The possession game? A comparative analysis of ball retention and team success in European and international football, 2007–2010. Pamukkale Journal of Sport Sciences, 3(3), 90–103. Study of Successful Teams on FIFA World Cup 2010 through Notational Analysis. Handbook of soccer match analysis: A systematic approach to improving performance. Journal of the American Statistical Association, pp. Heteroscedastic One-Way ANOVA and Lack-of-Fit Tests. This separation in the passing statistics was quite outstanding as there was no overall difference between different success groups within the tournament.Īkritas, M.
Germany also protruded with their free flowing and accurate passing to create their goal scoring chances. The winner of the WC 2014 stood out with a high efficiency for creating high percentage goal scoring opportunities and in converting them. As a general pattern, teams attacked mostly on the left side of the pitch and through the middle. As main difference, it could be found that successful teams had more high-percentage goal scoring opportunities within the penalty area. The results of this study could show that successful teams score more goals through open play and via set pieces. Analyses of variance among groups of teams were made in order to characterize the performance parameters and find differences that can explain the efficacy of the teams on competition. In addition, we analysed the winner of the FIFA World Cup 2014 in more detail to see if and in which ways they stood out within this tournament. The main objective of this study was to analyse performance parameters and characterize the most successful teams on FIFA World Cup 2014, in order to describe the most relevant parameters that can improve the efficacy of the teams. Analysis of game related statistics provides opportunities to analyse the characteristics and tactical patterns of the teams in order to improve the quality of the training and quality of the opponent’s observation.