cup tournament

collocation in English

meaningsofcupandtournament

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cup
noun
uk
/kʌp/us
/kʌp/
a small, round container, often with a handle, used for drinking tea, ...
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tournament
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʊə.nə.mənt/us
/ˈtɝː.nə.mənt/
a competition for teams or single players in which a series of games is played, and the winners of each game play against each other until only one winner ...
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(Definition ofcupandtournamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thiscuptournamentwas played again after 12 without play.
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One round-robin style league tournament, and one knockout-basedcuptournamentwere played.
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The semi-finalists of the last season'scuptournamentqualified directly to the round of 16.
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Winning thecuptournamentalready made the season a successful one, but the team wanted more.
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This was played as a traditionalcuptournamentwith home and away legs being played.
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Denotes a team was qualified as the runner-up in thecuptournament, because a team won both the league and cup.
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The league was started in 1923 and the first four seasons had acuptournamentformat, while the first round-robin league competition was held in 1927.
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This was a year of consolidation before the club entered its first localcuptournamentin the following season.
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The tournament also saw 10 players exceeding 400 runs for the first time, the previous best being 4 players over 400 runs in worldcuptournament(2003 edition).
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Carter appeared in all six matches in thecuptournament, playing at right-back.
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If implemented, the report would, among other things, threaten the future live coverage of domestic test cricket and future football world cup tournaments on terrestrial television.
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In the years 1952 to 1954 only friendly matches and cup tournaments were contested.
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The domestic cup tournaments proved a source of disappointment in season 2011-12.
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The performance was much better in the cup tournaments.
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Kosa also arranges cup tournaments for children, to interest more children for physical excersice in general and the sport of bandy in particular.
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Back then the championships were decided in cup tournaments; a league format was adopted in football in 1930 and in bandy in 1931.
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