Sentence examples for facing the tournament from inspiring English sources

Manfred said that scheduling was one of the biggest challenges facing the tournament.

"I think you have to like that, being a competitor and playing for Duke," the Blue Devils' Daniel Ewing said of facing the tournament favorite in the semifinals.

Williams, who won the union World Cup with the All Blacks in 2011, did not play in the 2008 final between New Zealand and Australia, when the Kiwis prevailed 34-20 in Brisbane, and is looking forward to facing the tournament favourites at Old Trafford.

But when they faced the tournament's top teams, the Americans wilted.

In Round 3, Koneru faced the tournament's lowest-ranked player, Betul Cemre Yildiz of Turkey.

GB face the tournament's lowest-ranked side China on Thursday, while Ireland take on Malaysia in their second fixture.

"Although I didn't make it out to be a revenge factor, the team may have thought of it that way," said Turner, who saw his team lose to the Regals, 23-25, 18-25, in the semifinals of the Royal Classic on Oct. 2. The Spartans faced the tournament host, Redondo Union, in the quarterfinals.

You will finally face the tournament champion - Xan Kriegor - in a fight-to-the-death 1 on 1 galactic death match.

If the Devils keep up their pace, they could repeat their championship, perhaps facing the Rangers in the tournament along the way.

Suppose, however, that we limit our consideration of unlikely events to a team's advancing to a certain stage of the tournament despite facing the longest odds initially.

On May 13, facing the Cavaliers again in the tournament's opening round, Princeton scored two goals in the first minute and a half.