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The aims of this study were twofold: 1) to compare the differences in the characteristics of corner kick goals across three different European leagues and 2) to identify the main determinants of corner kick success in the FIFA World Cup 2022. A total of 624 goals from corner kicks in the English Premier League (EPL), Spanish La Liga (SLL) and Danish Superliga (DSL), as well as a total of 545 corner kicks in the 2022 World Cup, were used for analysis by the chi-square test, ANOVA and logistic regression. League analyses revealed that a greater percentage of corners were scored at home, with inswing, nongroup, direct attacking, nonblock defence and specific area and tactic structures (χ 2 =7.85–366.16, p < 0.05). A comparison of EPL, SLL and DSL showed clear differences in the percentage of corners scored in different leagues with rotation (e.g., inswing goals, 49–79 %), block-tactics defence, and different structures and placements (χ 2 =46.65–306.67, p < 0.05). In addition, the DSL had a greater number of attacking teams in corner kick goals (F=22.20, p < 0.05). Finally, the World Cup logistic regression analyses revealed that increasing the number of penalty area attackers (β = 0.62, OR=1.86, p < 0.05) and placing them in critical areas (β = 0.40–0.66, OR=3.937.99, p < 0.05) increased the probability of a corner kick resulting in a shot from the attacking team. Practitioners need to understand the characteristics of corner kicks and reasonably conduct technical and tactical corner kick training and match arrangements to increase the probability of corner kick success according to the characteristics of leagues and teams.
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Wei et al. (2025) studied this question.