Play-in game, the Glossary
A play-in game is a game, usually played at the beginning of a tournament or just prior to the tournament depending on how the tournament is defined.[1]
Table of Contents
17 relations: Australia Cup, First Four, Indian Premier League, League of Legends World Championship, Major League Baseball, MLS Cup Playoffs, National Basketball League (Australia), National Football League, NBA play-in tournament, NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA Season 97 men's basketball tournament, NFL playoffs, One-game playoff, Power of two, Scotties Tournament of Hearts, The Brier, Wild Card Series.
- Tournament systems
Australia Cup
The Australia Cup is the national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia.
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First Four
The First Four (also the “Early Eight”) is a play-in round of the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments.
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Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as the TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held annually in India.
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The League of Legends World Championship (commonly abbreviated as Worlds) is the annual professional League of Legends world championship tournament hosted by Riot Games and is the culmination of each season.
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Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.
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MLS Cup Playoffs
The MLS Cup Playoffs is the annual postseason elimination tournament of Major League Soccer.
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National Basketball League (Australia)
The National Basketball League (NBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Australasia, currently composed of 10 teams: 9 in Australia and 1 in New Zealand.
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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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NBA play-in tournament
The NBA play-in tournament is the preliminary National Basketball Association (NBA) postseason tournament.
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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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NCAA Season 97 men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Season 97 men's basketball tournament was the basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) for its 2021–22 season.
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NFL playoffs
The National Football League (NFL) playoffs is the single-elimination tournament to determine the annual league champion.
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One-game playoff
A one-game playoff, sometimes known as a pennant playoff, tiebreaker game or knockout game, is a tiebreaker in certain sports—usually but not always professional—to determine which of two teams, tied in the final standings, will qualify for a post-season tournament. Play-in game and one-game playoff are sports terminology.
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Power of two
A power of two is a number of the form where is an integer, that is, the result of exponentiation with number two as the base and integer as the exponent.
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Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Le Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Association.
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The Brier
The Brier (Le Brier), known since 2023 as the Montana's Brier for sponsorship reasons, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada.
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Wild Card Series
The Wild Card Series (formerly known as Wild Card Game from 2012 to 2019 and in 2021) are games that serve as the opening round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason.
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See also
Tournament systems
- AFL final eight system
- Argus finals system
- Battle royal
- Bergvall system
- Bracket (tournament)
- Challenge (competition)
- Club championship
- Double-elimination tournament
- Duplicate bridge movements
- Group tournament ranking system
- Jubango
- League system
- McIntyre final eight system
- McIntyre system
- McMahon system tournament
- NRL finals system
- Page playoff system
- Play-in game
- Playoff format
- Playoffs
- Plus-One system
- Repechage
- Round-robin tournament
- Scheveningen system
- Seed (sports)
- Shaughnessy playoff system
- Single-elimination tournament
- Swiss-system tournament
- Three points for a win
- Top-five play-offs
- Top-six play-offs
- Tournament
- Two-legged tie
- Winning percentage
- WorldWinner
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play-in_game
Also known as Play-in tournament, Playin game, Playin tournament.