It was selected by a public vote organised by the Local Organising Committee and Adidas, with over one million Brazilian football fans voting. Adidas had been developing the ball for over 2 years, and had worked with many teams and players to ensure the ball was acceptable.

Attractive Design: With their sleek and vibrant design, these soccer balls will catch everyone’s eye on the field. If you compare this to the Teamgeist (the official ball at the 2006 World Cup in Germany), the areas apart from the seams were very smooth. On 7 December 2013, Major League Soccer announced a FIFA-approved version of the Brazuca as the official match ball for the league's 2014 season. It is the third special ball for FIFA World Cup final matches, after the +Teamgeist Berlin ( 2006) and the Jo'bulani ( 2010). It is designed by the company Adidas, a FIFA Partner and FIFA World Cup official match ball supplier since 1970.

The Adidas Brazuca ( Portuguese pronunciation: [bɾɐˈzukɐ]) was the official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was held in Brazil. The ball has appeared in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, DFB-Pokal final as well as disguised as the Adidas Cafusa in international friendly matches. According to FIFA, "the informal term 'brazuca' (our fellow) is used by Brazilians to describe national pride in the Brazilian way of life", and "mirroring their approach to football, it symbolises emotion, pride and goodwill to all". The following competition used Brazuca ball which was also used in the World Cup, unless named different. The Brazuca ball has been stated to avoid aerodynamic problems with the Jabulani ball used in South Africa for the previous World Cup.

The Brazuca has six thermally bonded propeller-shaped panels, less than the eight of the Jabulani, the 14 of the Teamgeist or the 32 of traditional footballs.A second supplier, Forward Sports (based in Sialkot, Pakistan), was brought in to help manufacture the ball. The Brazuca official match ball has only 6 flat parts, 12 seams and 8 joint points - but the seams do not go along the edges of the cube they go over a complex curve. The term is also used as slang for "Brazilian" and became well-known abroad due to the Brazilian diaspora. For Simon Choppin, "the seams are more effective agitators of the air, so the knuckling effect is less likely to occur at high speeds. The match ball for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final, announced on 29 May 2014, featured a variation of the Adidas Brazuca named the Adidas Brazuca Final Rio.