Table 1: The use of timeouts in the EHF Men´s European Championship 2014.

Main variables % (N)
Number of games (47)
Number of timeouts (213)
First half timeouts 44.6 (95)
0-14 min. 10.8 (23)
14-28 min. 29.6 (63)
28-30 min. 4.2 (9)
Second half timeouts 55.4 (118)
30-44 min. 13.1 (28)
44-58 min 31.5 (67)
58-60 min. 10.8 (23)
Timeouts during 2 min. suspensions 13.6 (29)
Timeouts in close matches (+/- 2 goals final score) 53.5 (114)
Timeouts in uneven matches (+3 goals final score) 46.5 (99)
Timeouts for teams with minus 3-5 goals in the last 5 min. 18.8 (40)
Timeouts for teams with minus 1-2 goals in the last 5 min. 54.9 (117)
Timeouts for teams with even score to plus 4 goals in the last 5 min. 26.3 (56)
   
Mean timeouts per game 4.53