Ball Tests for Footballs / Handballs / Volleyballs
Device description and purpose
Empa is a certified laboratory to conduct various ball testing according to the standards provided through the respective associations: FIFA, IHF, and FIVB.
The following test methods can be performed for footballs, handballs, and volleyballs:
- Determination of sphericity and circumference
- Determination of rebound height and force
- Weighing value
- Determination of loss of pressure
- Shape and size retention
- Balance
- Water absorption
Related standards
- FIFA Quality Programme for Footballs (outdoor, futsal and beach soccer balls) Test Manual, 1 December 2023 / Version 1.2
- IHF Ball Reglement, Ausgabe 9.Dezember 2020
- FIVB HOMOLOGATION REGULATIONS 2022