A ball changes everything

In 2008 Eir released the first football designed to fit the physicality of female players reducing injuries and maximizing the game experience. We - Eir - introduced this new ball idea to reduce the devastating high number of sport injuries among teenage girls and women.

In 2015 we teamed up with UNDP and created the official #SDGBall design. Other ball designs promote women's right to vote, aid to refugee women, and supporting girls leagues.

Proceeds from the sale of the balls go to our work and developing our programs.

If you want to place a bulk order (50+ balls), please reach out to Majken Gilmartin via e-mail. Also if you like to do a special SDGball design with the icons in your local language.

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Five facts about the revolutionary ball

50 % of the players find the Eir Ball better vis-a-vis a standard 5 ball.
86 % of all respondents respond positively to the Eir Ball. Nearly half of all respondents stress that when playing with the Eir ball they have a better feeling.
66 % think it is more fun to play with the Eir Ball.
60 % want to continue to play with the Eir Ball.
53 % say that playing with the EIR Ball is a special experience.

A ball collection supporting women

The VOTE Ball (2020) by Hope Gangloff. Her work is represented by the Susan Inglett Gallery in New York. Find more here: www.hope-gangloff.com and the press release.
The SDG Ball (2015): Supports UN/UNDP and partners in spreading the 17 Global Goals.
Pigernes Stemme (Girls voices) (2016): Supported the biggest research project of youth girl football in Denmark. Created together with Copenhagen University, TrygFonden and the Danish Football Association DBU.
Do Democracy (2015): Celebrates women’s right to vote in Denmark and across the world. Created with Copenhagen Distortion, the Danish Government and former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. She is the first woman to hold this post.
Good Luck (2014): Supporting football camps for refugee women in Denmark. Created together with Danish fashion brand GANNI.
Karma (2013): An initiative supporting performances by girl refugees from Afghanistan and other war torn countries in cooperation with US State Department. Changing the world through sport and music. (orange ball). Created with Hummel and Roskilde Music Festival.
Art Rebels (2012): Raised funds and awareness for Red Cross Asylum United, the first women’s refugee soccer league. Created with Art Rebels, Hummel and Roskilde Music Festival.
Sensational Black (2011): Raised funds for an Afghan women’s and men’s national team bus. Created with Hummel.
Sensational 1 (2008)

The #SDGball is traveling the world

When we created the Global Goals Ball (#SDGball), we had no idea it would become an icon of the Global Goals movement. But it makes sense that an abstract idea like the Global Goals needs a playful physical manifestation to connect our hearts and minds.

The #SDGBall has its own exhibition at the Nobel Peace Museum in Oslo.