UEFA EURO 2024 winning match ball to be auctioned for the UEFA Foundation for Children
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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Identified using adidas Connected Ball technology, the Fussballliebe Finale ball with which Mikel Oyarzabal scored the winning goal in the UEFA EURO 2024 final is being auctioned on Catawiki, with all proceeds going to the UEFA Foundation for Children.
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Mikel Oyarzabal’s 86th-minute winner clinched a record fourth men's UEFA EURO title for Spain following a pulsating final against England in Berlin on 14 July – and you can own a unique part of football history by bidding for the very ball with which the winning goal was scored, signed by the match winner himself.
Adidas’ Connected Ball technology, which made its UEFA EURO debut this summer, enabled European football’s governing body to track each of the 60 Fussballliebe Finale balls during the UEFA EURO 2024 final, and for the first time in a UEFA EURO final, the exact ball with which the winning goal was scored was identified.
UEFA are therefore able to offer fans and collectors the chance to get their hands on ball number 17/60, signed by Oyarzabal, as part of an auction, all proceeds from which will go to the UEFA Foundation for Children.
The auction, launched at midday CET on 24 July, will continue until 20:00 CET on 4 August.
In addition, the unique memento also comes with adidas’ new match ball plinth made of anodised aluminium in the shape of a triangular prism containing 54 triangles that represent each national association that took part in the 2024 edition of the UEFA European Championship (qualifying included).
You can bid for the signed winning match ball, as well as other unique UEFA competition items, to raise funds for the UEFA Foundation for Children exclusively on Catawiki, an online marketplace for special objects that fulfil people’s passions, via this link.
The UEFA Foundation for Children aims to help children and defend their rights, for example through sport and football. It provides support in the areas of health, education, access to sport, personal development, integration of minorities and employability.
The foundation, a public utility body under Swiss law, was created and started its activities on 24 April 2015. Since then, the foundation has invested €51 million in 500 projects in 135 countries worldwide. More than 2.6 million children have benefited from the foundation's work since its creation.