Table 2

 Comparison of the six tournaments included in the analysis for the present study

World CupOlympic GamesU-19 World Cup
199920032000200420022004
Participating teams*16168101212
Mean actual time* (min, s)55′, 35″59′, 16″60′, 23″56′, 95″55′, 45″58′, 38″
    Qualification58′, 22″57′, 36″60′, 58″56′, 35″55′, 29″57′, 42″
    Knockout52′, 48″64′,15″59′, 46″57′, 50″56′, 01″59′, 33″
Yellow cards*776546405679
    Qualification624931214151
    Knockout151615191528
Red cards*510023
Goals/match*3.843.342.622.753.883.54
Injuries/match†1.31.72.12.32.82.2
Contact v non-contact ratio†3.23.95.43.74.24.6
Tackle match144.8149.2153.7157.7142.5139.3