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MATCH NON DECISIF [1 record]

Record 1 2018-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Team Sports (General)
CONT

Dead rubber is a term used in sporting parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches. The dead rubber match therefore has no effect on the winner and loser of the series, other than the total number of matches won and lost.

Key term(s)
  • dead rubber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)

Spanish

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