What comes before a quarter final?

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• brainschaden@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Achtelfinale

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• frankPodmore@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The round of 16.

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  • peetabix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That just sounds wrong though and doesn’t follow the naming convention of what comes after.

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    • frankPodmore@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      But that is what it’s called. E.g., the FIFA World Cup 2023 brackets.

      Round of 8 doesn’t follow the convention, either, because that would be ‘eighth final’.

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    • neumast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I remember it like this:

      Finals - 1 match - 2 participants

      Semifinals - 2 matches - 4 participants

      Quarterfinals - 4 matches - 8 participants

      Round of 16 - 8 matches - 16 participants

      Round of 32 - 16 matches - **32 participants **

      In every round, half of the participants are eliminated and the other half moves on.

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• Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If we followed the convention it would be the Octal final be that does not sound right in English. So, round of 16 is used.

  Other correct possibilities:

  Semi-Quarter Final.

  Quarter-Semi Final.

  Semi-Semi-Semi Final.

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  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hemi-demi-semi final?

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  • Nemo@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    semi-quarter final is the only one I’ve heard IRL

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  • DarienGS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Octal refers to base eight. If we followed the convention it would be the eighth-final.

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• AbeFroman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Last 16

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sweet 16 going by March Madness lingo

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• RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sometimes, the round of 8.

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  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But it’s the round of 16, because there are 16 teams.

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    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You right.

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  • 2tone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Eighth final? But it doesn’t exist, I don’t think

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    • nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not common in English, no. Quite common in some European languages tho

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  • nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think there’s supposed to be an s at the end, as in eights. To follow the logic of semis, quarters, eights.

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