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the group stages
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the first part of a football competition in which teams are divided into groups and play only the other teams in their group. The winners of each group move onto the next stage of the competition: （足球比赛中的）小组赛阶段
The team failed to progress beyond the group stages of Euro 2012.
They succeeded in their bid to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League.
They were eliminated in the group stages of both tournaments.
We very much hope to make it past the group stages.
He was given as the main reason for their humiliating exit in the group stages of the World Cup that year.
See also
groupnoun(SPORT)
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