qualifying match
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qualifying match
A game or competition whose result determines whether an athlete or team may take part in the next round or the main competition.
Die Nationalmannschaft muss das letzte Qualifikationsspiel gewinnen, um zur Weltmeisterschaft zu fahren.
The national team has to win the last qualifying match in order to go to the World Cup.
The word is made up of three parts: 'Qualifikation' (qualification), the linking s '-s-', and 'Spiel' (game/match). So it is literally a match that serves qualification.
Das nächste Qualifikationsspiel findet in Berlin statt.
The next qualifying match will take place in Berlin.
The word belongs to the family of the verb 'sich qualifizieren' (to qualify). You play a qualifying match in order to qualify for a competition.
Die Mannschaft konnte sich im letzten Qualifikationsspiel für das Turnier qualifizieren.
The team was able to qualify for the tournament in the last qualifying match.
The goal of the qualification is almost always expressed with the preposition 'für' (for) and the accusative.
Es war das entscheidende Qualifikationsspiel für die Europameisterschaft.
It was the decisive qualifying match for the European Championship.