トーナメント

とーなめんと
noun
tournament; knockout competition
sports
1. tournament; knockout competition
a competition format where teams or players are eliminated after losing, usually in a bracket-style system
トーナメント(せん)優勝(ゆうしょう)した
We won the tournament.
I checked the tournament bracket.
We lost in the first round and were eliminated from the tournament.

Etymology

From English "tournament"

Compounds

  • トーナメント(せん) (tournament competition)
  • トーナメント(ひょう) (tournament bracket)
  • トーナメント方式(ほうしき) (tournament format/knockout system)

Similar words

  • トーナメント(せん) (knockout/elimination format)
  • リーグ(せん) (round-robin league format)

In トーナメント, one loss often means elimination, while in リーグ(せん), all teams play each other.

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