best of five
Playoff match structure
Best of five describes a competition format where the winner is whoever first wins three games or matches out of a maximum of five.
Common in tennis, video game tournaments, and playoff series: The semifinal is a best-of-five.
The format balances giving trailing competitors a chance to recover while keeping the series from dragging on too long.
- match pointFinal point needed
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- tournamentMulti-round competitive event
- tiebreakerContest deciding drawn competitors
- deciding gameContest determining overall winner
set point · championship · playoffs · rubber match · game seven · elimination · do or die · clinch · sweep · semifinals · finals · winner takes all · match winner · advantage · deuce · tennis · volleyball · competitive
- sports termssoccer, football, basketball, tennis, golf
- Competition Formatsround robin, knockout, double elimination, single elimination, league play
- playoff termswild card, semifinal, quarterfinal, final, championship
- playoffsbracket, brackets, elimination, playoff bracket, playoff game
- tournament termsbracket, playoff bracket, semifinals, quarterfinals, finals
- tournamentstournament, tournaments, bracket, brackets, tournament brackets
competition format structure
best of fivesingle elimination
sudden death · one-and-done · winner-take-all · play-in game · golden goal