Death group

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In sporting jargon - especially in the tabloid press - the expression death group or hammer group describes a preliminary round group of a tournament in which (almost) only strong teams meet.

Since z. For example, if two teams out of a group of four usually qualify for the next round, this dramatic, martial term is also used when three of four teams are so strong that they are counted among the favorites. Even teams rated as strong have a high risk of being eliminated in the preliminary round.

Examples

Examples from football can be cited in the field of tournaments for national teams:

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Andreas Hütig and Johannes Marx: Thinking apart: Football in culture, philosophy and science , Agon Sportverlag (2004), page 162
  2. a b Statistical Kit FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™, page 38 ( Memento from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. spiegel.de: "EM draw: smiling through the death group"