quarterfinal

Etymology

quarter + final

noun

  1. (sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
  2. (general) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.

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