Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/288997 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Operational Research [ISSN:] 1866-1505 [Volume:] 22 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Berlin, Heidelberg [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 123-131
Publisher: 
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This article is mainly motivated by the urge to answer two kinds of questions regarding the Bundesliga, which is Germany’s primary football (soccer) division having the highest average stadium attendance worldwide: “At any point in the season, what is the lowest final rank a certain team can achieve?” and “At any point in the season, what is the highest final rank a certain team can achieve?”. Although we focus on the Bundesliga in particular, the integer programming formulations we introduce to answer these questions can easily be adapted to a variety of other league systems and tournaments.
Subjects: 
Round robin tournaments
Standings estimations
Integer linear programming
Football
JEL: 
C27
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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