national finals
Country's deciding competition
National finals is the culminating competition in a tournament or championship series, where contestants who have advanced through regional or preliminary rounds compete for the top title.
The term appears across contexts from spelling bees to rodeo to debate: She qualified for the national finals after winning her state competition.
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- championship gameContest determining the champion
- tournamentMulti-round competitive event
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- title matchContest for supremacy
playoffs · semifinals · trophy · gold medal · victory · victory lap · title · arena · champion · contenders · showdown · elimination · sudden death · bracket · medal · podium · winner · rival
- sporting eventsrace, game, match, games, cup
- Cooking Showscooking shows, Top Chef, Iron Chef, Hell's Kitchen, baking show
- talent competitionstalent show, talent shows, auditions, judges panel, golden buzzer
- tournament roundsfirst round, second round, third round, opening round, qualifying round
- moot courtmoot court, oral arguments, oral argument, legal briefs, petitioner
- sheepdog trialssheepdog, sheepdog trials, herding, handler, outrun
national finalspreliminary rounds
Initial elimination stages
qualifying rounds · regionals · first round · heats · tryouts
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Last round, global stage
regional finals · state finals · district finals · world championship · world championships
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