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SambaGraph: Action-Reaction Spatio-Temporal Graphs for Soccer Tactical Response Modeling

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 22, 2026 · UTC

Soccer tactics are interactive: an attacking action changes the opponent's defensive problem, and the observed response depends on the multi-agent match state. We introduce SambaGraph, an action--reaction spatio-temporal graph dataset and benchmark for soccer tactical response modeling. From tracking and event data for all 64 matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, we curate 4,070 action-centered episodes represented as temporally aligned 23-node player--ball graph sequences with attack/defense views, response labels, and 26,270 split-safe attack--defense pairs. We study three questions: whether o

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