The World Cup Graph

Initial Data Setup

CREATE INDEX ON :Match(id);
CREATE INDEX ON :WorldCup(name);
CREATE INDEX ON :Stadium(name);
CREATE INDEX ON :Phase(phase);
CREATE INDEX ON :Country(name);
CREATE INDEX ON :Time(time);
CREATE INDEX ON :MatchNumber(value);
USING PERIODIC COMMIT 1000
LOAD CSV WITH HEADERS FROM "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7619809/matches.csv" AS csvLine

WITH csvLine, toInt(csvLine.match_number) AS matchNumber

WITH csvLine,
     CASE WHEN csvLine.phase = ""
     THEN
     	CASE WHEN matchNumber <= 48 THEN "Group matches"
     	     WHEN matchNumber > 48 AND matchNumber <= 56 THEN "Round of 16"
     	     WHEN matchNumber > 56 AND matchNumber <= 60 THEN "Quarter-finals"
     	     WHEN matchNumber > 60 AND matchNumber <= 62 THEN "Semi-finals"
     	     WHEN matchNumber = 63 THEN "Third place"
     		 ELSE "Final"
     	END
     ELSE
     	csvLine.phase
	END AS phase, matchNumber

MERGE (match:Match {id: csvLine.id})
SET match.h_score = csvLine.h_score,
    match.a_score = csvLine.a_score,
    match.attendance = csvLine.attendance,
    match.date = csvLine.date,
    match.description = csvLine.home + " vs. " + csvLine.away

MERGE (host:Country {name: csvLine.host})

MERGE (home:Country {name: csvLine.home})
MERGE (match)-[:HOME_TEAM]->(home)

MERGE (away:Country {name: csvLine.away})
MERGE (match)-[:AWAY_TEAM]->(away)

MERGE (year:Year {year: toInt(csvLine.year)})

MERGE (worldCup:WorldCup {name: csvLine.world_cup})
MERGE (match)<-[:CONTAINS_MATCH]-(worldCup)
MERGE (host)<-[:HOSTED_BY]-(worldCup)
MERGE (year)<-[:IN_YEAR]-(worldCup)

MERGE (stadium:Stadium {name: csvLine.stadium})
MERGE (match)-[:PLAYED_IN_STADIUM]->(stadium)

MERGE (p:Phase {name: phase})
MERGE (match)-[:IN_PHASE]->(p)

MERGE (mn:MatchNumber {value: matchNumber})
MERGE (match)-[:HAS_MATCH_NUMBER]->(mn)

MERGE (time:Time {time: csvLine.time})
MERGE (match)-[:PLAYED_AT_TIME]->(time)

RETURN count(*) as matches;

The graph is too large to visualize nicely, that’s why here only a few matches from 2010 as example.

MATCH (stadium:Stadium)<-[:PLAYED_IN_STADIUM]-(match)<-[:CONTAINS_MATCH]-(worldCup)-[:HOSTED_BY]-(host),
      (worldCup)-[:IN_YEAR]-(year:Year {year:2010})

RETURN *

Which Worldcups are in this dataset?

MATCH (stadium:Stadium)<-[:PLAYED_IN_STADIUM]-()<-[:CONTAINS_MATCH]-(worldCup:WorldCup)-[:HOSTED_BY]-(host:Country),
      (worldCup)-[:IN_YEAR]-(year:Year)

RETURN worldCup.name,year.year,host.name,collect(distinct stadium.name)
ORDER BY year.year ASC

Find the stadiums that hosted the most World Cup matches and which World Cups those were in.

MATCH (stadium:Stadium)<-[:PLAYED_IN_STADIUM]-()<-[:CONTAINS_MATCH]-(wc)-[:HOSTED_BY]-(host),
      (wc)-[:IN_YEAR]-(year)

WITH stadium, host, COUNT(*) as count, COLLECT(DISTINCT year.year) AS years

UNWIND years as year

WITH stadium, host, count, year
ORDER BY stadium.name, host.name, year

RETURN stadium.name, host.name, COLLECT(year) AS years, count
ORDER BY count DESC
LIMIT 5

Which countries hosted the most World Cups and when?

MATCH (host:Country)<-[:HOSTED_BY]-()-[:IN_YEAR]->(year)

WITH host, COUNT(*) AS times, COLLECT(year.year) AS years
UNWIND years AS year

WITH host, times, year
ORDER BY times DESC, year

RETURN host.name, times, COLLECT(year) AS years
ORDER BY times DESC