Table 3.
Odds ratio according to the team’s ranking in the Under-19 World Men’s Handball Championship 2017 examining relative age effect.
| Ranking | ORs Comparison (95% CI) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 vs. Q4 | Sig. | Q2 vs. Q4 | Sig. | Q3 vs. Q4 | Sig. | 1st vs. 2st | Sig. | |
| Semi-finalists ** | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Quarter-finalists | 1.28 (0.45 to 3.64) |
0.64 | 1.32 (0.48 to 3.66) |
0.59 | 0.68 (0.22 to 2.13) |
0.52 | 1.59 (0.78 to 3.3) |
0.32 |
| Octaves-finalists | 2.61 (0.99 to 6.81) |
0.06 | 1.65 (0.63 to 4.33) |
0.30 | 1.85 (0.69 to 4.96) |
0.22 | 1.41 (0.77 to 2.61) |
0.26 |
| Bottom eight | 1.55 (0.63 to 3.85) |
0.34 | 1.20 (0.49 to 2.96) |
0.69 | 0.97 (0.38 to 2.52) |
0.96 | 1.39 (0.75 to 2.56) |
0.29 |
Q1–Q4 represents birth quarter; 1st represents first semester; 2st represents second semester; ORs represents Odds ratio; ** represents reference category.