoequa, The Albert, Prime and Adidas Tango 12

Other variations of the Tango ball seen include: Tango Roma, Tango Napoli, Tango Munich, Tango Scorpion, Tango Mendoza, Tango Gol, Tango Indoor Ball, Tango Tournoi ^[7]

For the newer family of footballs that are branded Tango please see Adidas Tango 12.

Use in heraldry

Adidas Tango ball is featured on the club badge of Ukrainian club Chornomorets Odessa, as well as Russian football team Mordovia Saransk.

References

↑ "Soccerball World". Soccerball World. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
1 2 "Nightly.net forum on rare soccer balls". Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "History of the Official European Championship Match Balls". Retrieved 21 Aug 2014.
↑ "Soccer Ball World: Tango Espana". Soccer Ball World. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Soccer Ball World: Olympic Ball 1984". Soccer Ball World. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "(Spanish) Official ball of LA Olympics". Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Soccer History Online: Match Balls". Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

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Preceded by Telstar	Official World Cup Ball 1978	Succeeded by Tango España
Preceded by Tango	Official World Cup Ball 1982	Succeeded by Azteca
Preceded by Telstar	Official UEFA European Championship Ball 1980-88	Succeeded by Etrusco Unico

FIFA World Cup symbols

Official songs	1962: "El Rock del Mundial" 1966: "World Cup Willie (Where in this World are We Going)" 1970: "Fútbol México 70" 1974: "Futbol" 1978: "Anthem" 1982: "Mundial '82" 1986: "Hot Hot Hot" 1990: "Un'estate italiana" 1994: "Gloryland" 1998: "The Cup of Life" 2002: "Boom" 2006: "Celebrate the Day" 2010: "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" 2014: "We Are One (Ole Ola)"

Mascots	1966: World Cup Willie 1970: Juanito 1974: Tip and Tap 1978: Gauchito 1982: Naranjito 1986: Pique 1990: Ciao 1994: Striker, the World Cup Pup 1998: Footix 2002: Ato, Kaz, and Nik 2006: Goleo VI and Pille 2010: Zakumi 2014: Fuleco 2018: Zabivaka

Balls	1970: Telstar 1974: Telstar Durlast 1978: Tango Durlast 1982: Tango España 1986: Azteca 1990: Etrusco Unico 1994: Questra 1998: Tricolore 2002: Fevernova 2006: +Teamgeist 2010: Jabulani 2014: Brazuca

Video games	1986: World Cup Carnival 1990: World Cup Soccer: Italia '90 · World Cup Italia '90 1994: World Cup USA '94 1998: World Cup 98 · Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France '98 · World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France '98 2002: 2002 FIFA World Cup 2006: 2006 FIFA World Cup 2010: 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa 2014: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Albums	1994: Gloryland 1998: Allez! Ola! Ole! 2002: The Official Album 2006: Voices 2010: Listen Up! 2014: One Love, One Rhythm

Instruments	2010: Vuvuzela 2014: Caxirola

UEFA European Championship symbols

Official songs	1992: "More Than a Game" 1996: "We're in This Together" 2000: "Campione 2000" 2004: "Força" 2008: "Can You Hear Me" 2012: "Endless Summer" 2016: "This One's for You"

Mascots	1980: Pinocchio 1984: Péno 1988: Berni 1992: Rabbit 1996: Goaliath 2000: Benelucky 2004: Kinas 2008: Trix and Flix 2012: Slavek and Slavko 2016: Super Victor

Balls	1968: Telstar Elast 1972: Telstar Durlast 1976: Telstar Durlast 1980: Tango River Plate 1984: Tango Mundial 1988: Tango Europa 1992: Etrusco Unico 1996: Questra Europa 2000: Terrestra Silverstream 2004: Roteiro 2008: Europass 2012: Tango 12 2016: Beau Jeu (group stage) & Fracas (knockout phase)

Video games	1988: Euro'88 1992: Euro'92 1996: Euro'96 2000: UEFA Euro 2000 2004: UEFA Euro 2004 2008: UEFA Euro 2008 2012: UEFA Euro 2012 2016: Pro Evolution Soccer: UEFA Euro 2016 France

Albums	1996: The Beautiful Game 2000: Euro 2000: The Official Album 2004: Vive O 2004!

UEFA Euro 1980

Stages	Qualification Group stage Group 1 Group 2 Knockout stage Final

General information	Squads

Official symbols	Tango River Plate (ball) Pinocchio (mascot)

UEFA Euro 1984

Stages	Qualification Group stage Group 1 Group 2 Knockout stage Final

General information	Squads

Official symbols	Tango Mundial (ball) Péno (mascot)

UEFA Euro 1988

Stages	Qualification Group stage Group 1 Group 2 Knockout stage Final

General information	Squads

Official symbols	Tango Europa (ball) Berni (mascot) Euro'88 (video game)

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