group of death

group of death

English

Etymology

Translation of Spanish grupo de la muerte, coined for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Noun

group of death (plural groups of death)

1. (sports, jargon) A group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament.

Synonyms

• pool of death

Translations

a group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive

Arabic: مَجْمُوعَة الْمَوْت‎ (majmūʿa(t) al-mawt) Armenian: մահվան խումբ (mahvan xumb) French: groupe de la mort (fr) m German: Todesgruppe f Japanese: 死の組 (shi no kumi)

Persian: گروه مرگ‎ (goruh-e marg) Portuguese: grupo da morte m Russian: гру́ппа сме́рти (ru) f (grúppa smérti) Spanish: grupo de la muerte m