regional champions
Local title holders
Regional champions are winners of a competition at the regional level, having defeated other competitors within a defined geographic area but not yet at the national or higher level.
The term appears frequently in sports brackets and academic competitions where teams or individuals advance through successive stages: The regional champions will compete in the state finals next week.
- tournament winnersCompetition's ultimate victors
- state finalsConcluding statewide tournament games
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
- trophyAward for winning
- divisionalOf or concerning segments
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- Asian Sportsmartial arts, judo, kung fu, taekwondo, karate
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