Noun: semifinal ,se,mI'fI-nul [N. Amer], ,se-mee'fI-nul [Brit]
- One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
"The team was eliminated in the semifinal match";
- semi, semi-final
Derived forms: semifinals, semi-finals
Type of: match
Part of: elimination tournament
Encyclopedia: Semifinal