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. 2025 Mar 5;17:39. doi: 10.1186/s13102-025-01065-x

Table 2.

Physical performance relation to gender and matches in the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Women`s World Cup

Gender ET Post-ET Interaction effect
Gender × Match
Main effect
Gender Match
TD (m/min) Male 104.3 ± 8.5 103.2 ± 9.1 p = 0.002 p = 0.687 p = 0.089
Females 101.0 ± 6.7 104.4 ± 8.5 ηp2  = 0.201 ηp2  = 0.004 ηp2  = 0.067
WJD (m/min) Male 40.2 ± 3.9 37.6 ± 4.2 p = 0.001 p = 0.003 p = 0.000
Females 35.9 ± 2.8 35.4 ± 3.1 ηp2  = 0.251 ηp2  = 0.190 ηp2  = 0.438
LSRD (m/min) Male 44.0 ± 9.3 42.8 ± 9.6 p = 0.001 p = 0.009 p = 0.217
Females 35.9 ± 4.7 38.6 ± 6.5 ηp2  = 0.240 ηp2  = 0.153 ηp2  = 0.036
MSRD (m/min) Male 12.0 ± 2.6 13.9 ± 3.0 p = 0.583 p = 0.000 p = 0.000
Females 22.6 ± 3.7 24.1 ± 4.6 ηp2 = 0.007 ηp2  = 0.659 ηp2  = 0.340
HSRD (m/min) Male 5.7 ± 1.5 6.6 ± 1.4 p = 0.040 p = 0.000 p = 0.056
Females 4.8 ± 1.3 4.8 ± 1.3 ηp2  = 0.096 ηp2  = 0.256 ηp2  = 0.084
SD (m/min) Male 2.3 ± 1.0 2.4 ± 1.2 p = 0.624 p = 0.050 p = 0.873
Females 1.8 ± 1.1 1.7 ± 1.2 ηp2  = 0.006 ηp2  = 0.089 ηp2  = 0.001
No. HSR (times/min) Male 1.10 ± 0.22 1.21 ± 0.25 p = 0.526 p = 0.000 p = 0.002
Females 1.82 ± 0.27 1.90 ± 0.29 ηp2  = 0.010 ηp2  = 0.654 ηp2  = 0.212
No. sprints (times/min) Male 0.47 ± 0.11 0.50 ± 0.11 p = 0.640 p = 0.014 p = 0.199
Females 0.40 ± 0.11 0.41 ± 0.11 ηp2  = 0.005 ηp2  = 0.135 ηp2  = 0.039

TS

(km/h)

Male 31.7 ± 1.4 31.2 ± 1.8 p = 0.751 p = 0.000 p = 0.074
Females 29.4 ± 1.7 28.6 ± 1.8 ηp2  = 0.002 ηp2  = 0.454 ηp2  = 0.074

Notes: ET = Extra match; TD = Relative total distance per min; WJD = Relative walking and jogging distance per min; LSRD = Relative low speed running distance per min; MSRD = Relative moderate speed running distance per min; HSRD = Relative high speed running distance per min; SD = Relative sprint distance per min; No. HSR = Relative number of high-speed running per min; No. sprints = Relative number of sprint per min; TS = Top speed