The Behaviour of Home Advantage during the COVID-19 Pandemic in European Rink Hockey Leagues

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dc.contributor.authorArboix-Alió, Jordi
dc.contributor.authorTrabal, Guillem
dc.contributor.authorBuscà, Bernat
dc.contributor.authorPeña, Javier
dc.contributor.authorArboix, Adrià
dc.contributor.authorHileno González, Raúl
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T10:01:35Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T10:01:35Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe primary purpose of the present study was to compare the home advantage (HA) and the home team performance in the most relevant European rink hockey leagues (Spanish, Portuguese and Italian), considering the presence or absence of spectators in the competition venues due to the effect of COVID-19 restrictions. The sample was composed of 1665 rink hockey matches (654 from the Spanish league, 497 from the Portuguese league, and 514 from the Italian league) played between the 2018–2019 and 2020–2021 seasons. The HA and match variables comparisons were established using several negative binomial regression models. Results showed that the effect of HA did not disappear despite playing without spectators but decreased from 63.99% to 57.41% (p = 0.002). Moreover, the comparison of the match variables showed that playing with spectators benefited local teams’ performance, especially in the Portuguese and Italian leagues. Playing with spectators favoured local team performance in rink hockey matches, which is more evident in some analysed leagues. However, as HA does not disappear entirely without spectators, it is necessary to study other relevant performance factors that are not directly or indirectly attributable to crowd behaviour in rink hockey performance analyses.ca_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThe study was supported and funded by the Faculty of Psychology, Education Sciences and Sport Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain, grant number PIF20-21-GRIESca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010228
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/72931
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherMDPIca_ES
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010228ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022, vol. 19, núm. 1, 228ca_ES
dc.rightscc-by (c) Arboix et al., 2022ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectRoller hockeyca_ES
dc.subjectCoronavirusca_ES
dc.subjectMatch variablesca_ES
dc.subjectPerformance analysisca_ES
dc.subjectCrowd behaviourca_ES
dc.titleThe Behaviour of Home Advantage during the COVID-19 Pandemic in European Rink Hockey Leaguesca_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca_ES
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionca_ES
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