Select Sport

Select Sport
Type Private
Industry Sports equipment
Founded 1947
Founder Eigil Nielsen
Headquarters
Glostrup, Copenhagen
,
Denmark
Key people
 Peter Knap (CEO), Preben Kønig (Chairman)
Products Balls, sportswear, Protective gear
Website select-sport.com

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 [1]

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, National Premier Soccer League, NAIA, several NCAA Division II and Division III conferences, and state high school federations in Kentucky and Wisconsin.

History

It was founded in 1947 by Eigil Nielsen, the former goalkeeper of the Denmark national team.

In 1962, Select manufactured and marketed the first 32-panel ball. Based loosely on the geodesic dome designs of R. Buckminster Fuller, 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.

Products

Select Sport manufactures and commercializes a variety of products for several sports. The following chart contains all the product lines by the company.

Sport 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

Sponsorships

Select Sport is the official supplier and sponsor of numerous teams, players and associations of several sports, including:

Football

National teams

Associations and competitions

Select is official ball supplier for the following football leagues/associations:

Club teams

Handball

National teams

Club teams

  • GOG
  • KIF Kolding
  • Cavigal Nice
  • Dijon Métropole
  • Grand Nancy Métropole
  • Plan-de-Cuques
  • Sélestat Alsace
  • Valence
  • TSV Bayer Dormagen

Former sponsorships

In the past, Select S / A has also been a supplier to important sports teams and associations, including:

National teams

Notes
  1. For Ukrainian First and Second leagues
  2. For USL Championship, USL League One, USL League Two, USL W League, Super Y-League