Do inter-continental playing styles exist? Using social network analysis to compare goals from the 2016 EURO and COPA football tournaments knock-out stages

Scott McLean; Paul M Salmon; Adam D Gorman; Mitchell Naughton; Colin Solomon

doi:10.1080/1463922X.2017.1290158

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Do inter-continental playing styles exist? Using social network analysis to compare goals from the 2016 EURO and COPA football tournaments knock-out stages

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Do inter-continental playing styles exist? Using social network analysis to compare goals from the 2016 EURO and COPA football tournaments knock-out stages

Scott McLean, Paul M Salmon, Adam D Gorman, Mitchell Naughton and Colin Solomon

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Vol.18(4), pp.370-383

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1463922X.2017.1290158

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football

goals

performance analysis

social network analysis

The current study applied social network analysis (SNA) to the passing networks leading to goals scored by successful teams during the knock-out stages of the 2016 European football championships (EURO) and COPA America football championships (COPA). The aim was to test SNA as a method for analysing the structure of passes leading to goals and to determine whether there were any differences between the passing networks associated with goals scored, by countries of the two different continents. The passes leading to goals during each tournament were represented as networks and analysed using SNA metrics. Additional analysis examined the duration of the networks, and location on the pitch in which the passing network originated and where the goals were scored from. No differences were found for all SNA metrics, network duration, and pitch locations between teams from the 2016 EURO and COPA tournaments. Despite previously reported differences in style between European football and football in the Americas, the findings indicate that the passing networks immediately prior to goals scored by teams from both continents are similar. © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

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Title: Do inter-continental playing styles exist? Using social network analysis to compare goals from the 2016 EURO and COPA football tournaments knock-out stages
Authors: Scott McLean (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Adam D Gorman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Mitchell Naughton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Colin Solomon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Vol.18(4), pp.370-383
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2017.1290158
ISSN: 1463-922X
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science; School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450525802621
Output Type: Journal article

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