Studia Kinanthropologica 2022, 23(3):177-186 | DOI: 10.32725/sk.2023.002

Measuring the efficiency of hockey clubs: Empirical evidence from Czech hockey competition

N. Pelloneová
Technická univerzita v Liberci, Ekonomická fakulta, Katedra podnikové ekonomiky a managementu

Hockey is a very popular sport in the Czech Republic. Nowadays, efficiency analysis of hockey clubs is a useful tool to help managers evaluate team performance. However, there is a limited amount of academic studies that deal with the economic dimensions and efficiency evaluation of hockey clubs. The performance of players affects the performance of the entire team and predicts the success or failure of the hockey club itself. The aim of this research is to develop a methodology for evaluating the efficiency of hockey clubs and then apply this methodology to the Czech Tipsport extraliga. In the present research, the data envelopment analysis model was used, specifically the input-oriented Charness, Cooper, Rhodes model. The model is empirically applied to the evaluation of 15 hockey clubs of the Tipsport extraliga in the 2021/22 season. Subsequently, the overall technical efficiency of the whole club was calculated based on the partial values of technical efficiency for each playing
position. Based on the overall efficiency, the ranking of the clubs in the 2021/22 season was then determined and compared with the actual club results. The research showed, among other things, that, not always the clubs that make the play-offs are the most efficient.

Keywords: sport; ice hockey; efficiency; data envelopment analysis; CCR-I model

Received: November 30, 2022; Revised: January 16, 2023; Accepted: January 23, 2023; Published: February 9, 2023  Show citation

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Pelloneová N. Measuring the efficiency of hockey clubs: Empirical evidence from Czech hockey competition. Studia Kinanthropologica. 2022;23(3):177-186. doi: 10.32725/sk.2023.002.
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