bronze medal match

Contest for third

A bronze medal match is a competition to determine third place, typically in tournaments where losing semifinalists compete against each other rather than sharing third place.

Common in wrestling, judo, and Olympic sports: The bronze medal match drew a surprisingly large crowd.

In some formats, two bronze medals are awarded without a deciding match.

Related

elimination · silver · gold · tournament · knockout · runner-up · competition · Olympic · world championships · defeat · winner · athlete · championship · standings · tiebreaker · sudden death · overtime · arena

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competitive stakes/prestige

bronze medal matchchampionship game

Contest determining the champion

gold medal match · final · title match · grand final · championship bout

tournament position

bronze medal matchopening round

Tournament's starting phase

qualifying round · round of 64 · play-in game

Family

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G