Abstract
The aim of this research is to determine the demonstrated differences in successful attacks that resulted with shoot at goal, at the 16th and 17th World Championships in football (France 1998 and Japan and South Korea 2002). 56 football games on both championships were analyzed. The observed variables regard the successful attacks: non accurate, accurate and efficient. At the World championship in France there were more misses i.e. less efficiency with regard to the number of tries contrary to the World Championship in Japan and Korea where rational play resulted in almost the same number of goals, bur out of significantly less number of tries.