# Relation of Offensive Performance during Exclusions and Final Ranking in Female Handball
## 3 Results
### Results during Inferiority Situations
In this respect, it is important to mention that only the teams ranked 1 st and 2 nd (Brazil and Argentina) opted to play with an empty net. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline  & **1 st–3 rd** & **4 th–6 th** & **7 th–10 th** & **s.t.** & **ES** & \(p\) & **ESp** \\  & \(n=73\) & \(n=103\) & \(n=185\) & & & & & \\ \hline Game outcome & & & & 119.306 & 0.55 & \(<\)0.001 & \(<\)0.001 \\ Winner & 65 (89.0) & 38 (36.9) & 30 (16.2) & & & & \\ ASR & 10.4 & 0.0 & \(-\)8.3 & & & & \\ Loser & 8 (11.0) & 65 (63.1) & 155 (83.8) & & & & \\ ASR & \(-\)10.4 & 0.0 & 8.3 & & & & \\ \hline Finalization & & & & 8.390 & 0.11 & 0.078 & 0.078 \\ Goal & 31 (42.5) & 31 (30.1) & 49 (26.5) & & & & \\ No goal & 26 (35.6) & 34 (33.0) & 69 (37.3) & & & & \\ Turnover & 16 (21.9) & 38 (36.9) & 67 (36.2) & & & & \\ \hline Offensive system & & & 20.098 & 0.18 & \(<\)0.01 & \(<\)0.01 \\
3:3 1\_Pivot & 45 (61.6) & 51 (49.5) & 96 (52.2) & & & & \\ ASR & 1.6 & \(-\)0.9 & \(-\)0.5 & & & & \\
3:3 2 Pivots & 0 (0.0) & 4 (3.9) & 1 (0.5) & & & & \\ ASR & \(-\)1.1 & 2.6 & \(-\)1.4 & & & & \\
3:2 No Pivots & 23 (31.5) & 32 (31.1) & 73 (39.7) & & & & \\ ASR & \(-\)0.8 & \(-\)1.1 & 1.7 & & & & \\ No system & 4 (5.5) & 2 (1.9) & 3 (1.6) & & & & \\ ASR & 1.8 & \(-\)0.4 & \(-\)1.1 & & & & \\
1 Pivot No wing & 1 (1.4) & 14 (13.6) & 11 (6.0) & & & & \\ ASR & \(-\)2.2 & 3.0 & \(-\)0.9 & & & & \\ \hline Partial difference & & & & 17.152 & 0.15 & \(<\)0.05 & \(<\)0.05 \\
2 goals & 23 (31.5) & 42 (40.8) & 38 (20.5) & & & & \\ ASR & 0.6 & 3.3 & \(-\)3.4 & & & & \\
3–4 goals & 10 (13.7) & 14 (13.6) & 19 (10.3) & & & & \\ ASR & 0.5 & 0.6 & \(-\)1.0 & & & & \\
5 or more goals & 40 (54.8) & 47 (45.6) & 128 (69.2) & & & & \\ ASR & \(-\)0.9 & \(-\)3.4 & 3.8 & & & & \\ \hline Game phase & & & & 10.042 & 0.12 & 0.084 & 0.084 \\ Positional Attack & 62 (84.9) & 98 (95.1) & 166 (89.7) & & & & \\ Direct & 9 (12.3) & 3 (2.9) & 11 (5.9) & & & & \\ counterattack & 2 nd and 3 rd & 2 (2.7) & 0 (0.0) & 5 (2.7) & & & \\ wave & 7 m & 0 (0.0) & 2 (1.9) & 3 (1.6) & & & \\ \hline Time period & & & & 6.675 & 0.14 & \(<\)0.05 & \(<\)0.05 \\ grouped & & & & 6.675 & 0.14 & \(<\)0.05 & \(<\)0.05 \\ Periods 2,4,5 & 48 (65.8) & 81 (78.6) & 119 (64.3) & & & & \\ ASR & \(-\)0.6 & 2.6 & \(-\)1.8 & & & & \\ Periods 1,3,6 & 25 (34.2) & 22 (21.4) & 66 (35.7) & & & & \\ ASR & 0.6 & \(-\)2.6 & 1.8 & & & & \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: Frequency distribution of offensive situations under inferiority during the tournament. Figure 1 presents a decision tree using the exhaustive CHAID algorithm to predict offensive performance during exclusions related to the final ranking. The dependent variable was Ranking (GI, GII, and GIII). Independent variables were the game outcome, critical periods of the game, offensive system, asymmetries grouped, partial difference in the score, phase of the game, and finalizations. The model obtained explained 58.3% of the variance (estimated risk of 0.42; SD 0.02), estimating 78.0% for GI, 67.6% for GIII, and 30.4% for GII. Node 1 predicts winners belonging to GI at 49.0%, while Node 2 predicts losers belonging to GIII at 58.1%. Node 4 shows that playing with an empty net during inferiority situations predicts winners belonging to GI. Node 5 shows that playing under numerical inequality (superiority or inferiority) when the difference in the score is of more than 5 goals predicts being ranked in GIII. In contrast, node 9 shows that in a context of 4 goals (for or against), playing at inferiority with an empty net, and having superiority situations (that is to say that rivals suffered exclusions), is a predictor of belonging to GII. Node 10 notes that in the context of a difference in the score, playing in inferiority situations with the goalkeeper in goal is a predictor of losers belonging to GIII. Figure 1: Decision tree using the exhaustive CHAID algorithm to predict the offensive performance during exclusions according to the final ranking.