Tournament review

Goalscoring analysis
Leading scorers
Goals
Assists
Mario Rivillos (Spain) 6 4
THE NET RESULT
Miguelín (Spain) 6 4
Alex (Spain) 6 2
Spain were most efficient, with
a goal every 7.6 attempts
The final tournament offered the
fans 1,593 goal attempts at an
average of a few decimal points
below 80 per match. Whereas the
teams in Belgium in 2014 had
required 11 attempts to register
a goal, the average rose to 12.3 in
Serbia. The mean figure, however,
conceals radical differences.
Slovenia required 25 attempts to
score, the Czech Republic nearly
20. Ukraine, despite reaching
the quarter-finals, needed 17.8
attempts to post a goal, Portugal
15. Silver-medallists Russia,
although scoring 16, had more
attempts than any other team
and their average was 12.9. At the
other end of the scale, Kazakhstan
needed just over 11 attempts
to score and Italy 10.5. It speaks
volumes for the champions that
Spain's strike rate was one goal per
7.6 attempts.
In individual terms, Spain were
also outstanding. In their ratio of
on-target/off-target shots, Alex
registered 12/4; Raúl Campos 16/8;
Mario Rivillos 15/9 and Miguelín
19/17. Ricardinho's tally was
16/19, Douglas Jr. of Kazakhstan
17/20 and, as a point of interest,
goalkeeper Higuita had 19 shots at
goal, but only four of them on target.
Total attempts
XX (ave per game)
XX
XX
Goals
On target
Off target
XX
Blocked XX
Average attempts per goal XX
Woodwork XX
XX
most shots
against
team
XX
fewest shots
against
team
Ricardinho (Portugal) 6 0
Serik Zhamankulov (Kazakhstan) 6 0
Romulo (Russia) 5 2
Mladen Kocić (Serbia) 5 1
AZERBAIJAN
CROATIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
HUNGARY
Total attempts
116 (38.7) 43
most shots
against
8
Czech Rep.
Total attempts
46 (23) 26
most shots
against
4
Russia
Total attempts
99 (49.5) 65
most shots
against
5
Azerbaijan
Total attempts
70 (35) 46
most shots
against
5
Ukraine
47
39
Blocked 30
33
fewest shots
against
Italy
20
19
Blocked 10
23
fewest shots
against
Kazakhstan
27
37
Blocked 35
34
fewest shots
against
Italy
24
28
Blocked 18
24
fewest shots
against
Spain
Average attempts per goal 14.5
Woodwork 3
Average attempts per goal 11.5
Woodwork 0
Average attempts per goal 19.8
Woodwork 4
Average attempts per goal 14
Woodwork 1
ITALY
KAZAKHSTAN
PORTUGAL
RUSSIA
Total attempts
126 (42) 54
most shots
against
12
Azerbaijan
Total attempts
199 (39.8) 47
most shots
against
18
Serbia
Total attempts
135 (45) 49
most shots
against
9
Serbia
Total attempts
207 (41.4) 48
most shots
against
16
Serbia
45
41
Blocked 40
27
fewest shots
against
Czech Rep.
65
88
Blocked 46
30
fewest shots
against
Spain
47
51
Blocked 37
38
fewest shots
against
Slovenia
70
69
Blocked 68
28
fewest shots
against
Kazakhstan
Average attempts per goal 10.5
Woodwork 4
Average attempts per goal 11.1
Woodwork 11
Average attempts per goal 15
Woodwork 2
Average attempts per goal 12.9
Woodwork 2
SERBIA
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
UKRAINE
Total attempts
169 (33.8) 42
most shots
against
14
Ukraine
Total attempts
75 (37.5) 41
most shots
against
3
Serbia
Total attempts
206 (41.2) 48
most shots
against
27
Russia
Total attempts
142 (47.3) 69
most shots
against
8
Hungary
65
65
Blocked 39
22
fewest shots
against
Portugal
22
29
Blocked 24
34
fewest shots
against
Portugal
85
64
Blocked 57
32
fewest shots
against
Portugal
45
67
Blocked 30
29
fewest shots
against
Spain
Average attempts per goal 12.1
Woodwork 4
Average attempts per goal 25
Woodwork 1
Average attempts per goal 7.6
Woodwork 7
Average attempts per goal 17.8
Woodwork 5
Attempts striking the woodwork are included in the on-target total if deflected by the
goalkeeper or defender and in the off-target total if the attempt strikes the woodwork directly.
From left: Spain's sharpshooters
Miguelín, Mario Rivillos and Alex
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