Relative age effects in European soccer: their association with contextual factors, impact on youth national teams' performance, and presence at the senior level by Gabriele Morganti, Gabriele Morganti, Adam L. Kelly, Alexandra Lascu, Alexandra Lascu, Paolo R. Brustio, Elvira Padua, Cristoforo Filetti, Marco Porta, Gianluca Briotti, Bruno Ruscello, Bruno Ruscello, Bruno Ruscello

“…Furthermore, the BQ distribution of senior national teams (n = 24) that competed at the 2024 UEFA Senior European Soccer Championship was recorded.ResultsChi-square statistics revealed BQ1s were overrepresented at the U17 level (p < 0.001) and showed teams exhibiting low RAEs magnitudes recorded the highest likelihood (odds ratio: 5.67) of finishing the tournament in the bottom four positions. …”
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