Table 1. Best team performances.

	Match performances			Tournament performances		Opponent performances
Rank	Value	Team	Match	Value	Team	Value	Team
1	2.8	ESP	7	2.4	ESP	0.2	POR
2	2.7	ESP	30	1.7	NED	0.3	ESP
3	2.4	ESP	23	1.4	POR	0.3	SUI
4	2.3	POR	9	1.2	FRA	0.5	FRA
5	2.2	CRO	19	1.1	RUS	0.6	TUR
6	2.2	ESP	31	1.0	SUI	0.6	CRO
7	2.2	FRA	14	1.0	POL	0.7	AUT
8	2.2	ESP	15	0.8	ITA	1.1	ROU
9	2.0	ESP	28	0.8	CRO	1.2	NED
10	1.9	NED	21	0.6	GER	1.3	GER
11	1.8	NED	14	0.6	GRE	1.3	GRE
12	1.8	POR	25	0.5	AUT	1.3	POL
13	1.8	TUR	18	0.4	CZE	1.4	ITA
14	1.6	RUS	24	0.3	TUR	1.5	SWE
15	1.6	GER	20	0.2	SWE	1.6	CZE
16	1.6	NED	27	0.1	ROU	1.7	RUS

The ranking is in agreement with expert evaluations of the performance of the different teams. Note that all six matches played by Spain are in the top ten. The average performance of the opponents of a team provides a measure of defensive effectiveness. Note that Spain was able not only to perform very well but also to force its opponents to perform poorly, whereas Russia, for example, performed well but was unable to limit the play of its opponents.