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group stages

group stages is the plural of group stage.

Meaning of group stage

Noun

group stage (plural group stages)

  1. A stage of a tournament where teams in the same group play each other, typically followed by a knockout stage, to which the best team(s) of each group advance.
    • Their ambition of qualifying from the group stage was helped by Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes' decision to relegate many of his key players to the bench, having already won the group. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Mario Gomez, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller all watched from the sidelines.2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport

Questions about group stages

What is group stages the plural of?
Group stages is the plural of group stage.

Words near group stages in the dictionary

  1. group schemes
  2. group selection
  3. group setting
  4. group sex
  5. group stage
  6. group stages
  7. group theoretic
  8. group theoretical
  9. group theoretician
  10. group theoreticians
  11. group theories

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