The 2005 TOC, made up of the top twenty qualifying players at each circuit event, along with the final table from the 2005 Main Event and the winners of nine or more bracelets ( Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson, and Phil Hellmuth ) would participate in the revamped TOC at Caesars Palace.

He scored 8 / 15 to tie for sixth place with Alexander Beliavsky, behind joint winners Andrei Sokolov, Rafael Vaganian, and Artur Yusupov, and one-half point short of potentially qualifying via a playoff.

After qualifying for the post-season in 2001 and 2002 as the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference ( losing to the eventual Stanley Cup winners Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings, respectively ), the Canucks became regular contenders for the Northwest Division title.

The five heat winners plus the three highest runners-up advanced to the semis, the winners of which along with the top two runners-up from both matches qualifying for the Grand Final.

Sixteen teams progress to the final tournament ; for the 2012 tournament, they were joint hosts Poland and Ukraine, the winners and the highest ranked second placed team from the nine qualifying groups as well as the winners of four play-off matches between the runners-up of the other groups.

In season 2003 – 04, the club won the Welsh Premier League, qualifying for the Champions League qualification rounds ( though they lost 7 – 1 on aggregate, to Skonto Riga of Latvia in the first qualifying round ), and were winners of the League Cup and Welsh Cup, although they lost the final of the FAW Premier Cup 4 – 1 to Wrexham.

At the conclusion of the qualifying group stage in November 1994, the eight group winners qualified automatically, along with the six highest ranked second placed teams.

In 2011 – 12, Benfica reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, being eliminated by eventual winners Chelsea ; won its fourth consecutive Taça da Liga ; and finished in second place of the Primeira Liga, qualifying directly to the 2012 – 13 UEFA Champions League.

The two major cup competitions are the FA Cup and the Football League Cup, with the winners of those competitions qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.

With only six division winners in the newly merged league, the NFL designed an eight-team playoff tournament, with four clubs from each conference qualifying.

They were drawn in the so-called " Group of Death " with their old " friends " the Netherlands ( they played each other both in the Euro 2008 qualifying group and in the 2006 World Cup qualifying group ), Italy, the 2006 FIFA World Cup winners and France, runners-up in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Previous season's pole position winners no longer were a qualifying factor.

* 2013: The Shootout format returned to the format used from 2002-2008, with all drivers who won pole positions via time trials ( it is not known if the format will include drivers who won the open session that determined the pole winner if qualifying was rained out, a change NASCAR adopted in 2011 where in case of qualifying being rained out, the first practice session determines the field ; the beer-sticker restrictions is eliminated ) and previous Shootout winners that have attempted to qualify for any of the 36 points races in the previous season.

Depending on the DFB's UEFA coefficients standing, either one or two other clubs ( most recently one ) entered at the third qualifying round ; winners at this level entered the group phase.

The winners qualify for the qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa League.

Kotei winners are pre-qualified into major events such as Gen Con and the European Championships, allowing them to skip the qualifying rounds.

Beginning in 2007, the qualifying process was changed to grant winners of certain races automatic entry to the event in their respective divisions.

Beginning in 2007, the Breeders ' Cup developed " The Breeders ' Cup Challenge ," a series of races in each division that alloted automatic qualifying bids to winners of defined races.

Italy proceeded to win the tournament, Zoff taking home a winners ' medal after only his fourth international appearance.

The winners of the 2010 tournament were Toronto's Salming Vikings floorball club.

The World Cup is a gold trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup association football tournament.

Instead, he became one of the youngest winners of an Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) tournament when, as an almost unknown youngster, he won the 1998 Next Generation Adelaide International, defeating Andre Agassi in the semifinals.

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Season 5: Season 5 had a " Close but No Cigar " week to decide who would join the seven undefeated winners in the normal tournament.

At the end of each regular season, four teams from each conference ( the division winners and two Wild Card teams ) play in the AFL Playoffs, an eight-team single-elimination tournament that culminates with the championship game, known as the ArenaBowl.

Sixteen African nations boycotted the tournament in protest of a 1964 FIFA ruling that required the three second-round winners from the African zone to enter a play-off round against the winners of the Asian zone in order to win a place at the finals.

Spassky finished in fourth place at the annual IBM tournament held in Amsterdam, one point behind winners Petrosian and Albin Planinc.

Eventually, six teams were chosen for the tournament: all three division winners, and three wild cards ; however, the 9-11 Philadelphia Bell were awarded a wild card despite finishing one game behind the 10-10 Charlotte Hornets in the Eastern Division, as the Hornets could not afford to travel to Orlando for the first round.

* The first set of matches are an elimination tournament between the 4 group winners.

One proposal was for a tournament based upon the format of the Champions ' Cup, but with national cup winners rather than champions taking part, which could run alongside that competition.

Many were sceptical about the viability of a European tournament for cup winners and many of the bigger clubs eligible to contest the first CWC turned down the chance to enter, such as Atlético de Madrid of Spain and AS Monaco of France.

The table winners progress to the final table where the tournament winner is determined.

The group phase was abolished for the 1996 – 97 tournament, with 8 teams in each section getting a bye to the second round, where they were joined by the 8 winners of the first round ties.

The Under 19 ( Elite ) section was introduced in 1995 with the Welsh finishing the tournament as winners.

That changed in 2007, when the Central League adopted the Pacific League's tournament as well and the tournament became known as the Climax Series with the two winners, one from each league, competing in the Japan Series.

" The Superfight " began as a non-tournament match that would determine the first reigning UFC Champion for tournament winners to face ; it later evolved into a match that could feature either title matches or non-title matches.

The league winners from the Winter Leagues of Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela participate in the tournament.

In 1964 and 1966 the club appeared again in the winners ' list of the tournament, albeit in 1964 jointly with Santos FC and in 1966 it hat to share the title with three more clubs.

The tournament ran for a second year in season 1918 – 19, the winners being the ladies of Palmer's shipyard in Jarrow, who defeated Christopher Brown's of Hartlepool 1 – 0 at St James ' Park in Newcastle on 22 March 1919.

As it took many years for the name " The Ashes " to be given to the ongoing series between England and Australia, there was no concept of there being a representation of the ashes being presented to the winners.

Still captained by Bradman and now featuring the potent new ball partnership of Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller, Australia were convincing 3 – 0 winners.

In 1987 the first Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand and Australia, and the inaugural winners were New Zealand.

The current Super Rugby playoff involves six teams — the winners of each of three conferences ( Australia, New Zealand and South Africa conferences ), plus the three non-winners with the most competition points without regard to conference affiliation.

Nevertheless, previous winners ABBA and Bucks Fizz had been successful in Australia, to which many Europeans had emigrated.

* 1968 Rugby League World Cup winners: Australia

The most notable trainers in Australia are Bart Cummings ( trainer of 12 Melbourne Cup winners ) and Tommy Smith who had won 30 successive Sydney Trainers ’ Premierships prior to his death.

This database includes 28, 000 winners of major races in Australia and around the world.

Past winners of the Cox Plate included most of the champion racehorses of Australia and New Zealand.

Australia were able to build up a substantial lead, and overnight rain before the sixth day of the match made them likely winners according to most commentators.

Australia have also won the ICC Champions Trophy twice – in 2006 and in 2009 – making them the first and the only team to become back to back winners in the Champions Trophy tournaments.

This particular episode was not only aired in the UK but also in many other countries, including the United States ( where John Carpenter and Kevin Olmstead were big winners ) and Australia ( whose second jackpot winner was also subject to allegations of cheating but was later exonerated ).

In the same year, India were joint winners of the ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka, and then went to the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa where they reached the final only to be beaten by Australia.

At the subsequent, though less well-attended, World Championship held in 2008 in Durban, South Africa, the winners of the Elite divisions ( and therefore current World Champions ) were Australia in the Women's division, and France in the Men's ( Open ) division.

Tim Duncan of the United States Virgin Islands, Patrick Ewing of Jamaica, Pau Gasol of Spain and Kyrie Irving of Australia are the only four winners who were not born in the United States.

Sporting trophies are also crafted by Waterford, such as the Masters Series crystal shield trophies that are awarded to the winner of each of the nine men's professional tennis Masters Series tournaments, the AFCA National Championship Trophy that is awarded to the US college football team which finishes the season at the top of the Coaches Poll, and a representation of the Ashes urn that is presented to the winners of the Test cricket series between England and Australia.

A prolific winner of the Irish, English and French Classic races over two decades, Kinane has ridden winners in the 2, 000 Guineas four times, the Epsom Derby three times, the Melbourne Cup in Australia and, in the United States, the Belmont Stakes once.

The 1978 Welsh had arrived in Australia as ( the then ) Five Nations Champions, Triple Crown winners, the best rugby union team in the world but they were a sad and sorry bunch by the time they got to Sydney for the last game of the tour, the second test.

* Southbound Festival: The winners of the competition, for unsigned Western Australia bands, was The Preytells.

The winners were The Levitators ( South Australia ), Gameboy / Gamegirl ( Victoria ), Twist Oliver, Twist!

* Rugby World Cup Australia ( 1995, 1999 ( winners ), 2003 ( runners-up ))

The New Zealand Kiwis are the current World Cup-holders and won the Four Nations competition in 2010, making them the second strongest international rugby league team behind arch rivals and current Four Nations winners Australia.

They got one sole win against Papua New Guinea in the opening match of the tournament, but, following that, lost once to Australia and twice to eventual Cup winners New Zealand.

Canada protested against the winners, Australia, as well as against their own disqualification.