two-legged tie

two-legged tie

English

Noun

two-legged tie (plural two-legged ties)

1. (sports, soccer) A contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of the scores of the two legs.

   Synonyms: two-leg tie, two-leg knockout, two-leg elimination

   Antonyms: one-leg tie, one-legged tie, single-leg tie, one-legged knockout, one-leg elimination

Coordinate terms

• first leg
• second leg, return leg

Translations

French: match aller-retour m Galician: eliminatoria de ida e volta f, eliminatoria a dobre partido f German: Hin- und Rückspiel n

Polish: dwumecz Portuguese: jogos de ida e volta m pl Spanish: eliminatoria de ida y vuelta f, eliminatoria a doble partido f Turkish: çift maçlı eleme sistemi