The 2010 Route
The Ball 2010 left Battersea Park on 24th Jan 2010 is heading to the Opening Ceremony in Johannesburg for the 11th June 2010.
Written here on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 by Christian Wach

Andrew and Sven with The Ball and The Golf Ball
The Ball is pausing for a short while in Erfurt while Andrew prepares to leave once and for all on the long haul journey to South Africa. In the meantime, there’s time for some fun with friends around this ancient German city.
“Andrew Aris ist wieder in Erfurt – wenn auch nur für kurze Zeit. Der Neuseeländer macht auf seiner “The Ball”-Reise zur WM Station in Thüringen, um den Menschen das 2002 ins Leben gerufene, einzigartige Projekt näherzubringen.” as the Thüringer Allgemeine puts it.
The Ball 2010 left Battersea Park on 24th Jan 2010 is heading to the Opening Ceremony in Johannesburg for the 11th June 2010.
Pass the ball on! Until the start of the 2010 World Cup, all footballs donated via Alive & Kicking's website go to Special Olympics programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.
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What an amazing journey!
The Ball 2006 (Teamgeist) travelled from Battersea Park, London and headed to the Opening Ceremony in Munich, Germany.
The Ball 2002 (Fevernova) was carried 7000 miles across Europe and Asia to the World Cup finals in Korea & Japan.
The video is amazing. Beautiful. Inspiring. Go BALL!
It was so much fun to see the Ball come to Erfurt and actually be part of it! Loved it!
Save travels Andrew!
Thanks guys, it was a brilliant time in Erfurt… a special thank you to the students from the University of Erfurt who made it all possible (Christiane, Robin, Robert, Marius, Paul) and to Spirit of Football e.V. (Johannes, Robert etc…).. great work people!