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| Article Name : | | | ANALYSIS OF PREDOMINANCE OF STRATEGIES AND TACTICS IN FIFA 2010 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP | | Author Name : | | | D. Ramesh , A. Praveen | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-200 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | The purpose of the study was to make a descriptive analysis of predominance of strategies and tactics in FIFA 2010 Football World Cup. The format of the tournament involves two phases, namely, qualification phase and World Cup Finals phase. A qualification phase, which took place over the preceding three years, determined which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s). 204 Countries entered for qualification phase of World Cup 2010. Of the 204 countries entered, 32 teams were selected for World Cup 2010. Of the 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month; this phase was often called the World Cup Finals. The 32 teams were divided into 8 Groups of A to H and the matches were played from 22nd June, 2010 to 25th June, 2010 and subsequently. The following four teams were qualified to play semi finals: (1) Uruguay (2) Netherlands (3) Germany and (4) Spain. For this study, the performances and tactics of semi final teams were considered. Apart from the descriptive analysis the primary data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using ANOVA to find out the significant differences if any among the groups. | | Keywords : | | - uruguay
- netherlands
- germany
- spain
- match analysis
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