playoff berth

collocation in English

meaningsofplayoffandberth

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playoff
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈpleɪ.ɒf/us
/ˈpleɪ.ɑːf/
an extra game or period of play in a competition played between teams or competitors who both have the same number of points, in order to decide who wins ...
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berth
noun[C]
uk
/bɜːθ/us
/bɝːθ/
a bed in a boat, train, etc., or a place for a ship or boat to stay in ...
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(Definition ofplayoffandberthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His one winning season andplayoffberthas a head coach came in 1998 where the club posted a 9-7 record.
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They continued to secure wins and managed aplayoffberthin 2010.
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Kovalenko was able to return during the latter part of the season, helping the club clinch aplayoffberth.
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He guided the team to a 45-win season and its firstplayoffberthsince 1997.
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It was their firstplayoffberthsince 2001.
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Nevertheless, they clinched their fourthplayoffberthin the last five years on the penultimate playdate of the season.
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The division champions also received an automaticplayoffberth.
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Unfortunately, she never achieved aplayoffberthto set an all-time record for the most years in the league without playing in the postseason.
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But, they still failed to secure aplayoffberthfor the semifinals.
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This team should have won the wild-cardplayoffberthby six, seven games.
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He led them to a league championship victory in 1952, to the league finals in 1950 and to aplayoffberthin 1951.
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The team's late season surge was enough to secure aplayoffberthand allay some of their fans' immediate concerns about the team.
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In his third season with the club, he earned aplayoffberth, and in 1987, he led the club to a division title.
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This is the club's sixth division title and seventh overallplayoffberthin its history.
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The team, which felt confident the season would end with its firstplayoffberth, struggled amid rumors of players clashing with the coach.
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Within 4 years, the team had a winning record and in 2005 earned aplayoffberthfor only the second time in school history.
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In some leagues, only the leader of each division qualifies for the playoffs, thereby requiring clinching the division in order to clinch aplayoffberth.
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In 2000, the football team rolled through the regular season and won aplayoffberth.
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In their first regular season without aplayoffberth, management took a different approach.
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They improved to a 22-19 mark in 19571958, good for a second place and aplayoffberth, but failed in the opening round.
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Anotherplayoffberthwould follow in 1991, and the club's first division title came in 1991.
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After ending 96, the team achieved its first winning record andplayoffberthin seven years.
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The league champion receives the automaticplayoffberth.
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As customary in split-season playoff formats, the winners of the first half division are guaranteed aplayoffberth.
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They finished with a 97 record, good enough for second in the division but not aplayoffberth.
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