Author/Authors :
Arabzad, Mohammad Department of Industrial Engineering - Najafabad Branch - Islamic Azad University , Berjis, Negin Department of Industrial Engineering - Najafabad Branch - Islamic Azad University , Shirouyehzad, Hadi Department of Industrial Engineering - Najafabad Branch - Islamic Azad University
Abstract :
Football is one of the most popular and exciting sports fields throughout
the world. Today, in addition to the result, the number of goals and
points, attraction and quality of the played matches are important for
club management staff, coaching staff, the players and especially the
fans. Beside number of goals, there are different criteria such as successful
passes, attacks, defenses, tackles and etc. can determine the quality
of matches. Therefore, in this survey, researchers consider the quality of
World Cup 2014 football matches. For this purpose, after the review on
research literature, the quality criteria of football matches are determined.
Afterward, related data of each criterion are extracted. Then, the DEA
common weight analysis (DEA-CWA) is used in order to evaluate and
rank the quality of competitions. Results show that the match between
the national teams of Argentina and Nigeria was elected as the highestquality
match in Brazil's 2014 World Cup first round.
