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Noun: quarterfinal  ,k(w)or-tu(r)'fI-nul
  1. One of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
    "She advanced to the quarterfinal of the tennis tournament"
Noun: quarter-finalist
  1. Somebody or something that appears in a quarter-final of a competition
    "The underdog team surprised everyone by becoming quarter-finalists"

Derived forms: quarter-finalists

Type of: match

Part of: elimination tournament

Encyclopedia: Quarterfinal

Quarter-finalist