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Qualifier

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, qualifier means: A competition round or event that decides which athletes or teams can move on to the next stage.

In Turkish: eleme turu

How it is used

Used in tournaments, races, and leagues. A qualifier may be a heat, trial, or separate match needed to reach the main event.

Example sentences

  1. She saved energy in the morning qualifier so she could swim faster in the evening final.

    Here the term means an earlier round whose purpose is advancement, not the competition's medal-deciding stage.

  2. Our team needed one more win in the regional qualifier to reach the national tournament next month.

    In this example, the word refers to a stage that determines entry into a larger competition.

Common collocations

  • regional qualifier
  • Olympic qualifier
  • win a qualifier
  • qualifier round
  • matchA sports competition between two players or teams, such as a game of football, tennis or boxing, that ends with a result.
  • scoreTo win a point, goal or run in a game; as a noun, the number of points each side has, as in "The score is 2–1".

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