Nike Cachaña is an

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designed and manufactured by Nike. Based on the

Nike Ordem The Nike Ordem is a brand of association footballs designed by Nike. The ball consists of 12 panel in a three-layer casing system, with traditional hexagonal and pentagonal patch patterns, similarly to Adidas' classic 1970 Telstar design.

, it was the official match ball for the

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The name derived from

Chilean Spanish Chilean Spanish ( es, español chileno) is any of several varieties of the Spanish language spoken in most of Chile. Chilean Spanish dialects have distinctive pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and slang usages that differ from those of Stand ...

language, the word ''cachaña'' referred to " dribbling",Real Academia Española
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on ''La Tercera'', Nov 2014 a colloquial term used in Chilean

street football The terms street football and street soccer (American and Canadian English) encompass a number of informal varieties of association football. These informal pick up games do not necessarily follow the requirements of a formal game of footbal ...

. This ball is designed with white as its main appearance featured with blue and red applications, representing the host nation

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. The colours of the Chilean flag make a statement in the design of this ball: the red representing the people, the blue symbolizing the Chilean sky, and the white for the Andes that so strongly define the geography of this country.

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