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The championship is often considered the final of the playoffs (e.g., Super Bowl, Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Finals, World Series, etc.). The playoff system can be seen as a hybrid between the league system and tournament system, where a league is used to determine qualifiers for the tournament.
"cempa" or "cempan" stood for 'warrior' in the ancient Anglo-Saxon texts. A champion (from the late Latin campio) is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional/provincial/state, national, continental and world championships, and even further (artificial) divisions at one or more of these levels, as in association ...
Nico Rosberg has the highest number of Grand Prix starts before winning his first title, a period of 206 Grands Prix between the 2006 Bahrain and the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. [12] [13] Sebastian Vettel is the youngest winner of the World Drivers' Championship; he was 23 years and 134 days old when he won the 2010 championship. [14]
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state.
Trophy of the FIFA Club World Cup, the world championship of club association football. A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, or ability.
The national title count listed below is a culmination of all championship awarded since 1869, regardless of "consensus" [57] or non-consensus status, as listed in the table above according to the selectors deemed to be "major" [8] as listed in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records. [10] The totals can be said to be disputed.
In sports (especially in North America), a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships or tournaments. The term, a portmanteau of the words three and repeat, originated with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, during their unsuccessful campaign for a third consecutive championship during the 1988–89 season, having won the previous 2 NBA finals.
The following is a list of world sports championships, including some sporting events which use a different name with a similar meaning.In some sports, there is a world series, but that term usually has a somewhat different meaning.