The creation of goal scoring opportunities at the 2015 women’s world cup

Scanlan, Mark; Harms, Craig; Wilkie, Jodie Cochrane; Ma’ayah, Fadi

doi:10.1177/1747954120942051

Cited by 20 publications

(28 citation statements)

References 11 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…On the other hand, the nearer to the rival goal is the start of the offensive action, the greater the probability of success in ball possessions. This was the very conclusion that Scanlan et al [21] came to after analysing the creation of goal opportunities in the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015. These results agree with the existing bibliography on men's elite soccer in which there is great consensus concerning the influence of these criteria on the success of possessions [19,20,22,25,26].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…In women's soccer, it was also seen that this was a variable that modified ball possession following analysis of the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 [18]. The kind of start of possession and the zone in which it was produced proved to be tactical indicators significantly linked to success in men's soccer [19,20] and in women's soccer [21]. It was also shown that once possession of the ball was recovered, the offensive tactical intention [22] significantly modified the development of offensive actions in men's soccer: the teams that showed a tactical intention to move quickly towards the rival goal had a greater probability of finishing their offensive actions successfully.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the existing evidence concerning the behaviour of the tactical and contextual criteria and success in men's soccer, women's soccer is currently devoid of a high number of references that would allow clear conclusions to be reached about this aspect [31]. In spite of the increase over the last few years in publications that have allowed conclusions to be made regarding technical [3,[5][6][7] or tactical parameters [18,21,32], a more in-depth analysis is needed of this soccer that has awakened so much interest in the last decade [33].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Multivariate Analysis of the Offensive Phase in High-Performance Women’s Soccer: A Mixed Methods Study

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Currently, there are still few studies on the tactical and contextual criteria that determine offensive success in women’s soccer. The objectives of this study were to discover contextual and tactical criteria that show an association with success in elite women’s soccer and to establish a multivariate predictive model for the offensive phase. For this, 2323 ball possessions were analyzed in FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 via direct observation. In addition, eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with women’s soccer coaches and players. For direct observation, a bivariate analysis between the analysed criteria and possession’s outcome was suggested. Additionally, a multivariate predictive analysis was proposed via a decision tree method. To analyze the interviews, a sequential analysis of delays and polar coordinates analysis were carried out. It was established a multi-variant model of offensive success based on possession zone (middle offensive), initial offensive intention (progress) and start zone (preoffensive or offensive) criteria. The probability of offensive success was 75.2% interactively between those criteria. In addition, the analysis of the interviews allowed us to conclude that criteria related to technical–tactical performance, decision-making and physical capacities of the players will be decisive in increasing the probabilities of success.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Multivariate Analysis of the Offensive Phase in High-Performance Women’s Soccer: A Mixed Methods Study

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…According to Kirkendall and Urbaniak [ 38 ], only 25% of football-related publications focus on women’s football. Some of the studies published on tactical aspects [ 39 , 40 , 41 ] focus on the differences between both types of football. Specifically, it was shown that the duration of the attack, as well such as the starting area of this, were significant criteria when evaluating the probability of obtaining offensive success by the teams analyzed.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Identification of Explanatory Variables in Possession of the Ball in High-Performance Women’s Football

Maneiro

Losada

Casal

et al. 2021

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Women’s football is a phenomenon that is experiencing an unstoppable increase in recent years. The objective of this study was to analyze how ball possessions are performed in high-performance women’s football. For this, the 52 matches played by all the national teams participating in the Women’s World Cup 2015 were analyzed. A total of 3740 ball possessions were examined. Using the “move outcome” variable as a reference criterion, a statistically significant relationship was found between possessions that ended in success and possessions that have failed. Specifically, the successful possessions were those that were made in the offensive zone, with a clear intention to progress towards the rival goal, with a low number of passes, and made in the second half of the matches. The results of the logistic regression showed that the proposed model is statistically significant, with an acceptable explanatory capacity. Finally, the results of the decision tree evidence the success of those possessions aiming at a quick completion, with very few passes and the offensive zone as a priority area for the possession.

show abstract

“…En relación con estos criterios, varias publicaciones han analizado el desarrollo y resultado de las posesiones de balón en fútbol femenino en la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA de Canadá 2015. Scanlan et al (2020) analizaron qué criterios determinaban la consecución de oportunidades de gol, encontrando que las posesiones de balón que daban comienzo mediante un robo a una interceptación, finalizaban en mayor medida en una oportunidad de gol. Por otro lado, un estudio presentado por Maneiro et al (2021) demostró que existía una asociación significativa entre el éxito ofensivo en las posesiones de balón y los criterios: i) temporalidad: se observó una mayor probabilidad de que las acciones ofensivas finalizaran con éxito en las segundas partes (p<.001); ii) intención inicial ofensiva: las posesiones que daban comienzo mediante una intención de progresar rápidamente finalizaron con éxito en mayor medida (p<.001); iii) tiempo de posesión (p<.001) y iv) número de pases (p<.001).…”

Section: Introductionunclassified

Posesión de balón en fútbol femenino: el juego de las mejores selecciones (Ball possession in women´s football: the game of the best teams)

Iván-Baragaño¹,

Maneiro²,

Losada³

et al. 2022

Retos

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

El conocimiento científico sobre el rendimiento táctico en fútbol femenino se ha desarrollado principalmente en los últimos años. Por este motivo, el número de publicaciones en relación con esta temática aún es escaso. Los objetivos de este trabajo fueron describir cómo desarrollaron las posesiones de balón las selecciones mejor clasificadas en la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA Francia 2019 y conocer las diferencias tácticas en el inicio, desarrollo y resultado de las posesiones de balón entre estas selecciones. Para alcanzar estos objetivos, fueron analizadas 1.148 posesiones de balón llevadas a cabo por las selecciones semifinalistas en la fase final de la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA Francia 2019 a partir de la metodología observacional. Los resultados de este estudio permitieron probar la existencia de diferencias entre las selecciones analizadas para los criterios: resultado temporal (p<.001), posicionamiento defensivo rival (p<.05), configuración espacial de interacción (p<.005), intención inicial ofensiva (p<.001) e intención inicial defensiva (p<.05). Por otro lado, no fueron encontradas diferencias en el resultado de la acción (p=.114) entre estas selecciones. Los resultados obtenidos permiten concluir que, a pesar de las diferencias demostradas en el desarrollo de las posesiones de balón, el grado de éxito ofensivo obtenido por las mejores selecciones fue similar. Esto pone de manifiesto la posibilidad de alcanzar el éxito ofensivo en fútbol femenino de élite mediante diferentes estrategias, adaptadas a las características del equipo. Abstract. Scientific knowledge on tactical performance in women's soccer has developed mainly in recent years. For this reason, the number of publications on this topic is still low. The objectives of this work were to describe how the top-ranked teams developed possession of the ball at the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 and to understand the tactical differences in the start, development and result of possession of the ball between these teams. To achieve these objectives, 1,148 ball possessions carried out by the semifinalist teams in the final phase of the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 were analyzed using the observational methodology. The results of this study made it possible to test the existence of differences between the selections analyzed for the criteria: match status (p<.001), defensive positioning (p<.05), interaction context (p<.005), initial offensive intention (p<.001) and initial defensive intention (p<.05). On the other hand, no differences were found in the possession outcome (p= .114) between these selections. The results obtained allow us to conclude that, despite the differences demonstrated in the development of ball possession, the degree of offensive success obtained by the best teams was similar. This highlights the possibility of attaining offensive success in elite women's football through different strategies, adapted to the characteristics of the team.

show abstract

The creation of goal scoring opportunities at the 2015 women’s world cup

Cited by 20 publications

References 11 publications

Multivariate Analysis of the Offensive Phase in High-Performance Women’s Soccer: A Mixed Methods Study

Multivariate Analysis of the Offensive Phase in High-Performance Women’s Soccer: A Mixed Methods Study

Identification of Explanatory Variables in Possession of the Ball in High-Performance Women’s Football

Posesión de balón en fútbol femenino: el juego de las mejores selecciones (Ball possession in women´s football: the game of the best teams)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About