Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

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

Winners

Losers

X²

Winners

Losers

X²

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)

.511

-.08

15.9 (1.6)

15.6 (1.2)

40.0

.338

.21