Characteristics of included studies related to tournament football
| Publication | Country | Setting | Age (mean±SD) | Teams | Players | Injury definition | Injury recorder | Injury Severity Classification | STROBE/5 (Reporting quality) | NOS/8 (Methodological quality) |
| Junge and Dvorak28 | USA | WC, 1999 | Not reported | 16 | 176* | Medical attention | National Team Physician | 6ii | 4 | 7 |
| USA | WC, 2003 | 16 | 176* | Medical attention | National Team Physician | 6ii | ||||
| Australia | OG, 2000 | 8 | 88* | Medical attention | National Team Physician | 6ii | ||||
| Greece | OG, 2004 | 10* | 110* | Medical attention | National Team Physician | 6ii | ||||
| Waldén et al29 | England | EC, 2005 | Not reported | 8 | 160 | Time-loss | National Team Physician | 6i | 5 | 7 |
Injury Severity classification:
6i—slight (0 day), minimal (1–3 days), mild (4–7 days), moderate (8–28 days), severe (>28 days), career ending.
6ii—0=0 days, 1=1 day, 2=2 days, 7=1 week, 14=2 weeks, >30=more than 4 weeks.
*Sample size based on the authors incidence calculation; 11 players/team.
EC, European Championship; NOS, Newcastle-Ottawa Scale; OG, Olympic Games; STROBE, Strengthening The Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology statement; WC, Women’s World Cup.