Cortez, Alberto
Yousefian, Farzad
Folgado, Hugo
Brito, João
Travassos, Bruno
Abade, Eduardo
Liu, Hongyou
Niu, Zunqi
Gonçalves, Bruno
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia scholarship funded by the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (2022.13804.BD)
Article History
Received: 11 August 2025
Accepted: 27 February 2026
First Online: 7 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study involves FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 matches to investigate the most demanding passages of kinematic activity, focusing physical, technical and tactical performance in and after these passages. The research project did not involve human participants, human experiments, and human data. The match data are permitted to make scientific research by the official FIFA Data Plaform. Authors confirm that all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. This study was conducted according to the ethical principles of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki and approved by Ethics Committee of Departamento de Desporto e Saúde, Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Universidade de Évora.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.