Select Sport

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| name = Select Sport

| logo = Select-Sport Logo.svg

| logo_size = 150px

| type = Private

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1947}}

| founder = Eigil Nielsen

| location_city = Glostrup, Copenhagen

| location_country = Denmark

| key_people = Peter Knap (CEO), Preben Kønig (Chairman)

| industry = Sports equipment

| products = Balls, sportswear, Protective gear

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| homepage = [http://www.select-sport.com/ 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 [https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/derbystar-provides-official-matchball-from-2018-19-season-506927.jsp]

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,{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/864128?referrer_id=2333971 |title=United Soccer Leagues Announces New Partnership with Select|publisher=United Soccer League (USL) |date=6 December 2017 |access-date=6 December 2017}} National Premier Soccer League,{{cite web|url=https://www.npsl.com/news_article/show/908527?referrer_id=1510764 |title=Select Named Official Match Ball Sponsor of the NPSL|publisher=National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) |date=16 April 2018 |access-date=16 April 2018}} NAIA, several NCAA Division II and Division III conferences, and state high school federations in Kentucky and Wisconsin.{{cite web|url=http://www.selectsportamerica.com/sponsor/ |title=Sponsor |publisher=Select Sport America |access-date=19 March 2015}}

History

It was founded in 1947 by Eigil Nielsen,[http://www.select.dk/script/site/page.asp?artid=142 SELECT - The origin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809101535/http://www.select.dk/script/site/page.asp?artid=142 |date=9 August 2012 }}, Select.dk {{in lang|da}}, retrieved 10 June 2012 the former goalkeeper of the Denmark national team.

In 1962, Select manufactured and marketed the first 32-panel ball.{{cite web|title=SELECT Since 1947|url=http://www.selectsportamerica.com/history/|publisher=SELECT|access-date=21 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702050750/http://www.selectsportamerica.com/history/|archive-date=2 July 2015}} Based loosely on the geodesic dome designs of R. Buckminster Fuller,[http://www.soccerballworld.com/Historypg2.htm The history of the soccer ball], Soccerballworld.com {{in lang|en}}, retrieved 29 May 2008 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.[http://www.select-sport.com/script/site/page.asp?artid=61&cat_id=58 About SELECT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602085129/http://www.select-sport.com/script/site/page.asp?artid=61&cat_id=58 |date=2008-06-02 }}, Select-sport.com {{in lang|da}}, retrieved 27 May 2008

Products

Select Sport manufactures and commercializes a variety of products for several sports. The following chart contains all the product lines by the company.[https://www.wilson.com/en-us Company products] on Wilson website, 13 Mar 2019

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" width="650px" ! width=150px\|Sport ! width=500px\|Range of products
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