Table 2 Basic descriptors (mean and standard deviation), chi-squared statistic, p-value, and the effect sizes of the differences (Cohen's d) for each variable according to the context in each phase. Data are means (±SD).
| Variable |
Preliminary (n=62) |
Classification (n = 42) |
Semi-final / Bronze medal / Gold medal (n = 20) |
| Winners |
Losers |
X2 |
p |
ES |
Winners |
Losers |
X2 |
p |
ES |
Winners |
Losers |
X2 |
p |
ES |
| Goals (%)a |
46.6 (12.3) |
24.9 (8.7) |
158.4 |
.092 |
2.04 |
40.3 (12.6) |
28.2 (8.4) |
98.7 |
.101 |
1.13 |
38.9 (11.3) |
25.8 (9.7) |
46.0 |
.349 |
1.24 |
| Action goals (%)a |
37.8±16.9) |
21.5 (16.5) |
87.8 |
.074 |
.98 |
33.7 (17.3) |
20.8 (13.3) |
42.5 |
.493 |
.84 |
35.9 (14.5) |
16.8 (16.3) |
30.9 |
.191 |
.65 |
| Centre goals (%)a |
48.6±33.2) |
19.1 (34.1) |
52.8 |
.002 |
.88 |
48.8 (37.1) |
27.1 (35.0) |
23.5 |
.132 |
.60 |
31.5 (30.8) |
25.7 (29.6) |
12.7 |
.468 |
.19 |
| Power-play goals (%)a |
65.9±26.3) |
46.9 (31.0) |
59.9 |
.004 |
.66 |
62 (26.4) |
45.9 (28.1) |
39.0 |
.064 |
.59 |
53.6 (24.6) |
44.1 (26.1) |
15.8 |
.466 |
.37 |
| 5 m goals (%)a |
31.2±24.4) |
13.2 (12.5) |
71.1 |
.010 |
.93 |
21.9 (20.5) |
14.9 (15.0) |
31.9 |
.785 |
.39 |
26.7 (18.4) |
9.8 (10.7) |
34.3 |
.192 |
1.12 |
| Penalty goals (%)a |
37.1 (45.0) |
32.7 (45.6) |
4.3 |
.371 |
.10 |
58.7 (48.0) |
41.1 (45.7) |
9.9 |
.193 |
.38 |
55.0 (51.0) |
65 (46.2) |
3.8 |
.147 |
-.21 |
| Counterattack goals (%)a |
45.7 (44.8) |
11.6 (31.0) |
35.0 |
<.001 |
.89 |
35.8 (45.3) |
18.9 (36.6) |
12.0 |
.099 |
.41 |
41.7 (48.2) |
30 (44.1) |
6.9 |
.139 |
.25 |
| Assists (n) |
5.6 (4.1) |
2.3 (2.2) |
49.5 |
.001 |
1.00 |
4.1 (2.7) |
3 (2.4) |
13.0 |
.293 |
.43 |
3.8 (1.8) |
3.0 (1.8) |
4.4 |
.886 |
.44 |
| Offensive fouls (n) |
12.8 (3.4) |
17.8 (6.1) |
46.9 |
.005 |
-1.01 |
13.7 (3.9) |
15.8 (4.9) |
13.9 |
.788 |
-.47 |
14.2 (4.4) |
13.4 (3.9) |
15.3 |
.431 |
.19 |
| Steals (n) |
8.8 (4.9) |
5.5 (2.4) |
38.7 |
.003 |
.86 |
8.4 (3.6) |
6.3 (2.5) |
18.2 |
.254 |
.68 |
6.7 (3.5) |
5.7 (3.0) |
15.8 |
.262 |
.31 |
| Blocked shots (n) |
2.4 (1.6) |
1.5 (1.6) |
26.6 |
<.001 |
.56 |
2.5 (1.8) |
2.1 (1.5) |
9.6 |
.294 |
.24 |
2.5 (2.1) |
1.9 (1.7) |
9.8 |
.200 |
.31 |
| Won sprints (%)b |
63.4 (29.3) |
36.3 (29.6) |
39.7 |
<.001 |
.92 |
60.6 (29.6) |
36.8 (29.0) |
18.2 |
.011 |
.81 |
57.5 (24.5) |
42.5 (24.5) |
9.2 |
.163 |
.61 |
| Timeouts (n) |
1.2 (.8) |
1.5 (.5) |
18.2 |
<.001 |
-.45 |
1.4 (.7) |
1.6 (.6) |
4.1 |
.249 |
-.31 |
1.3 (.8) |
1.6 (.5) |
5.3 |
.149 |
-.45 |
| Exclusions (n) |
.5 (.8) |
.7 (.7) |
8.6 |
.125 |
-.27 |
.7 (1.1) |
.5 (.8) |
2.8 |
.593 |
.21 |
1.0 (1.2) |
.7 (1.0) |
4.3 |
.358 |
.27 |
| G.B. shots (%)c |
59.3 (11.7) |
37.7 (12.6) |
143.1 |
.039 |
1.78 |
54.5 (12.0) |
41.9 (15.5) |
75.0 |
.446 |
.91 |
56.3 (14.2) |
44.8 (13.6) |
37.3 |
.454 |
.83 |
| G.B. even shots (%)c |
63.2 (27.1) |
45.2 (23.4) |
57.2 |
.073 |
.71 |
64.0 (23.5) |
51.5 (22.8) |
33.3 |
.3.55 |
.54 |
71.7 (28.7) |
48.5 (21.3) |
22.3 |
.019 |
.92 |
| G.B. centre shots (%)c |
33.7 (43.6) |
34.6 (33.5) |
40.5 |
.130 |
-.02 |
39.7 (42.2) |
21.5 (30.1) |
18.9 |
.126 |
.50 |
40.8 (41.4) |
42.4 (38.3) |
9.2 |
.513 |
-.04 |
| G.B. inferiority s. (%)c |
34 (33.7) |
22.9 (23.7) |
47.4 |
.009 |
.38 |
33.7 (31.1) |
23.2 (26.3) |
21.8 |
.295 |
.36 |
36.7 (31.4) |
29.7 (27.6) |
8.7 |
.731 |
.24 |
| G.B. 5 m shots (%)c |
75.3 (23.2) |
43.4 (31.9) |
74.8 |
<.001 |
1.14 |
64.3 (32.6) |
55.3 (33.5) |
29.3 |
.170 |
.27 |
79.6 (20.9) |
57.7 (26.1) |
16.0 |
.355 |
.93 |
| G.B. penalty shots (%)c |
4.0 (16.4) |
14.5 (30.2) |
5.4 |
.273 |
-.43 |
12.3 (26.8) |
6.9 (23.3) |
6.6 |
.475 |
.22 |
7.5 (24.5) |
5.0 (22.4) |
1.0 |
.600 |
.11 |
| G.B. counterattacks (%)c |
11.3 (31.9) |
14.2 (29.9) |
17.7 |
.168 |
-.09 |
13.6 (32.1) |
6.3 (22.1) |
7.0 |
.430 |
.26 |
7.5 (24.5) |
0 (0) |
5.2 |
.157 |
.43 |
| Possessions (n) |
43.5 (4.8) |
42.0 (3.7) |
18.9 |
.530 |
.35 |
42.1 (4.5) |
41.9 (4.2) |
22.1 |
.277 |
.05 |
40.1 (3.7) |
40.7 (4.4) |
10.4 |
.735 |
-.15 |
| Possession time (min) |
15.2 (1.4) |
16.6 (1.4) |
120.0 |
.356 |
-1.00 |
16.0 (1.2) |
16.1 (1.4) |
78 |
.511 |
-.08 |
15.9 (1.6) |
15.6 (1.2) |
40.0 |
.338 |
.21 |
= number of shots converted / number of shots. = number sprints won / number of sprints swum. = number of shots saved / number of shots.
