Match criteria between two tables to find maximum date within a list - excel

Question

I have 2 tables of data, one is only 5 columns and the second is 100s of columns, but in simplistic terms they have the formatting below. Both are hundreds of rows long.
Table 1 (is sorted ascending, all columns)
A B C D E
1 Date TeamF Trans Name TeamT
2 date1 teamF1 trans1 name1 teamT1
3 date2 teamF2 trans2 name2 teamT2
4 date3 teamF3 trans3 name3 teamT3
5 date4 teamF4 trans4 name4 teamT4
6 date5 teamF5 trans5 name5 teamT5
Table 2 (not sorted in any manner)
A B C D E F G ,etc.
1 Team Game Date Opp NameA NameB NameC ,etc...
2 team1 game1 date1 opp1 statsA1 statsB1 statsC1 ,etc...
3 team2 game2 date2 opp2 statsA2 statsB2 statsC2 ,etc...
4 team3 game3 date3 opp3 statsA3 statsB3 statsC3 ,etc...
5 team4 game4 date4 opp4 statsA4 statsB4 statsC4 ,etc...
6 team5 game5 date5 opp5 statsA5 statsB5 statsC5 ,etc...
I've been trying to get the INDEX/MATCH formula I typically use (below) a little more sophisticated to avoid some errors I've been having in data processing. I'm trying to pull the TeamT name from Table 1 and populate the stats rows in Table 2, columns E and beyond. I do this based on a
match of Names between Table1 column D and Table 2 row 1
Dates in Table 1 being <= Dates in Table 2 column C
with the following formula
my current formula =INDEX(Table1!$A:$E,MATCH(1,(Table1!$D:$D=Table2!E$1)*(Table1!$A:$A<=Table2!$C2),0),5)
As you can probably see, if there are multiple dates in Table 1 that are less than C2, I only get the first one. What I'd really like is the maximum (newest one). I've been playing with MAX/IF statements and INDEX/MATCH/IF statements but can't get the proper result. Some examples of those failed tries are below
example 1
=MAX(IF(Table1!$D:$D=Table2!E$1,IF(Table1!$A:$A<=Table2!$C2,Table1!$E:$E)))
example 2
=INDEX(Table1!$E:$E,MATCH(MAX(IF(Table1!$D:$D=Table2!E$1,Table1!$A:$A<=Table2!$C2)),IF(Table1!$D:$D=Table2!E$1,Table1!$A:$A<=Table2!$C2),0))
Any help would be appreciated. I've tried many solutions I've found, but I'm still pulling my hair out on this one.
I also have a second variation of formula where I match dates based on Dates in Table 1 being >= Dates in Table 2 column C. In that case I want the minimum match (the oldest date). I'm assuming I'd simply use MIN instead of MAX for this?

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly, here I have the answer for your first question.
To make the sample easier, I put everything in one sheet. You can copy to the new sheet once you are happy with the result. That way you will have the working formula.
The array formula (click Ctrl + Shift + Enter together) I used from cell K2 is:
=IFERROR(INDEX($E$2:$E$11,MATCH(MAX(IF(--($D$2:$D$11=K$1)*--($A$2:$A$11<$I2)*$A$2:$A$11,$A$2:$A$11)),IF(--($D$2:$D$11=K$1)*--($A$2:$A$11<$I2)*$A$2:$A$11,$A$2:$A$11),0)),"")
You can drag this to the fields you need. Please note this to find the most current date. Because I am not 100% sure this is what you are looking for. Therefore, in my example from cell O2, I managed to find the latest row and the formula (regular formula) is:
=IFERROR(INDEX($E$2:$E$11,LOOKUP(2,1/(--($D$2:$D$11=O$1)*--($A$2:$A$11<$I2)),(ROW($E$2:$E$11)-ROW(O$1)))),"")
For the 2nd question, I will leave it to you to find out from these two and that should do the trick.

Answer 2

I worked this out myself with MAXIFS to find the max date and a multi-criteria VLOOKUP function
this finds the max date less than a current row based on a name match
=VLOOKUP(MAXIFS(Table1!$A:$A,Table1!$D:$D,E$1,Table1!$A:$A,"<="&$C2)&E$1,CHOOSE({1,2},Table1!$A:$A&Table1!$D:$D,Table1!$E:$E),2,0)
the solution to a min date greater than the current row based on a name match is
=VLOOKUP(MINIFS(Table1!$A:$A,Table1!$D:$D,E$1,Table1!$A:$A,">="&$C2)&E$1,CHOOSE({1,2},Table1!$A:$A&Table1!$D:$D,Table1!$B:$B),2,0)