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English translation: knockout

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French term or phrase:	barrage
English translation:	knockout
Entered by:	loulou79

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13:50 Oct 28, 2011

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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / polo

French term or phrase: barrage

Hi,

les trois autres teams - ... - se sont affrontées dans un système de Round-Robin remplaçant le barrage avec demi-finale et finale initialement prévu

what is barrage translated as here please?
Thank you

loulou79

knockout

Explanation:
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with semi-final and final instead of all-play-all.

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kashew
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Local time: 13:34

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knockout

kashew

4 +2

playoff

sophiekerman

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15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

playoff

Explanation:
Generally a "match de barrage" is a "playoff" in English. I haven't found a rugby-specific reference, but that seems to suit your context, since a Round Robin would replace a traditional playoff match.

Reference: http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1509/Football-Belge/article/detai...
Reference: http://fr.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/r...

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