Colours confirmed for 2017 ball

Voting has closed and the votes have been tallied. The winning colour scheme for the new Westfield FFA Cup 2017 Mitre® ball is...

Design 2 (a two-tone scheme combining the official Westfield FFA Cup Metal Grey with a contrasting pop of red).

FFA Cup Ball B

The red colour scheme received 41.5% of the votes, with Design 3 (an energetic mix of bright and vibrant colours) getting 37.1% and Design 1 (a traditional creative highlighting the official Westfield FFA Cup Gun Metal Grey) 21.4%.

Fans were given the opportunity to vote on the colour scheme of the competition's new ball by visitng the official Westfield FFA Cup Facebook page.

One popular element of last year’s ball that will carry over to the new look is the names of every club competing in the Westfield FFA Cup 2017.

The online competition coincided with the announcement of Mitre® as the ‘Official Ball Supplier’ of the Westfield FFA Cup for the next three years.

This year Westfield FFA Cup balls will use the Delta Hyperseam, the most technologically advanced football Mitre® has ever produced.

The new Delta Hyperseam ball will be used throughout the Westfield FFA Cup Final Rounds and selected Preliminary Round matches.

Jon Godden, Brand Director for Mitre commented, “Mitre are very proud to be the new official ball supplier to Australia’s prestigious FFA Cup. We are delighted to be providing leading innovation through our Delta Hyperseam football to teams and players throughout this special tournament.”

Mitre® Australia Sales Manager Nathan Collins was eagerly anticipating the new partnership with Football Federation Australia. “The FFA Cup has truly captured Australia’s imagination and creates fantastic opportunities for footballers at different tiers to perform on the big stage.”

Greg Cowan, Head of International Business Development added, “It is a great privilege to have Mitre as the official ball supplier to the FFA Cup of Australia. As the Head of International Business Development for the brand and a proud Australian, I am delighted that we are exporting the best balls to this fantastic tournament.”

Mitre® is the world’s oldest sports brand with over 200 years of heritage supplying high quality match balls to some of the biggest football competitions around the world.