group of death

English

Etymology

Calque of Spanish grupo de la muerte. Coined before or during the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Noun

group of death (plural groups of death)

1. (sports slang) A group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament.

   Synonym: pool of death

Translations

a group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive

• Arabic: مَجْمُوعَة الْمَوْت (majmūʕa(t) al-mawt)
• Armenian: մահվան խումբ (mahvan xumb)
• French: groupe de la mort (fr) m
• German: Todesgruppe f, Hammergruppe (de) f
• Hungarian: halálcsoport
• Japanese: 死の組 (shi no kumi)
• Persian: گروه مرگ (goruh-e marg)
• Polish: grupa śmierci (pl) f
• Portuguese: grupo da morte m
• Russian: гру́ппа сме́рти (ru) f (grúppa smérti)
• Spanish: grupo de la muerte m