Table 3.
Men’s Water Polo World Championship matches. Means, standard deviations, and ranges of the occurrences of the centre forward and perimeter players play events and offensive arrangements, and defensive arrangements, occurring at the end of even and power-play actions, in relation to margin of victory (i.e., W, L, MW, and ML).
| W | L | MW | ML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Forward versus Perimeter Players (%) | ||||
| Even | ||||
| Centre forward | 50±8 (41-59) |
50±11 (32-69) |
54±11 (30-72) |
48±9 (34-64) |
| Perimeter player | 50±8 (41-59) |
50±11 (31-68) |
46±11 (28-70) |
52±9 (36-66) |
| Offensive Arrangements | ||||
| Even | ||||
| 6vs6 and 5vs5 | 92±6 (81-100)** |
96±4 (90-100) ‡‡,*** |
88±9 (70-100) |
84±10 (66-100) |
| 4vs4 and 3vs3 | 5±4 (0-12)* |
3±3 (0-9)*** |
6±5 (0-15) |
10±7 (0-20) |
| 2vs2 and 1vs1 | 3±4 (0-11)* |
1±2 (0-6)*** |
6±7 (0-19)** |
7±5 (0-17) |
| Power-play | ||||
| 4:2/perimeter player | 65±16 (33-89) |
69±15 (50-90) |
64±22 (14-90) |
63±14 (33-78) |
| 4:2/centre forward | 25±10 (11-40) |
23±14 (0-50) |
32±19 (0-71) |
23±14 (0-44) |
| 3:3/perimeter player | 10±11 (0-33) |
7±11 (0-29) |
5±6 (0-14)** |
14±11 (0-33) |
| 3:3/centre forward | 0 | 1±2 (0-8) |
0 | 0 |
| Defensive Arrangment (%) | ||||
| Even | ||||
| “Pressing” | 40±14 (19-70)#,*** |
37±12 (18-55) ‡‡,*** |
52±14 (32-81) |
60±17 (34-83) |
| “Zone 1-2” | 35±10 (19-53)‡‡‡,*** |
43±16 (17-62) ‡‡‡,*** |
16±10 (0-30) |
16±17 (0-52) |
| “Zone M” | 9±7 (0-24) |
6±6 (0-15) |
6±6 (0-21) |
6±6 (0-23) |
| “Zone 2-3-4” | 16±10 (3-31)‡ |
14±9 (3-26)‡‡ |
25±11 (7-42) |
17±12 (3-40) |
| Power-play | ||||
| “cluster” | 93±7 (80-100)* |
88±10 (67-100) |
80±18 (50-100) |
80±21 (33-100) |
| “anticipating” | 7±7 (0-20)* |
12±10 (0-33) |
20±18 (0-50) |
20±21 (0-67) |
‡, ‡‡ and ‡‡‡indicate differences (p < 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 respectively) with respect to MW; *, ** and *** indicate differences (p < 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 respectively) with respect to ML.