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The connection between the number of medals won at the world and European football championships of European countries and the number of inhabitants, country size and GDP

PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper was to establish the correlation between GDP / $, total population in millions, country size in km2 and the total number of medals won by seventeen European countries at the world and European football championships. METHODS: The analysis included seventeen European countries which won medals at the world and European football championships. Predictor variables in this paper comprised: GDP per capita ($), country size (km2), and total population (million). Data on the predictor variables were collected from the World Bank website and date from 2015. The criterion variable represents the total number of medals won by the European countries at the world and European football championships. RESULTS: The value of Spearman correlation coefficient between the total number of European medals won at the world and European soccer championships and the total number of people in a country is 0.523. This coefficient points to the statistically significant correlation between the total number of medals a European country won at the world and European football championships and the total number of inhabitants of the country. This means that the greater number of people in the country means the greater number of medals won at the world and European soccer championships. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the research showed that more populated countries, unlike those less populated, were likely to win more medals at the world and European football championships, while the country’s size and GDP per capita did not effect sports results. Statistically significant correlation has been established between the total population (million) of a country and the total number of medals won at the world and European football championships.

European countries, football championships, medals, number of inhabitants, country size, GDP

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