Sentence examples for preliminary games from inspiring English sources

Australia swept through the preliminary games and is 7-0 over the past two weeks.

Losing their first two preliminary games, the Boomers have won five straight games.

Both teams cruised through their preliminary games, racking up shutouts and double-digit victories.

Turkey has struggled in preliminary games leading up to the tournament, losing to Greece and Germany.

The controversy began earlier in the tournament when Japan played preliminary games in Chongqing, China's wartime capital.

The eight-nation competition has a schedule of 28 preliminary games, with finals listed for Sept. 29-31.

They play their final preliminary game Monday against Russia and will most likely fall to 0-5.

Jasikevicius refused to be intimidated and jawed with Gary Payton during that preliminary game.

The game will resume Friday afternoon, 30 minutes after the conclusion of Team U.S.A.'s preliminary game against Japan.

The United States (1-3-0) will need a victory over Greece in its last preliminary game to reach the quarterfinals.

The Americans are careful not to boast about their chances and have little to say about the Cubans, whom they will play in a preliminary game Saturday.