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Differences between winning and defeated handball teams in competition performance indicators

The aim was to find out differences between the winning and defeated women and men’s handball teams in game performance indicators. The sample of entities was comprised of 60 winning (30 men’s and 30 women’s) teams and 60 defeated (30 men’s and 30 women’s) teams participating in the preliminary round of the handball tournament at the London Olympic Games in 2012. Seventeen variables were occurrence frequencies of both the completed and unsuccessfully executed technical-tactical elements of finishing actions in attack and defence. Canonical discriminant analysis was used to establish the differences between the winning and defeated teams in game performance indicators. The significant differences were obtained in six variables. The winning teams scored significantly higher in the following variables: fastbreak shot scored (p=.01), long range (9-line) shot scored (p=.02), short range (6m-line) shot scored (p=.04), and in one variable of play in defence: blocked balls/shots (p=.03), whereas the defeated teams scored higher in the breakthrough shot scored (p=.01) and long range (9-line) shot missed (p=.03). These differences contributed significantly to the match final outcome. The applied system of handball game performance indicators was proven good in explaining the differences between the winning and defeated men and women’s handball teams and, consequently, in explaining the determinants of match final outcomes.

handball, competition performance, men’s handball, women’s handball, canonical discriminant analysis, 2012 Olympic Games

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