Single-elimination tournament

Single-elimination tournament is a format generally used in different sports to determine a champion. Single elimination means if they lose 1 game they are eliminated from the tournament. An example of this is the NFL playoffs. 

Example
Here is an example of the knockout round of the 2002 FIFA World Cup  tournament:

 References 

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Category:Football (soccer) terminology
Category:Sports competitions
Category:Sports words