After 35 years, the bi-annual congress series World Congress on Science and Soccer and World Congress on Science and Football respectively has established itself as an important platform for scientific exchange. Over 250 oral - and almost 100 poster presentations were given at the 15th edition of the congress, hosted by the historic University of Coimbra.
The Chair of Performance Analysis and Sportinformatics got represented by two cutting-edge talks of PD Dr. Daniel Link and Dr. Otto Kolbinger. Daniel Link showed how performance indicators in the 2019/20 season of the German Football Bundesliga were affected by the interruption caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Otto Kolbinger demonstrated how innovative text mining approaches can be used to automatically track stakeholder reactions towards the video assistant referee (VAR) in football.
The Chair expresses its gratitude to the University of Coimbra for the well-organized conference and is looking forward to next year’s event at the University of Groningen.