"Knockout rounds" refers to a stage in a competition where participants face each other in one-on-one matches or performances, with the loser being eliminated until only one is left standing.
Sentences with «knockout rounds»
Except, they always went to pieces in the first knockout round, where they crashed out seven years running. (theringer.com)
If they want to go to knockout round then they have to win this match. (tsmplug.com)
The group stage itself could be expanded in terms of numbers of groups, with an extra knockout round before the last 16, allowing 32 more teams into the group stage. (caughtoffside.com)