league champions
Top team, crowned
League champions are the team or individual that wins a competitive league, typically determined by accumulated performance over a season rather than a single elimination tournament.
The term appears in sports contexts from professional soccer to recreational bowling: The league champions will be honored at the banquet.
Becoming league champions usually requires sustained excellence across many games or matches.
- titleFormal honorific or name
- trophyAward for winning
- winnersThose who prevail
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
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- championsgold medalists, titleholders, victors, first place, prize winners
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Worst ranking position
runners-up · cellar dwellers · also-rans · tail-enders · basement dwellers
league championslosers
Unsuccessful competitors
failures · defeated · laughingstock · doormats · whipping boys
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