quarter-final
/kwɔːtəˈfʌɪn(ə)l
/noun
A match or round of a knockout competition that precedes the semi-final: the Scottish Cup quarter-final between Hearts and Dundee [as modifier]: Carrick are in contention for a quarter-final place...
- Germany will next play the US in the quarter-final of the World Cup finals on Friday.
- Meanwhile Britain's Ross Edgar was knocked out of the quarter-finals of the men's sprints.
- The Spanish league is too close to call, and in the Champions League quarter-finals Real meet Bayern.
Derivatives
quarter-finalist
- But while the defending champions, Cameroon, and the 2002 World Cup quarter-finalists, Senegal, have already packed their bags and returned home, the two West Africans are still around.
- Unseeded Taufik, a quarter-finalist in Sydney four years ago, eased past Thailand's Ponsana Boonsak 15-9 15-2.
- But he admits he has quickly become disillusioned with the amateur game after rising from novice to world championship quarter-finalist in a whirlwind 16 months.