AUTHOR=Lepschy Hannes , Woll Alexander , Wäsche Hagen TITLE=Success Factors in the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia and FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.638690 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.638690 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
Research on success factors in football focusing on national teams is sparse. The current study examines the success factors during the World Cup 2018 in Russia and the World Cup 2014 in Brazil. A total of 128 matches were analyzed using a generalized order logit approach. Twenty-nine variables were identified from previous research. The results showed that defensive errors (