Factors influencing achievement of Regional League Division 2 football tournament management

Abstract

This research studied factors influencing the achievements of Regional League Division 2 football tournament management. There were two groups of participants: 1) 438 people internally involved with football league tournament organization using the theory of non-probability sampling for purposive sampling, and 2) 1,068 participants related to football matches using the accidental sampling approach. This research employed two sets of questionnaires, one for each participant group, presented in the form of Likert scale and Lisrel (Linear Structure Relation) for the analysis of descriptive analysis and inferential statistics. The analysis showed that both internal and external factors of 1) Management, 2) Marketing mix, 3) Sports science, 4) Politics and government policy, 5) Player selection criteria, and 6) Performance evaluation system influenced the achievements of Regional League Division 2 football tournament management, with all at a high degree. The external factors relating to the management of the team which significantly affected the internal success of football match organization were the Performance evaluation system, Coordination, and Player selection criteria, respectively. These factors positively and significantly affected internal factors at the .01 level. The three external factors were found to indicatively determine 76 percent of the success of football match organization. The external factors relating to the team fan clubs which significantly affected the internal success of football match organization were political policies launched by the government and the processes of sports marketing, respectively. These factors positively and significantly affected internal factors at the .01 level. The two external factors could determine 65 percent of the success of football tournament organization.