An analysis safe protocols employed in professional male soccer and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 Brazilian championship

Leonardo José Mataruna-Dos-santos; Pedro da Gama Roberto de Albuquerque; Gabriel de Almeida Vasconcellos; Rodrigo Mendonça Do Nascimento; Nadine Tonelli Cavalari; Daniel Range; Andressa Fontes Guimarães-Mataruna; Bianca Ortiz-Silva

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An analysis safe protocols employed in professional male soccer and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 Brazilian championship

Leonardo José Mataruna-Dos-santos, Pedro da Gama Roberto de Albuquerque, Gabriel de Almeida Vasconcellos, Rodrigo Mendonça Do Nascimento, Nadine Tonelli Cavalari, Daniel Range, Andressa Fontes Guimarães-Mataruna, Bianca Ortiz-Silva

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The COVID-19 pandemic directly reached and impacted upon elite sports and caused the postponement of sporting events globally. In order to enable the return of activities, protocols were created with recommendations to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. The objective of this work is to analyze and compare the safe return protocols of major football leagues and associations to those of the Brazilian Championship, as well as to survey the numbers of COVID-19 outbreaks in clubs that competed in the 2020 Brazilian Championship Series A. The documentary research was carried out through the analysis of articles published on open-source football league and federation websites. National and international return protocols were verified, as well as the documenting of isolated cases and outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Brazilian Championship. In the Brazilian Championship, the return to play occurred at a time when COVID-19 case numbers were rising, a fact that, together with the decentralization of the match cities, was likely linked to the number of positive cases. A total of 302 positive cases of COVID-19 were identified in 14 outbreaks during the competition. Therefore, this work identifies good practice and underscores the need to reassess and refine the protocols to minimize the impacts of COVID-19 going forward.

Original language	English
Article number	13585
Number of pages	16
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	13
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413585
Publication status	Published - 8 Dec 2021

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Brazilian Championship
COVID-19
Soccer protocol

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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Mataruna-Dos-santos, L. J., de Albuquerque, P. D. G. R., Vasconcellos, G. D. A., Do Nascimento, R. M., Cavalari, N. T., Range, D., Guimarães-Mataruna, A. F., & Ortiz-Silva, B. (2021). An analysis safe protocols employed in professional male soccer and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 Brazilian championship. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(24), Article 13585. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413585

An analysis safe protocols employed in professional male soccer and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 Brazilian championship. / Mataruna-Dos-santos, Leonardo José; de Albuquerque, Pedro da Gama Roberto; Vasconcellos, Gabriel de Almeida et al.
In: Sustainability (Switzerland), Vol. 13, No. 24, 13585, 08.12.2021.

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Mataruna-Dos-santos, LJ, de Albuquerque, PDGR, Vasconcellos, GDA, Do Nascimento, RM, Cavalari, NT, Range, D, Guimarães-Mataruna, AF & Ortiz-Silva, B 2021, 'An analysis safe protocols employed in professional male soccer and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 Brazilian championship', Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 13, no. 24, 13585. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413585

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