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Possession tactics in the UEFA women’s EURO 2022 soccer tournament

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  • Peter O’Donoghue
  • Saffron Beckley

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The purpose of the current investigation was to compare different types of possession between the 8 quarter-finalists at the Euro 2022 soccer tournament and the 8 teams eliminated at the group stage, as well as compare the percentage of possessions leading to shots between different types of possession. Possessions were classified as having a slow pass rate if there were fewer than 1 pass played per 3s on average, otherwise they had a higher pass rate. Quarter-finalists had a significantly greater number of possessions of 9 passes or more with a slow pass rate than teams eliminated at the group stage (p = 0.028), and they created shots from a significantly greater percentage of these (p = 0.007). Possession type had a significant influence on the percentage of possessions leading to a shot (p

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  • Peter O’Donoghue & Saffron Beckley, 2023. "Possession tactics in the UEFA women’s EURO 2022 soccer tournament," International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(1), pages 48-64, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpanxx:v:23:y:2023:i:1:p:48-64
    DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2023.2206273
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