Analysis of distance and activity patterns of Korean national football team players by playing positions at the 2019 FIFA U-20 world cup

We summed up the work carried out by the Rospotrebnadzor Office in the Stavropol Krai and the Hygienic and Epidemiological Center in the Stavropol Krai during the preparation and hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup events on the territory of the Stavropol Krai. The main activities were aimed at assessing and minimizing the sanitary and epidemiological risks in organizing accommodation, food, medical care for the arriving football team of Nigeria.

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Ready for the homeland? Ritual, remembrance, and political extremism in Croatian football

Nationalities Papers ◽

10.1080/00905992.2015.1136996 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (6) ◽

pp. 860-876 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Dario Brentin

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Social Memory ◽

World Cup ◽

Political Extremism ◽

Social Field ◽

Independent State ◽

National Team ◽

Football Team ◽

Team Player ◽

Insight Into

In the case of Croatia, sport has proved to be a highly politicized form of national expression, functioning as a salient social field in which its “national habitus codes” are most intensively articulated, debated, and contested. An incident emblematizing this argument occurred on 19 November 2013, when the Croatian national football team secured their qualification for the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil. In front of the 25,000 people at Zagreb's Maksimir stadium, the national team player, Josip Simunić, grabbed the microphone and “greeted” all four stands with a loud chanting of Za dom (For the home(land)), to which the stands thunderously responded spremni (ready), the official salute of the Independent State of Croatia, a fascist WWII quisling-state. This paper argues that the issue extends beyond politically radicalized football hooligans and has to be understood from the standpoint of “social memory.” By focusing on football, the article scrutinizes debates in the Croatian public sphere dealing with the salute Za dom – spremni. Providing an insight into its complex and multi-layered nature, this paper illustrates that Croatian football has to be understood as a field in which social memory is prominently constructed, heatedly articulated, and powerfully disseminated.

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Jewish-Israeli attitudes towards the Iranian football team during the 2014 World Cup tournament

Media War & Conflict ◽

10.1177/1750635216632793 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 252-271 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tal Samuel-Azran ◽

Yair Galily ◽

Amit Lavie-Dinur ◽

Yuval Karniel

Keyword(s):

Representative Sample ◽

World Cup ◽

Football Team ◽

Israeli Population ◽

The World ◽

Soccer Fans

To contribute to analysis of the interplay between sport and politics, this study examines Jewish-Israeli attitudes towards the Iranian football team during the 2014 World Cup tournament. A survey amongst a representative sample of the Jewish-Israeli population reveals that the Iranian team was the least favored team to win the games but, at the same time, young and secular respondents were more likely than other groups to believe that the Iranian team is not controlled by their government. An analysis of Israeli sportscasters’ comments during Iran’s games reveals that the sportscasters regularly referred to the Iranian team as representatives of a terror state. In contrast, an analysis of online mentions of the Iranian team reveals that many of the comments were positive and empathized with Iranian soccer fans. The findings strengthen the notion that sport and politics are fused, but also illuminate that the World Cup games promoted realms, albeit peripheral, of less dichotomist stereotyping.

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P4400Heart rate variability in supporters of the German national football team during FIFA world cup 2018

European Heart Journal ◽

10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0805 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽

Author(s):

S Brunner ◽

W Hamm

Keyword(s):

Emotional Stress ◽

Cardiovascular Events ◽

Control Period ◽

Admission Rate ◽

Autonomous Nervous System ◽

World Cup ◽

Fifa World Cup ◽

Football Team ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract Objective It is well known that emotional stress can trigger cardiovascular events. Although several studies have confirmed this relationship during big sport events, the underlying mechanisms are less well understood. Therefore, we aimed to analyse parameters of the cardiac autonomous nervous system during FIFA World Cup 2018. Methods We performed a high-resolution digital electrocardiography (ECG) in healthy supporters of the German national football team watching the final group stage match of FIFA World Cup 2018 between Germany and South Korea. As control, ECG recordings were performed watching a group stage match of another group without involvement of the German team (Japan against Poland). We analysed standard parameters of heart rate variability (HRV). Further, we analyzed the number of admissions to Chest Pain Units (CPUs) and Stroke Units (SUs) in Munich at the day of the German match (June 27th, 2018) and at predefined control periods. Results All measured HRV parameters (SDNN, RMSSD, LF and HF) were significantly lower during the match involving the German national football team compared to the control match (SDNN: 76.7 (67.4–83.9) versus 82.9 (72.5–96.5) ms, p<0.05; RMSSD: 32.0 (27.7–33.3) versus 41.3 (31.4–49.19 ms, p<0.05; LF: 1442 (1182–1637) versus 2000 (1563–2238) ms2, p<0.05; HF: 206 (158–259) versus 376 (242–417), p<0.05). Regarding the LF/HF ratio, there was no significant difference. The admission rate on CPUs and SUs was numerically higher at the day of the German match compared to the control days and compared to the predefined control period (40.8% higher). Conclusion Emotional stress during important football matches results in a dysbalance of the cardiac autonomous nerve system. These findings might provide a link to increased cardiovascular events during emotional stress.

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England expects: English newspapers’ narratives about the English football team in the 2006 World Cup

International Review for the Sociology of Sport ◽

10.1177/1012690209360084 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 199-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

John Vincent ◽

Edward M. Kian ◽

Paul M. Pedersen ◽

Aaron Kuntz ◽

John S. Hill

Keyword(s):

World Cup ◽

Football Team

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Sleep at the helm: A case study of how a head coach sleeps compared to his team

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching ◽

10.1177/1747954117738882 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 782-789 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

M Lastella ◽

GD Roach ◽

SL Halson ◽

CJ Gore ◽

LA Garvican-Lewis ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Self Report ◽

Psychological State ◽

Head Coach ◽

World Cup ◽

Activity Monitors ◽

Sleep Diaries ◽

Time In Bed ◽

Football Team

In recent years, research examining the sleep of elite athletes has increased. This is predominantly due to the importance sleep has on an athlete’s psychological and physiological well-being. Despite the growing importance of sleep in athletes, the amount and quality of sleep coaches obtain has been neglected. The aim of this study was to examine the sleep of a head coach and compare it to his team. The sleep of 16 members of the Australian U/20 men’s football team (age 18.8 ± 0.9 years) and the head coach (age 55 years) was monitored using wrist activity monitors and self-report sleep diaries. Sleep was examined for 15 nights in preparation for the 2011 U/20 FIFA World Cup. The head coach went to bed earlier (23:30 h ± 65 min vs. 23:36 h ± 30 min), spent less time in bed (8.4 ± 1.3 h vs. 8.6 ± 1.0 h), obtained less sleep per night (6.4 ± 1.5 h vs. 6.6 ± 0.8 h), and woke up earlier (07:54 h ± 46 min vs. 08:12 h ± 52 min) than his team. In general, the head coach obtained less sleep than his team and slept considerably poorer the night before important games. Future investigations need to examine the extent to which sleep impairs psychological state, decision-making and overall coaching performance.

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‘French football needs more women like Adriana’? Examining the media coverage of France’s women’s national football team for the 2011 World Cup and the 2012 Olympic Games

International Review for the Sociology of Sport ◽

10.1177/1012690214556912 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 51 (7) ◽

pp. 833-847 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Barbara Ravel ◽

Marc Gareau

Keyword(s):

Media Coverage ◽

Olympic Games ◽

World Cup ◽

Football Team ◽

The Media

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What League? The Representation of Female Athletes in Australian Television Sports Coverage

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x1114000117 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 140 (1) ◽

pp. 137-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Helen Caple ◽

Kate Greenwood ◽

Catharine Lumby

Keyword(s):

News Media ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Female Athletes ◽

Close Association ◽

Women's Sport ◽

World Cup ◽

Mainstream Media ◽

Football Team ◽

Sports Coverage ◽

Television Coverage

This article explores why women's sport in Australia still struggles to attract sponsorship and mainstream media coverage despite evidence of high levels of participation and on-field successes. Data are drawn from the largest study of Australian print and television coverage of female athletes undertaken to date in Australia, as well as from a case study examining television coverage of the success of the Matildas, the Australian women's national football team, in winning the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup in 2010. This win was not only the highest ever accolade for any Australian national football team (male or female), but also guaranteed the Matildas a place in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany [where they reached the quarter-finals]. Given the close association between success on the field, sponsorship and television exposure, this article focuses specifically on television reporting. We present evidence of the starkly disproportionate amounts of coverage across this section of the news media, and explore the circular link between media coverage, sponsorship and the profile of women's sport.

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