Analysing Team Formations in Football with the Static Qualitative Trajectory Calculus

Jasper Beernaerts, Bernard De Baets, Matthieu Lenoir, Kristof De Mey, Nico Van de Weghe

2018

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the Static Qualitative Trajectory Calculus (QTCS), a qualitative spatiotemporal method based on the Qualitative Trajectory Calculus (QTC), for team formation analysis in football. While methods for team formation analysis are mostly quantitative, QTCS enables the comparison of team formations by describing the relative positions between players in a qualitative manner, which is much more related to the way players position themselves on the field. To illustrate the method, we present a series of examples based on real football matches of a 2016-2017 European football competition. With QTCS, team formations of both an entire team as well as a smaller group of players can be described. Analysis of these formations can be done for multiple matches, thereby defining the playing style of a team, or at critical moments during a game, such as set pieces.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Beernaerts J., Baets B., Lenoir M., Mey K. and Weghe N. (2018). Analysing Team Formations in Football with the Static Qualitative Trajectory Calculus.In Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS, ISBN 978-989-758-325-4, pages 15-22. DOI: 10.5220/0006884500150022

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsports18,
author={Jasper Beernaerts and Bernard De Baets and Matthieu Lenoir and Kristof De Mey and Nico Van de Weghe},
title={Analysing Team Formations in Football with the Static Qualitative Trajectory Calculus},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,},
year={2018},
pages={15-22},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006884500150022},
isbn={978-989-758-325-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,
TI - Analysing Team Formations in Football with the Static Qualitative Trajectory Calculus
SN - 978-989-758-325-4
AU - Beernaerts J.
AU - Baets B.
AU - Lenoir M.
AU - Mey K.
AU - Weghe N.
PY - 2018
SP - 15
EP - 22
DO - 10.5220/0006884500150022