Competition category sorts athletes by the level they actually competed at, such as national team, club or youth level. Wikipedia notes Pele played "for the Brazil national team at 16" while also starring "at club level" for Santos, two distinct categories at once. This dimension groups athletes who competed at the same category of competition.
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Defining CharacteristicHockey is a family of stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal. 1 Team
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Hockey is a family of stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal.
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Are ice hockey players grouped with field hockey players in this atlas?
Yes. Players of either code, on any surface, are grouped together by their shared stick-based lineage.
This subcategory groups athletes who competed in field hockey or ice hockey, the stick-and-ball or stick-and-puck team sport family, and players of either code on any surface belong here together. Goal-scoring team sport athletes who play without a stick are grouped instead under Football Codes.