2017.01.01 FIFA QUALITY And FIFA QUALITY PROUpdate:2018-09-13 09:23:17     Source: CGT Artificial Turf

New FIFA standards of FIFA QUALITY and FIFA QUALITY PRO were published on OCT. 25, 2015 and are now taking into effect from Jan.01, 2017 after more than one year’s co-existence of old & new standards.

In order to carry any of the new FIFA quality marks, footballs must qualify for the latest quality standards as per the Testing Manual 2015 for the FIFA Quality Programme for Footballs, passing tests of even greater stringency, including reductions in water uptake across all quality levels, as well as a shape-and-size-retention test.