group stage

Sprache: de

📖 Definitionen

Gruppenphase; Vorrundenphase

EN: The initial phase of a football tournament where teams are divided into groups to play round-robin matches, with the top finishers advancing to the knockout rounds.; The preliminary phase of any multi-stage contest or evaluation process where participants are sorted into categories for initial assessment before elimination rounds.

💬 Beispiele

The team struggled to advance past the group stage of the World Cup.

Die Mannschaft hatte Schwierigkeiten, die Gruppenphase der Weltmeisterschaft zu überstehen.
All applicants must complete the group stage before moving to individual interviews.

Alle Bewerber müssen die Vorrundenphase abschließen, bevor sie zu Einzelgesprächen kommen.