Abstract
The purposes of this study were (a) to evaluate differences in basketball game-related statistics among continental championships for under-18 (U18) women, and (b) to identify game-related statistics that discriminate among the continents. The analysis was performed on all matches (n = 136) in the four continental championships (Africa, America, Asia, Europe) of 2016. Differences in game-related statistics among the continents were analyzed by an analysis of variance (ANOVA) with effect size statistics. Game-related statistics that discriminate among the continents were assessed by discriminant analysis. The ANOVA yielded significant F-values for 13 of 16 variables and large effect size differences for 10 of 16 variables. The discriminant analysis yielded three significant functions. The Asian championship was discriminated from the other continental championships by ball possessions, defensive rebounds, assists, and fouls. The African championship was discriminated from the European championship by ball possessions, successful 3-point field goals, unsuccessful free throws, and turnovers, and from the American championship by ball possessions, unsuccessful 2-point field goals, successful 3-point field goals, successful free throws, and assists. The results of this study suggest that U18 women’s basketball games are played differently in each continent.
Highlights
Assessing differences in performance profiles among regions of the world is one of the recent topics in the field of basketball performance analysis, and a series of papers have been published in academic journals in recent years [1,2,3,4,5]
F-values for points scored, pointAmerica-Europe, difference, ball possessions, between continents were found in point difference (Africa-Europe, Asia-Europe), unsuccessful 2-point field goals, successful 3-point field goals, successful and unsuccessful free ball possessions (Africa-Asia, Africa-Europe, America-Asia, America-Europe, Asia-Europe), unsuccessful 2throws, defensive and offensive rebounds, assists, steals, turnovers, and fouls (Table 2)
Large effect point field goals (America-Asia), successful 3-point field goals (Africa-America, Africa-Europe), successful size differences between continents were found in point difference (Africa-Europe, America-Europe, free throws (America-Asia), unsuccessful free throws (Africa-Asia, Africa-Europe), defensiveAsiarebounds
Summary
Assessing differences in performance profiles among regions of the world is one of the recent topics in the field of basketball performance analysis, and a series of papers have been published in academic journals in recent years [1,2,3,4,5]. Expanded the scope of study to include other regions of the world, comparing game-related statistics among men’s continental championships and identifying game-related statistics that discriminate among the continents. (U18) men [5] have been studied using the same analytical method From these studies, we can illustrate similarities and differences in performance profiles among regions of the world with age and sex differences taken into account. Differences in basketball performance profiles among continental championships have been studied in different categories (men, women, and junior men), continental championships for junior women have yet to be studied. If there are no age and sex interactions in performance profiles, performance profiles of junior women can be inferred from those of men, women, and junior men. Age and sex interactions in performance profiles have been demonstrated in Sports 2018, 6, 114; doi:10.3390/sports6040114 www.mdpi.com/journal/sports
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