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Analysis of FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup match performance according to match outcome and phase of the tournament

José M. Oliva-Lozano
1
,
Farzad Yousefian
2
,
Paweł Chmura
1, 3
,
Tim J. Gabbett
1, 4
,
Rick Cost
1

  1. United States Soccer Federation. Chicago, IL, United States
  2. CIDESD, Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, Department of Sport Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portuga
  3. Department of Team Games, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences. Wrocław, Poland
  4. Gabbett Performance Solutions, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Biol Sport. 2025;42(2):71–84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.142643
Online publish date: 2024/09/06
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