Location, type and mechanism of injury in different top-level football tournaments
| Women | Men | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIFA World Cups | Olympic Games | FIFA U19/U20 World Cups | FIFA
U17 World Cups | FIFA World Cups | Olympic Games | FIFA U20 World Cups | FIFA
U17 World Cups | FIFA Confederations Cups | FIFA Club World Cups | |
| Location | N=220 | N=208 | N=447 | N=223 | N=543 | N=290 | N=975 | N=674 | N=130 | N=144 |
| Head/neck | 48 (21%) | 36 (17%) | 74 (17%) | 33 (15%) | 67 (12%) | 50 (17%) | 152 (15%) | 80 (12%) | 21 (16%) | 16 (11%) |
| Upper extremity | 22 (10%) | 20 (9%) | 34 (8%) | 13 (6%) | 41 (8%) | 17 (6%) | 63 (6%) | 43 (6%) | 7 (5%) | 9 (6%) |
| Trunk | 15 (7%) | 15 (7%) | 51 (12%) | 19 (9%) | 38 (7%) | 24 (8%) | 73 (7%) | 49 (7%) | 8 (6%) | 10 (7%) |
| Hip/groin | 3 (1%) | 5 (2%) | 12 (3%) | 7 (3%) | 24 (4%) | 13 (4%) | 44 (4%) | 17 (3%) | 6 (5%) | 5 (3%) |
| Thigh | 22 (10%) | 30 (14%) | 39 (9%) | 15 (7%) | 108 (20%) | 46 (16%) | 126 (13%) | 89 (13%) | 20 (15%) | 22 (15%) |
| Knee | 30 (13%) | 23 (11%) | 57 (13%) | 28 (13%) | 72 (13%) | 39 (13%) | 112 (11%) | 74 (11%) | 11 (8%) | 26 (18%) |
| Lower leg | 33 (15%) | 26 (12%) | 56 (13%) | 46 (21%) | 84 (15%) | 48 (17%) | 155 (16%) | 126 (19%) | 20 (15%) | 21 (15%) |
| Ankle | 34 (15%) | 46 (22%) | 104 (24%) | 39 (17%) | 77 (14%) | 36 (12%) | 184 (19%) | 148 (22%) | 26 (20%) | 24 (17%) |
| Foot, toe | 13 (6%) | 7 (3%) | 20 (4%) | 23 (10%) | 32 (6%) | 17 (6%) | 66 (7%) | 48 (7%) | 11 (8%) | 11 (8%) |
| Type | N=222 | N=202 | N=446 | N=219 | N=521 | N=288 | N=976 | N=673 | N=129 | N=141 |
| Concussion | 7 (3%) | 11 (5%) | 10 (2%) | 5 (2%) | 7 (1%) | 2 (1%) | 24 (2%) | 11 (2%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (1%) |
| Fracture | 9 (4%) | 3 (1%) | 8 (2%) | 3 (1%) | 10 (2%) | 5 (2%) | 14 (1%) | 3 (<1%) | 2 (2%) | 6 (4%) |
| Rupture of tendon or ligament | 7 (3%) | 3 (1%) | 9 (2%) | 4 (2%) | 9 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 9 (1%) | 12 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 4 (3%) |
| Sprain | 35 (16%) | 52 (25%) | 96 (22%) | 43 (20%) | 73 (14%) | 43 (15%) | 107 (11%) | 89 (13%) | 20 (16%) | 22 (16%) |
| Strain | 20 (9%) | 17 (8%) | 25 (6%) | 23 (11%) | 95 (18%) | 21 (7%) | 84 (8%) | 49 (7%) | 18 (14%) | 27 (19%) |
| Contusion | 108 (50%) | 93 (46%) | 242 (57%) | 116 (53%) | 245 (47%) | 167 (58%) | 604 (61%) | 390 (58%) | 65 (50%) | 60 (43%) |
| Skin lesion | 18 (8%) | 6 (3%) | 19 (4%) | 5 (2%) | 33 (6%) | 30 (10%) | 49 (5%) | 29 (4%) | 8 (6%) | 9 (6%) |
| Others | 20 (9%) | 16 (7%) | 26 (6%) | 20 (9%) | 49 (9%) | 20 (7%) | 88 (9%) | 86 (13%) | 13 (10%) | 11 (8%) |
| Mechanism | ||||||||||
| Non-contact | 39 of 224* (17%) | 50 of 204 (25%) | 58 of 446 (13%) | 54 of 217 (25%) | 125 of 430* (29%) | 52 of 274 (19%) | 150 of 868* (17%) | 125 of 654 (19%) | 22 of 114 (19%) | 47 of 113 (42%) |
| Contact | 185 of 224* (83%) | 154 of 204 (75%) | 338 of 446 (87%) | 163 of 217 (75%) | 305 of 430* (71%) | 222 of 274 (81%) | 718 of 868* (83%) | 519 of 654 (81%) | 92 of 114 (81%) | 66 of 113 (58%) |
| Foul of contact | 54 of 156* (35%) | 39 of 107* (36%) | 165 of 355 (46%) | 47 of 161 (29%) | 135 of 287* (47%) | 114 of 181* (63%) | 347 of 678* (51%) | 227 of 454* (50%) | 32 of 65* (49%) | 23 of 57 (40%) |
*No information on time-loss documented in one tournament (1998/1999).
FIFA, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association.