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Table 1 The number of player rotations in the starting line-up per team (median ± Q)

From: In which rounds were the most rotations of key players made, and how did this affect physical activity? Analysis of the eight best teams of the 2018 FIFA world cup Russia

Variables

Type of player

Group stage

Knockout stage

H

(sig)

MC

(p ≤ 0.05)

1st

(1)

2nd

(2)

3rd

(3)

Round of 16 (4)

Quarter-final

(5)

Semi-final (6)

Final/3rd place match (7)

Number of rotation KPs on NKPs

Total

All KP

2.00

±

0.50

5.00

±

2.00

1.00

±

1.50

2.00

±

0.50

0.00

±

0.00

1.00

±

0.50

131.248

(0.001)

3 > 2,4,5,6,7;

6 < 2,3,4,5,7;

More successful

All KP

1.00

±

0.50

7.00

±

1.00

0.00

±

0.50

1.00

±

1.00

0.00

±

0.00

1.00

±

0.50

118.286

(0.001)

3 > 2,4,5,6,7;

2,7 > 4,6;

Less successful

All KP

2.00

±

0.50

3.00

±

0.25

3.00

±

0.00

2.50

±

0.50

-

-

57.170 (0.001)

2 < 3,4,5

  1. KPs - Key players
  2. NKPs– Non-key players
  3. H - Kruskal–Wallis H test
  4. (sig) - significance
  5. MC - multiple comparisons p values test
  6. 𝑄– quartile deviation