Sabine Marcelis sculpts Euro 2024 matchball plinths to "encapsulate the love for football"

Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis has created colourful football plinths for the Euro 2024 group stage games, while German studio Gonzalez Haase AAS has designed a stripy aluminium plinth for the opening game.

The designers were invited by sportswear brand Adidas, which makes the official Fussballliebe match ball, to design the plinths on which the balls are placed ahead of the games.

Marcelis wanted her plinths to celebrate the ball itself, while making the plinth more than a rectangular box.