is the order of importance of the criteria under question, according to the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method …

resources which may have been put to better use elsewhere In any case, the FIFA that benefits hugely from staging the World Cup … Investitionstätigkeit ist die Ausrichtung FIFA World Cups ein ausgesprochener Luxus. Die Gefahr von Fehlinvestitionen, insbesondere mit …

Comprehensive rankings of football teams have become an important, and occasionally controversial, feature of many … football codes. The rationale behind these systems needs to be understood. The historical evolution of the current eight codes … is briefly traced from just two: association football and rugby football, played under various forms in the mid 19th …

This paper used the Fédération International de Football Association (FIFA) world ranking points data to examine how …

The expansion of economics to ?non-market topics? such as football has received increased attention in recent years … whether there is a correlation between women?s and men?s team performances. In general, countries with a stronger football … competitive balance between the different football regions. …

democratic organization. UEFA is also the most important member of FIFA, which is the international governing body for football …UEFA is the sports governing body for football (soccer) in Europe with 53 national associations as members of a …

make a comparison between the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Champions League tournaments. …

Most of the football papers that measure the international performances focus on the ranking system provided by the … FIFA. Surprisingly, the World Cup per se has not been analyzed intensively. This paper as a novelty reports empirical … is reported that nations with a stronger football tradition perform better. …