Table 2 Physical activity parameters up to 90 min of the best eight teams (means ± standard deviation)
Selected variables of physical activity | Key players/ Non-key players | 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) | |||||
Distance covered [km] | Key | 9.87 ± 0.96 | 9.78 ± 0.96 | 9.35 ± 0.73 | 9.61 ± 1.11 | 9.82 ± 1.05 | 9.83 ± 0.99 | 9.79 ± 0.97 | 4.932 (0.553) | - | |
Non-key | - | 10.22 ± 1.16 | 10.02 ± 0.88 | 9.93 ± 0.94 | 10.14 ± 0.95 | 10.46 ± 1.13 | 10.47 ± 1.01 | 2.787 (0.733) | - | ||
HIR [m] | Key | 737.66 ± 297.16 | 625.24 ± 237.46 | 623.20 ± 261.78 | 655.70 ± 273.02 | 668.33 ± 260.43 | 670.11 ± 244.05 | 802.23 ± 315.62 | 7.687 (0.262) | - | |
Non-key | - | 752.13 ± 242.00 | 730.05 ± 264.22 | 654.89 ± 233.92 | 690.44 ± 191.02 | 907.57 ± 227.49 | 854.29 ± 249.42 | 7.736 (0.171) | - | ||
Sprints [number] | Key | 31.67 ± 11.85 | 27.48 ± 11.18 | 25.65 ± 10.73 | 28.05 ± 10.77 | 30.44 ± 12.08 | 29.25 ± 11.21 | 33.18 ± 10.68 | 9.285 (0.158) | - | |
Non-key | - | 31.40 ± 9.84 | 31.39 ± 11.18 | 29.79 ± 10.14 | 30.89 ± 7.92 | 39.57 ± 8.58 | 33.29 ± 9.67 | 5.658 (0.341) | - | ||