Sentence examples for a qualifying stage from inspiring English sources

However, the Eastlands club would have to progress through a qualifying stage if they end up finishing fourth behind the Gunners.

It was all part of the education and he succeeded one of his coach mentors Walter Smith at Everton in March 2002, first moving the club away from relegation trouble before laying the building blocks that have brought a succession of top-10 finishes, European football and a place in the Champions League qualifying stage in 2005, when they lost to eventual semi-finalists Villarreal.

To secure third place in Serie A, and with it a spot in next season's Champions League qualifying stage, Milan needed simply to win their final game.

Early in the event the diagramed deal helped an American team survive the qualifying stage.

In the 64-board open final Guadeloupe began with a 1.5-imp carryover from the qualifying stage.

The Americans had the advantage of a 13-imp carry-over from the qualifying stage.

Aaron Silverstein, another New York competitor, finished 12th, and he brought in an overtrick and many matchpoints with a surprising play on the diagramed deal from the qualifying stage.

On the diagramed deal from the Blue Ribbon qualifying stage, Chris Compton of Houston seemed headed for a match-point disaster but saved himself with a highly imaginative swindle.

Clint Mathis and Mike Petke are the other two members of the MetroStars on the American team, which needs a victory over Barbados to guarantee advancement to the next qualifying stage.

The foursome did well in the qualifying stage but slumped in the final in a field with many world-class players.

They met Chinese Jia-A League club Shanghai Shenhua in the final qualifying stage, exiting 5 1 on aggregate with Đurić scoring a goal in the second leg.