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Football was first played in Egypt as part of a fertility rite, during the third century BC. The leather ball was invented by the Chinese in the fourth century BC. The Chinese topped these balls with bristles. This arose when one of the five great rulers in ancient China, Fu-Hi, passionate inventor, apelmasó several hard roots to form a spherical mass which covered with pieces of rawhide. Had just invented the ball. The first thing she did was just play pass from hand to hand. Not used in tournaments.