García-Calvo Tomás, Ponce-Bordón José Carlos, Lobo-Triviño David, López Del Campo Roberto, Resta Ricardo, Raya-González Javier
Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
Department of Competitions and Mediacoach, LaLiga, Madrid, Spain.
Biol Sport. 2025 Mar 24;42(3):269-274. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2025.144414. eCollection 2025 Jul.
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 was scheduled during the in-season period of the European teams, impacting soccer clubs' routines. This study aimed to analyse the influence of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on match running performance in the First Spanish soccer league, considering the players' participation. A total of 11,530 individual match observations from 582 professional soccer players competing in the First Spanish soccer league (n = 370 matches) over the 2022/23 season were collected. Soccer players were classified according to participation in the World Cup: participants and non-participants. Pre-World Cup (1-14 match day) and post-World Cup (15-38 match day) periods were compared. Match running performance was obtained by the Mediacoach video tracking system in accordance with LaLiga. During the pre-World Cup period, no significant differences between groups were found, while in the post-World Cup period, non-participants covered significantly greater total distance, and distances at low, medium, and high speeds compared to the counterparts. No significant differences were observed between the periods for participants, although non-participant players covered a greater total distance, and distances at low, medium, high, and very high speeds, and sprinting during the post-World Cup period compared to the prior period. These results favour the inclusion of a long winter break in LaLiga to maintain or improve the physical performance of soccer players. Additionally, specific periodization of workload and recovery strategies for players participating in an international championship during the in-season period are crucial to prevent a decline of subsequent performance.
2022年卡塔尔世界杯足球赛安排在欧洲球队的赛季中进行，影响了足球俱乐部的日常赛程。本研究旨在分析2022年卡塔尔世界杯足球赛对西班牙足球甲级联赛中比赛跑动表现的影响，并考虑球员的参赛情况。收集了2022/23赛季在西班牙足球甲级联赛中参赛的582名职业足球运动员（共370场比赛）的11530次个人比赛观察数据。足球运动员根据是否参加世界杯进行分类：参赛球员和未参赛球员。对世界杯前（第1 - 14比赛日）和世界杯后（第15 - 38比赛日）两个阶段进行了比较。比赛跑动表现通过Mediacoach视频跟踪系统按照西甲联赛的标准获取。在世界杯前阶段，两组之间未发现显著差异，而在世界杯后阶段，未参赛球员的总跑动距离以及低速、中速和高速跑动距离均显著长于参赛球员。参赛球员在两个阶段之间未观察到显著差异，不过未参赛球员在世界杯后阶段的总跑动距离以及低速、中速、高速和极高速跑动距离以及冲刺距离均长于前一阶段。这些结果支持在西甲联赛中设置较长的冬歇期，以维持或提高足球运动员的体能表现。此外，针对在赛季中参加国际赛事的球员，制定特定的工作量周期安排和恢复策略对于防止后续表现下降至关重要。
