tournament winner
Takes the trophy
The tournament winner is whoever prevails in a tournament—a competition structured as a series of contests that progressively eliminate participants until one remains.
The term applies across sports, games, and other competitive formats: The tournament winner takes home the trophy, She emerged as the tournament winner after five grueling matches.
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- title holderOne holding a championship
- victorOne who defeats opponents
- trophyAward for winning
- goldElement seventy-nine
undisputed champ · medal · first place · title · crown · bracket · underdog · upset · glory · victory lap · triumph · prize · MVP · seed · knockout · playoffs · contender · dark horse
- fightersboxer, boxers, wrestler, Muhammad Ali, fighter
- winnerswinners, champion, champions, victors, victor
- Chess Playersgrandmaster, chess master, chess champion, world champion, master
tournament winnerbottom seed
Worst-positioned tournament entrant
also-ran · runner-up · cellar dweller · finalist · semifinalist
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