group stage

Langue: fr

📖 Définitions

Phase de groupes; Phase préliminaire

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.

💬 Exemples

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

L'équipe a eu du mal à passer la phase de groupes de la Coupe du monde.
All applicants must complete the group stage before moving to individual interviews.

Tous les candidats doivent terminer la phase préliminaire avant de passer aux entretiens individuels.