sports equipment manufacturer based in glostrup denmark . it was founded in 1947 by eigil nielsen 1 the former goalkeeper of the danish national football team . in the late 1950s or early 1960s select manufactured and marketed the first 32 panel soccer ball . 2 3 based loosely on the geodesic dome designs of r. buckminster fuller 3 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 . 4 as of 2008 select provides the danish football association with footballs and also several clubs in the danish belgian and russian top football leagues use select balls . 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 naia several ncaa division ii and division iii conferences and state high school federations in kentucky and wisconsin . 5 contents 1 sponsorships 1.1 football 1.1.1 associations 1.1.2 club teams 1.2 handball 1.2.1 national teams 1.3 deaf futsal 1.3.1 club teams 2 references 3 external links sponsorships edit select sport is the official supplier and sponsor of numerous association football teams players and associations including football edit associations edit superliga club teams edit sarpsborg 08 since 2015 troms since 2016 brage since 2015 handball edit national teams edit austria chile deaf futsal edit club teams edit abu dhabi since 2016 references edit select the origin select.dk danish retrieved 10 june 2012 select since 1947 . select . retrieved 2015 07 21 . a b the history of the soccer ball soccerballworld.com english retrieved 29 may 2008 about select select sport.com danish retrieved 27 may 2008 sponsor . select sport america . retrieved 19 march 2015 . external links edit official website english danish official usa website unofficial website danish this danish corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title select sport & oldid 727247171 categories sportswear brandssporting goods manufacturers of denmarkdanish company stubshidden categories articles with danish language external linksall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskespa olfran ais suomi edit links this page was last modified on 27 june 2016 at 17 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view