LFP: a special ball designed by Kipsta unveiled for the Trophée des Champions (Tel Aviv, 31/07/2022)

The Ligue de Football Professionnel and Kipsta a sports equipment brand belonging to Decathlon, have unveiled a specially designed ball for the 2022 edition of the Trophée des Champions on 26/07/2022. The match will oppose Paris Saint-Germain (2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats champions) versus FC Nantes (2021-22 Coupe de France winners) at the Bloomfield Stadium (29,000 capacity) in Tel Aviv (Israel) on Sunday 31/07/2022 (kick-off at 20:00 CET).

For this purpose, Kipsta has come up with "a model dedicated exclusively to the competition in Israel, which will be based on the design of the Ligue 1 Uber Eats ball, but with specific features such as the use of the Trophée des Champions colours, and the integration of the name of the event and the logos of the two clubs into the design," says the LFP.

Kipsta became the official ball supplier for the LFP's competitions for five seasons (2022-2027) on 21/04/2021. The French brand succeeds the German equipment manufacturer uhlsport, which supplied the Ligue 1 balls for the 2017-2022 cycle for an estimated €1.2m per season (a total of €6m over the…