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adidas first to sponsor Euro 2012

Adidas has signed as the first official partner of the Euro 2012 football tournament in a deal also covering all other Uefa national team competitions in the 2010 to 2017 period under the ‘Eurotop’ sponsor banner.

Adidas will create and market the official match balls for the tournaments, as well as a “broad product supply programme” to equip staff, officials, referees, volunteers, and ball-children at the tournaments.

Adidas has been granted retail rights in relation to UEFA’s Euro competitions for the first time and will work with retailer Intersport on a global sales programme.

The tournaments covered by the deal include Euro 2012, Euro 2016, the European Under-21 Championship in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, and the European Women’s Championship in 2013 and 2017.