Tournament
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| - | [[Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro (Piero della Francesca)]] | + | A '''tournament''' is a [[competition]] involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a [[sport]] or [[game]]. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: |
| - | [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Federico_da_Montefeltro.jpg] | + | # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentrated into a relatively short time interval. |
| + | # A competition involving multiple matches, each involving a subset of the competitors, with the overall tournament winner determined based on the combined results of these individual matches. These are common in those sports and games where each match must involve a small number of competitors: often precisely two, as in most [[team sport]]s, [[racket sport]]s and [[combat sport]]s, many [[card game]]s and [[board game]]s, and many forms of [[debate|competitive debating]]. Such tournaments allow large numbers to compete against each other in spite of the restriction on numbers in a single match. | ||
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| + | These two senses are distinct. All [[golf tournament]]s meet the first definition, but while [[match play]] tournaments meet the second, [[stroke play]] tournaments do not, since there are no distinct matches within the tournament. In contrast, [[football (soccer)]] leagues like the [[Premier League]] are tournaments in the second sense, but not the first, having matches spread across many stadia over a period of up to a year. Many tournaments meet both definitions; for example, the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon tennis championship]]. | ||
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| + | A tournament-match (or ''tie'' or ''fixture'' or ''heat'') may involve multiple game-matches (or ''rubbers'' or ''legs'') between the competitors. For example, in the [[Davis Cup]] [[tennis]] tournament, a tie between two nations involves five rubbers between the nations' players. The team that wins the most rubbers wins the tie. In the later rounds of [[UEFA Champions League]] of football (soccer), each fixture is [[two-legged tie|played over two legs]]. The scores of each leg are added, and the team with the higher aggregate score wins the fixture, with [[away goals rule|away goals]] used as a tiebreaker and a [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty shootout]] if away goals cannot determine a winner. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Playoff format]] | ||
| + | *[[Apertura and Clausura]] | ||
| + | *[[Tennis tour]] | ||
| - | [[Federico da Montefeltro]] lost his [[nasal bridge]] and his right eye at a [[tournament]] accident. | ||
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A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:
- One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentrated into a relatively short time interval.
- A competition involving multiple matches, each involving a subset of the competitors, with the overall tournament winner determined based on the combined results of these individual matches. These are common in those sports and games where each match must involve a small number of competitors: often precisely two, as in most team sports, racket sports and combat sports, many card games and board games, and many forms of competitive debating. Such tournaments allow large numbers to compete against each other in spite of the restriction on numbers in a single match.
These two senses are distinct. All golf tournaments meet the first definition, but while match play tournaments meet the second, stroke play tournaments do not, since there are no distinct matches within the tournament. In contrast, football (soccer) leagues like the Premier League are tournaments in the second sense, but not the first, having matches spread across many stadia over a period of up to a year. Many tournaments meet both definitions; for example, the Wimbledon tennis championship.
A tournament-match (or tie or fixture or heat) may involve multiple game-matches (or rubbers or legs) between the competitors. For example, in the Davis Cup tennis tournament, a tie between two nations involves five rubbers between the nations' players. The team that wins the most rubbers wins the tie. In the later rounds of UEFA Champions League of football (soccer), each fixture is played over two legs. The scores of each leg are added, and the team with the higher aggregate score wins the fixture, with away goals used as a tiebreaker and a penalty shootout if away goals cannot determine a winner.
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