qualifying round
Pre-tournament elimination phase
A qualifying round is a preliminary stage of competition that determines which participants advance to the main event.
Athletes, teams, or contestants must meet certain standards or finish high enough to proceed: She set a personal best in the qualifying round but couldn't match it in the final.
Also called qualifiers or preliminaries.
- competitorOne striving against others
- heatsIncreases temperature
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- group stageTournament's initial round-robin
- preliminaryBefore the main part
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- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- racingrace, racing, race track, racetrack, lap
- competition roundsfinals, semifinals, quarterfinals, preliminaries, heats
- golf tournamenttrophy, title, winner, professional player, finals
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qualifying roundfinals
Concluding tests or matches
final round · grand final · title match · gold medal match · semifinal
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