Qualitative Team Formation Analysis in Football: A Case Study of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
In this paper, we explore the use of the Static Qualitative Trajectory Calculus (QTCS), a qualitative spatiotemporal method based on the QTC, for the analysis of team formations in football. While methods for team formation analysis in sports are predominantly quantitative in nature, QTCS enables th...
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| description | In this paper, we explore the use of the Static Qualitative Trajectory Calculus (QTCS), a qualitative spatiotemporal method based on the QTC, for the analysis of team formations in football. While methods for team formation analysis in sports are predominantly quantitative in nature, QTCS enables the comparison of team formations by describing the relative positions between players in a qualitative manner, which is more related to the way players position themselves on the field. QTCS has the potential to allow to monitor to what extent a football team plays according to a coach’s predetermined formation. When applied to multiple matches of one team, the method can contribute to the definition of the playing style of a team. We present an experiment aimed at identifying the team formation played by Belgian national football team during the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in France. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22505e8a71eb41dcbc0882aa960c18382022-12-22T01:23:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-07-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.863216863216Qualitative Team Formation Analysis in Football: A Case Study of the 2018 FIFA World CupJasper Beernaerts0Bernard De Baets1Matthieu Lenoir2Nico Van de Weghe3CartoGIS, Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumKERMIT, Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumCartoGIS, Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumIn this paper, we explore the use of the Static Qualitative Trajectory Calculus (QTCS), a qualitative spatiotemporal method based on the QTC, for the analysis of team formations in football. While methods for team formation analysis in sports are predominantly quantitative in nature, QTCS enables the comparison of team formations by describing the relative positions between players in a qualitative manner, which is more related to the way players position themselves on the field. QTCS has the potential to allow to monitor to what extent a football team plays according to a coach’s predetermined formation. When applied to multiple matches of one team, the method can contribute to the definition of the playing style of a team. We present an experiment aimed at identifying the team formation played by Belgian national football team during the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in France.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.863216/fullfootballteam formation analysisteam behaviorQTCWorld Cup |
| spellingShingle | Jasper Beernaerts Bernard De Baets Matthieu Lenoir Nico Van de Weghe Qualitative Team Formation Analysis in Football: A Case Study of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Frontiers in Psychology football team formation analysis team behavior QTC World Cup |
| title | Qualitative Team Formation Analysis in Football: A Case Study of the 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| title_full | Qualitative Team Formation Analysis in Football: A Case Study of the 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| title_fullStr | Qualitative Team Formation Analysis in Football: A Case Study of the 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| title_full_unstemmed | Qualitative Team Formation Analysis in Football: A Case Study of the 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| title_short | Qualitative Team Formation Analysis in Football: A Case Study of the 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| title_sort | qualitative team formation analysis in football a case study of the 2018 fifa world cup |
| topic | football team formation analysis team behavior QTC World Cup |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.863216/full |
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