With the FIFA World Cup 2022 kicking off in Qatar in less than three months, Adidas released a slew of new national team kits to keep the hype level high.
The stories of five nations are captured and expressed through adidas's innovative Home and Away federation kit designs for the world's biggest sporting stage.
Both Home and Away jerseys aim to connect players and fans through shared identity, to create a sense of belonging and confidence throughout the tournament.
Ahead of the tournament, the kits will be debuted on the pitch by the respective women's and men's national teams in the upcoming match windows.
GERMANY – Home and Away
Perhaps the highest profile kits released Monday belong to Germany — four-time World Cup champions and home to Adidas's corporate headquarters. Like most German home kits over the years, the FIFA World Cup 2022 version is predominantly white, but this time there is a broad black stripe running vertically down the centre of the shirt.
The Adidas logo and national team crest appear in gold and centered on the chest within the black stripe.
The crew neck collar, sleeve cuffs, shoulder stripes and side panels are black, and the collar and side stripes feature red and yellow trim, mirroring the German flag.
The away kit features a dark red geometric pattern on a black base. The Adidas logo and national team crest again appear in one-colour gold applications. The collar and sleeve cuffs are again black, while the shoulder stripes are gold. A dark red stripe runs along the side and back hem.
JAPAN – Home and Away
Meanwhile, Japan has stuck with its traditional royal blue base for its 2022 home kits, but added a white geometric pattern that reinforces an "origami" concept.
The collar is royal blue, while the shoulder stripes and side panels are white. A red stripe runs down the sides and cross the back hem.
The origami pattern is also seen on the sleeves of the white away kit, made up of overlapping red and blue lines. The collar, shoulder
SPAIN – Home and Away
Spain have kept things relatively simple for their 2022 World Cup home kits. They'll be solid red, with navy blue accents in the shoulder stripes and side panels.
The collar is navy blue with red and yellow stripes running through it and a blue insert at the front. The side stripes are blue and yellow. A yellow Adidas logo sits on the right chest, while the left chest is home to a new streamlined Spanish national team crest.
The away kit, however, is where Spain lets their hair down. It's light blue with a tonal pattern of streaks and semicircles all over. The crest and Adidas logo sit in the middle of the chest.
The crew neck collar is light blue with tonal trim, and the shoulder stripes alternate red and yellow to mirror the Spanish flag.
ARGENTINA – Away
Like Spain, Argentina stuck to tradition with their home kit, released in early July, but have gone outside the box their away kit. The shirt is predominantly purple, with a tonal pattern forming flames emanating from the bottom of the jersey.
Lighter purple accents include the shoulder stripes, the trim on the collar insert, stripes around each sleeves, the side panels and the side and back hem stripes.
Adidas says the jersey is "powered by national pride and the quest for a fairer world. Representing gender equality, its vibrant purple hues combine with fiery graphics inspired by the national flag's Sun of May."
MEXICO – Away
Mexico's home kit, also released in early July, was inspired by the Aztec god Quetzalcóatl, and that inspiration from ancient gods carries forward into the away kit. The base is off-white and features a dark red pattern of "Mixtec art and Aztec deities to summon the fighting spirit required to rule the soccer world."
Most of the accents are dark red, save for some dark green trim around the collar. The new national team crest also appears in monochromatic red.
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