The purpose of the master's thesis is to identify the differences in the occurrence of structural elements between individual time periods of matches and according to the results of matches (win, defeat, and tie). The sample of matches comprises 65 matches of European Men’s Championship 2020. Data were obtained from official statistics from the official website of the European Handball Federation (EHF). We selected 15 variables from the statistics, which we divided into parameters related to activities attack and in defense. Data were statistically analyzed in program IBM SPSS 23 (SPSS Inc., Armonk, New York, ZDA). The differences between ten minutes periods of the matches in the selected variable of game efficiency were checked with Friedman rank test, and the comparison between results of the matches in selected variable with Kruskall-Wallis test. In the case, there were statistically significant differences we used Bonferoni’s correction for repeated measurements to identify between which subgroups there are statistically significant differences.It was found out that there are statistically significant differences according to the results of matches (between those who won the match and those who lost). Winners scored statistically more goals, attempted more shots, scored more goals from counterattack, scored more goals from the six-meter line from the middle, had more assists, made fewer technical fouls, took more balls and goalkeepers defended more shots. We also found out that statistical differences occur between losers and teams that played tie. Teams that played the match tie, made less technical fouls compared to losers. Differences in the selected parameters also occurred between individual sections of matches. It was found out that there were differences in the number of attacks (0–10 min < 10–20 min, 20–30 min, 30–40 min, 40–50 min, 50–60 min in 20–30 min > 30–40 min, 40–50 min), number of shots (0–10 min < 10–20 min, 20–30 min, 30–40 min, 50–60 min in 20–30 min > 40–50 min), number of goals from the six-meter line from the middle (0–10 min < 30–40 min, 50–60 min in 30–40 min > 10–20 min) and number of two minutes suspensions (0–10 min < 30–40 min, 50–60 min). The Master’s thesis presents the most important characteristics that differ more successful teams from less successful ones and it also contributes to the understanding of differences in playing performance which occurred in individual sections of matches.
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