penultimate, second, first, fourth, third, sixth, preliminary, next, fifth, seventh, eighth, semifinal, ninth, quarterfinal, last, round, decisive, pivotal, eventual, tentative, eliminatory, thrid, eleventh, round robin, early, twelfth, winning, consecutive, wildcard, late, crucial, climactic, grueling, provisional, after, wild card, anticlimactic, victorious, contested, thrilling, lone, subsequent, thirteenth, complete, fifteenth, three, only, unappealable, tenth, another, successive, definitive, previous, agonizing, initial, nine, nerveless, six, lengthy, deadlocked, eight, halfway, the, curtain raiser, prior, fourteenth, four, momentous, emphatic, capped, upcoming, seventeenth, seven, eleventh hour, nonbinding, saint kilda, straight, five, lopsided, fith, toughest, quadrangular, atwo, consolatory, triumphant, top, inaugural, unbeaten, improbable, makable, sealed, gruelling, playdown, predesign, scoreless, delayed, fateful, swan song, en route, unfinished, pre, undefeated, descriptor, di, i, payment, s, vc, xi, \u00ab, admission, ch, count, doc, election, f, filing, ia, ie, instantiation, ir, fmal, f1nal, ultimate, f1rst, lirst, flrst, ftrst, conclusive

cup final

., acatalectic, adjudication, aegospotami, aegospotamos, aged, allomorph, anadiplosis, apocope, apogee, approach, approach path, arbiter, armageddon, authority, battle of tewkesbury, battle of waterloo, bitter end, bone, bone up, bravura, capstone, catalectic, chaotic attractor, climax, closing, conclusion, conclusive, conclusiveness, condemnation, conviction, copestone, culminate, culmination, cup final, death, decisiveness, declare, definitive, denouement, destruction, determinate, diakinesis, editor, editor in chief, end, endgame, ending, end game, end point, end product, eschatology, fear, finalise, finalist, finality, finalize, final cut, final payment, finish, finished, finishing coat, finishing touch, finish coat, foreordination, fourth-year, glide path, glide slope, gouverneur morris, grace cup, inconclusive, inexorable, in the final analysis, judgment of conviction, juniora, key, last-ditch, last hurrah, last straw, last word, limit, lysander, makeready, matador, match point, message, morris, nail down, next-to-last, nightcap, nisi, novice, novitiate, only, out-of-court settlement, output, outtake, panic, payoff, petersburg, petersburg campaign, playoff, plurality, predestination, predetermination, preform, preliminary prospectus, preordination, probationary, provisional, provisionary, recapitualtion, reduplication, red herring, referendum, repechage, resolution, resultant, rhyme, rime, rinse, rinsing, ripened, runoff, sanction, scientific fact, segment, seniora, senior class, sentence, set, settle, set point, shooting script, sixth form, stand, straining, strange attractor, sum, summation, sum total, supreme, supreme court, supreme court of the united states, swan song, telophase, tentative, terminal leave, terminal point, termination, terminus ad quem, tewkesbury, third-year, tripos, trojan war, ultimacy, ultimatum, unfinished, united states supreme court, waterloo, years

elimination tournament

exam, examination, match, test

closing, concluding, final exam, final examination, inalterable, last, net, terminal, ultimate, unalterable