# Relation of Offensive Performance during Exclusions and Final Ranking in Female Handball
## 3 Results
### Results during Inferiority Situations  
Frequency distribution in an inferiority context can be seen in Table 4. A statistically significant relationship (\(p<0.01\)) was found between final classification and game outcome, offensive system, and inferiority disposition, with match status and game time grouped (\(p<0.05\)). Teams grouped in GII showed a statistically significant relationship with suffering exclusions when the difference in the score was of 2 or fewer goals (\(p<0.01\); ASR 2.6; ASR 3.3), presenting a tendency of using a 3:2 offensive system with 1 pivot (\(p<0.01\); ASR \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & **1 st-3 rd** & **4 th–6 th** & **7 th–10 th** & **s.t.** & \(p\) & **ES** & **ESp** \\  & \(n\) **= 163** & \(n\) **= 167** & \(n\) **= 121** & & 68.234 & \textless{}0.001 & 0.39 & \textless{}0.001 \\ \hline Game outcome & & & & & & & \\ Winner & 139(85.3) & 98(58.7) & 46(38.0) & & & & & \\ ASR & 7.4 & \(-1.4\) & \(-6.6\) & & & & & \\ Loser & 24 (14.7) & 69(41.3) & 75(62.0) & & & & & \\ ASR & \(-7.4\) & 1.4 & 6.6 & & & & & \\ \hline Finalization & & & & & & & \\ Goal & 103(63.2) & 82(49.1) & 50(41.3) & & & & & \\ ASR & 3.5 & \(-1.0\) & \(-2.8\) & & & & & \\ No goal & 39 (23.9) & 47(28.1) & 41(33.9) & & & & & \\ ASR & \(-1.5\) & 0.0 & 1.6 & & & & \\ Turnover & 21 (12.9) & 38(22.8) & 30(24.8) & & & & & \\ ASR & \(-2.8\) & 1.2 & 1.6 & & & & \\ \hline Match Status & & & & & 20.578 & \textless{}0.001 & 0.15 & \textless{}0.001 \\
2 goals & 50 (30.7) & 66(39.5) & 24(19.8) & & & & & \\ ASR & \(-0.1\) & 3.0 & \(-3.1\) & & & & & \\
3–4 goals & 15 (9.2) & 29(17.4) & 17(14.0) & & & & & \\ ASR & \(-2.0\) & 1.8 & 0.2 & & & & \\
5 or more goals & 98 (60.1) & 72(43.1) & 80(66.1) & & & & & \\ ASR & 1.5 & \(-4.0\) & 2.8 & & & & \\ \hline Game phase & & & & 15.060 & \textless{}0.05 & 0.13 & \textless{}0.05 \\ Positional Attack & 79 (48.8) & 87(52.1) & 83(68.6) & & & & & \\ ASR & \(-2.1\) & \(-1.1\) & 3.4 & & & & & \\
1 st wave & 27 (16.7) & 18(10.8) & 10 (8.3) & & & & & \\ ASR & 2.2 & \(-0.7\) & \(-1.6\) & & & & & \\
2 nd and 3 rd & 26 (16.0) & 25(15.0) & 11 (9.1) & & & & & \\ wave & & & & & & & \\ ASR & 1.0 & 0.6 & \(-1.7\) & & & & & \\
7 m & 30 (18.5) & 37(22.2) & 17(14.0) & & & & & \\ ASR & \(-0.1\) & 1.5 & \(-1.5\) & & & & & \\ \hline Offensive system & & & & 11.619 & 0.081 & 0.11 & 0.081 \\
1\_Pivot & 96 (58.9) & 88(52.7) & 75(62.0) & & & & & \\
3\_3\_2 Pivots & 3 (1.8) & 9 (5.4) & 10 (8.3) & & & & \\
3\_2 No Pivots & 29 (17.8) & 31(18.6) & 20(16.5) & & & & & \\ No system & 35 (21.5) & 39(23.4) & 16(13.2) & & & & & \\ IPivot\_No wing & 0 (0) & 0 (0) & 0 (0) & & & & \\ \hline Time period & & & & 6.763 & \textless{}0.05 & 0.12 & \textless{}0.05 \\ grouped & & & & & & & \\ Periods 2,4,5 & 104(63.8) & 126(75.4) & 91(75.2) & & & & & \\ ASR & \(-2.6\) & 1.5 & 1.1 & & & & & \\ Periods 1,3,6 & 59 (36.2) & 41 (24.6) & 30(24.8) & & & & & \\ ASR & 2.6 & \(-1.5\) & \(-1.1\) & & & & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} Data presented as absolute frequencies (percentage)n: absolute frequencies of actions registered for each ranking group; s.t.: statistical test value for the Pearson Chi-Square Test or Fisher’s Exact Test as applicable; ES: Effect size (Cramer’s V for asymmetric tables and Contingency coefficient for symmetric tables); Esp: \(p\)-value for Cramer’s V; ASR: Adjusted standardized residual, calculated only for those variables that presented a statistically significant relationship (\(p<0.05\)).  
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Table 3: Frequency distribution of offensive situations under superiority during the tournament. 3.0). GI presented better AE and throwing efficacy (TE) than the other two groups. When analyzing the strategic use of the new rule, a statistically significant relationship (\(p<0.01\)) was found between final classification and playing or not with an empty goal (\(p<0.001\); ES 0.41). In total, 84.2% of the attacks were played with the goalkeeper on the court and 15.8% with an empty net. GI teams decided to change the goalkeeper for a court player most often (\(p<0.01\); ASR 7.7).