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Handball Performance Indicators of Winning Teams in Group Stage Matches of the 2016 Olympic Games Tournament. Is There Any Difference Between the Winners?

The aim of the study was to determine performance indicators of winning teams of the Olympic handball tournament preliminary round and to analyse if there is any statistically significant difference between the winners in two groups. The sample of entities consisted of 28 games played during the group stage of the competition. The sample of variables described situational efficiency of a team and it was consisted of 20 items of performance indicators (16 of them are related to the attack phase and 4 of them to the play in defence). The differences between the two groups of winning teams were determined using Mann-Whitney U-test. Obtained results have shown statistically significant difference between winning teams in following variables: successful 7-metre throw, successful break-through – a goal scored and 2-minute suspension. It indicates that in one group there has been more confrontations between the opponent players in 1:1 situation which resulted in goals scored after breaking the defence wall or being awarded 7-metre throw accompanied with additional 2-minute suspension for the defence player. It would be interesting to research if this made any difference for the final outcome of the next phase in the tournament.

team handball ; Olympic games men ; preliminary round ; performance indicators

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