semifinal

English Thesaurus

1. one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament (noun.event)

hypernym	:	match,
definition	:	a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete (noun.event)

part meronym	:	elimination tournament,
definition	:	a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds (noun.event)

derivation	:	semifinalist,
definition	:	one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination (noun.person)

derivation	:	semifinalist,
definition	:	one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination (noun.person)