トーナメント
Meanings
1
General term for any competitive tournament, including round-robin and knockout formats.
I will participate in a tennis tournament next month.
2
knockout tournament; elimination tournament
Specifically refers to a single-elimination or knockout-style tournament, where losing once means elimination.
This tournament is a single-elimination format where you're out if you lose.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉でトーナメントが行われるa tournament is held at 〈場所〉
A tennis tournament will be held in Tokyo next week.
- トーナメントに出場するto enter/participate in a tournament
She ended up entering the national tournament.
- トーナメントで優勝するto win a tournament
Our team finally won the tournament.
- トーナメント方式を採用するto adopt a knockout tournament format
This year's competition decided to adopt a knockout tournament format.