Following the unveiling of the Official Match Ball for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 earlier this year, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today revealed the Official Match Ball designs for the rest of AFC's 2019 national and club events.
These include the AFC Champions League 2019, AFC Beach Soccer Championship, AFC Futsal events, and all other AFC matches.
Specially designed by Molten Corporation – AFC's Official Match Ball supplier – the 2019 balls sport a new look adapted from Molten's flagship model, the
Vantaggio 5000. The balls will be also available for purchase by football fans across Asia.
As the exclusive distributor and manufacturer of Adidas balls in Japan, Molten will also be providing Adidas-branded balls for all AFC Champions League matches.
The first match featuring the Molten balls will kick off on January 5, 2019 when hosts United Arab Emirates take on Bahrain at the opening match of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 – an event with a reach of more than two billion people globally.
Setting the stage for a highly-anticipated 2019 season, the AFC Champions League Final 2018 ended on a high earlier this month by breaking the attendance record for the second consecutive year, with 100,000 fans at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran for the second-leg between the Islamic Republic of Iran's Persepolis and Kashima Antlers from Japan.
Note: Hi-res images of the four exclusively-designed AFC Official Match Balls can be downloaded here. Photo credits: Molten Corporation END About Asian Football Confederation (AFC) The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of Asian football and one of the six Confederations making up FIFA. Formed in 1954 in Manila on the sidelines of the second Asian Games, the AFC was sanctioned by FIFA in Berne, Switzerland. The AFC is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and consists of 46 Member Associations and one Associate Member Association (The Northern Mariana Islands).
The AFC is responsible for running football in Asia. Among its various responsibilities are: regulating the game, drafting new laws to improve the sport, implementing the law, boosting grassroots and youth football, and conducting major competitions.
About the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 The AFC Asian Cup is the AFC's flagship national team competition. Played every four years, the 2015 edition in Australia was a resounding success, breaking all previous TV-viewership, attendance and social media records.
Scheduled to take place from January 5 to February 1, 2019, the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019TM promises to take the competition to new heights, as it is extended from 16 to 24 teams.
The expansion into a truly continent-wide competition will enforce the AFC Asian Cup brand throughout Asia. With more countries involved and more fans engaged, brand recognition will increase significantly all over Asia.
About Molten Corporation Molten, a manufacturer of balls and sports equipment, has been making and marketing basketballs, handballs, footballs, and volleyballs, of uncompromising quality since 1958. Molten continues to raise global standards, supplying the official game balls and sports equipment for major leagues, teams and international tournaments around the world. For further information, please visit
www.molten.co.jp/sports/en/.
Media Contacts:
Asian Football Confederation media@the-afc.com 
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