tournament match
Competitive elimination bout
A tournament match is a competitive contest that takes place within a tournament—a structured series of games or rounds designed to determine an overall winner.
Distinguished from exhibition games or regular-season play, tournament matches carry elimination stakes or point implications: They won their first tournament match but lost in the semifinals.
The phrase appears in sports, esports, chess, and other competitive formats.
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- bracketSupport or category
- group stageTournament's initial round-robin
- first roundInitial stage of competition
- championshipCompetition for top rank
sudden death · semifinal · grand final · final · knockout · elimination · round · opponent · victory · defeat · arena · stadium · home court · showdown · duel · bout · contest · rival
- Pro Wrestlingheel, WrestleMania, face turn, Royal Rumble, kayfabe
- competitionscontests, game, race, final, games
- team sportssoccer, football, basketball, baseball, hockey
- gaming modesmultiplayer, co-op, versus, team deathmatch, free-for-all
- matchesmatchstick, matchbox, matchbook, matchhead, wooden sticks
tournament matchscrimmage
Practice match with contact
practice match · friendly · friendly match · exhibition match · pickup game
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Scheduled competitive sporting event
regular season game · challenge match · invitational · open play
tournament matchpickup game
Spontaneous informal athletic contest
casual play · backyard game · street game · open play · free play
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