Proceedings of the 42nd International Academic Conference, Rome

INVESTIGATING THE EFFICIENCIES OF WORLD CUP TEAMS VIA DEA APPROACH

FAZIL GÖKGÖZ, ENGIN YALÇIN

Abstract:

It is crucial to analyze football teams since football has increasingly become a significant industry within the economy. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been applied to many branches and especially to football. This paper investigates the technical efficiency levels of national teams participating in World Cup 2014 to shed light on the sport performance. Input oriented CCR/BCC model and super efficiency analyses have been used to investigate the football efficiencies. In this study, passes completed, attempts on target and possession are used as input while the only output is goal scored. The results have illustrated that World Cup winner Germany is found as efficient on both CCR and BCC model. On the other hand, only four teams are technically efficient within 32 teams while nine teams have demonstrated pure efficiency. Colombia is the most efficient team for both CCR and BCC super efficiency model. In this regard, we may conclude that efficiency would be a viable instrument in analyzing the football teams.

Keywords: DEA, World Cup, Football Efficiency.

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2018.042.013

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