FIBA APPROVED. Official game ball for all FIBA competitions world-wide up to and including 2012. New 12-PANEL design. Top grain leather. Carrying the innovative Molten Dual-Cushion Technology. Molten Flat-Pebble Surface and Molten Full-Flat seams. Nylon wound. Butyl bladder. Official size and weight. Now Official Ball for All G.B. Teams. Also, Official ball for Canadian Basketball Association, Danish Basketball Federation, Japanese Basketball League, Basketball New Zealand, Russian & Serbian Basketball Federations.