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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2223-1773</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ciencia y Deporte]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ciencia y Deporte]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2223-1773</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Cultura Física de la Universidad de Camagüey "Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz", Cuba.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2223-17732022000100159</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.34982/2223.1773.2022.v7.no1.012</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Posibilidad de clasificar a la Copa del Mundo y su fundamento matemático]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Possibility of Classifying for the World Cup and Its Mathematical Rationale]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Correa Alsina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de la República Regional Norte, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Salto ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>7</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>159</fpage>
<lpage>176</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2223-17732022000100159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2223-17732022000100159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2223-17732022000100159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este artículo presenta un método que permite determinar si una selección nacional de fútbol que está participando de la fase clasificatoria para la Copa del Mundo tiene chance matemática de lograr el pasaje a la fase final de dicha competencia. El método se fundamenta en axiomas desarrollados con este fin y su funcionamiento se ilustra mediante la aplicación a un caso concreto correspondiente a las Eliminatorias sudamericanas. El mismo es eficiente, riguroso, flexible y aplicable a un conjunto amplio se situaciones.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This article presents a method which allows to determine whether a national soccer team which is participating in the qualifying phase for the World Cup has a mathematical chance of achieving the passage to the final phase of said competition. The method is based on axioms developed for these purposes and its operation is illustrated by applying it to a specific case corresponding to the South American Qualifiers. This method is efficient, rigorous, flexible and applicable to a wide range of situations.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Clasificatorias]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Copa del mundo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Fútbol]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Chance matemática.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Qualifiers]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[World cup]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Soccer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mathematical chance.]]></kwd>
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