Sentence examples for preliminary match from inspiring English sources

The preliminary match was confirmed today.

They play Italy in another preliminary match Tuesday.

Sweden's goalkeeper Cecilia Grubbstrom grabs a ball during their women's handball preliminary match against France.

I did best the eventual first flight runner-up in a preliminary match.

Siraba Dembele of France laughs with team mate Nina Kamto after defeating South Korea in their women's handball preliminary match.

From a competitive standpoint, the United States is in a favorable position for its final preliminary match.

Officially, these preliminary matches were described as the "first round" of the competition.

In any case, Zacharatos said, Greeks do not care much for preliminary matches.

Both teams were guaranteed to advance into the quarterfinals because they had won their previous two preliminary matches in the four-team group.

After losing what looked like a decent grip on this game, which was postponed because of rain on Wednesday, Warwickshire, beaten only once in the preliminary matches, lost what composure remained.

Experts said the preliminary matching of the strains supported the possibility that the anthrax had come from the same source, since scientists have identified about 1,200 strains of the bacteria.