Before the tournament begins, the players will agree to a blinds structure, usually set by the tournament organizer.

Before a tournament, two of the gyōji functioning as Shinto priests enact a ritual to consecrate the newly constructed dohyō, and various Shinto rituals are associated even with the practice dohyō at heya.

Before 2011, the sole OWGR cutoff for entry was the top 50 as of two weeks before the tournament.

Before 1980, only four teams qualified for the final tournament.

Before the tournament, Paraguay manager Cesare Maldini had faced criticism in Paraguay but Chilavert defended Maldini respecting him for his experience.

Before the NCAA began its tournament in 1959, the annual national champion was declared by the Intercollegiate Association Football League ( IAFL ) — from 1911 to 1926 — and then the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association ( ISFA ), from 1927 to 1958.

Before the " MSG Incident ", Levesque had been booked into the finals of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament during the following summer, but his place-and the push that usually went with it-would instead go to Steve Austin, igniting his rise toward mainstream superstardom and helped the WWF defeat WCW in the Monday Night Wars.

Before then, many of the more successful teams during the regular season chose to play in the NIT instead of the NCAA tournament.

Before that, the Women's Final Four was usually played on the Friday before the Men's Final Four or the hours before the men played on the final Saturday of the tournament.

Before expanding to 64 teams in 1999, the Division I tournament began with 48 teams, split into 8 six-team regionals.

Before the event, each school submits mock legislation to each tournament.

In the UK Championship final he beat Ken Doherty 10 – 9, and in the Masters he beat Hendry 10 – 4, Before the 2003 World Championship he had a scare with his cue when it was damaged and badly bent on his flight with Ryanair to play in the Irish Masters, but he had it repaired before the tournament.

Before and throughout the tournament, Ronaldo was particularly hailed by Diego Maradona who even declared Ronaldo as " the best player on the planet " and that " has shown his countrymen that he does deserve a monument in Lisbon.

Before the 1970s, regardless of the not-so-good performance at world international tournaments, Puerto Rico started to emerge as a power player at regional tournaments, medaling in all the competitions it participated ( the Pan American Games, the CentroBasket tournament and the Central American and Caribbean Games ).

Before the beginning of the tournament no one was expecting that AaB would still be in the run for the 3rd place but now they had to play Celtic for the ticket to the UEFA cup second round.

Before becoming a well-known tournament player, Preston was a rounder, touring the United States looking for gambling action along with Doyle Brunson and Sailor Roberts.

Before the tournament, the title was a part of the J-Crown.

Before World War II there were several instances of komusubi immediately advancing to ōzeki after nearly winning a tournament, but there have been no instances of this since then.

Before joining MLS and the Chicago Fire in late in 2004, Herron played two years with Costa Rican Club Sport Herediano, which he led to Costa Rica's 2004's title, by leading the Costa Rican clausura's tournament with 14 goals and 13 assists.

Before the Euro ' 96, PC Selección ' 96, gave players the control of the Spanish team for the same tournament.

Before 1965, the tournament was organized in a round-robin format.

Before a 300-game is recognized by the sanctioning body of the league or tournament, a series of tests are conducted by the local or regional bowling association.

Before its foundation as an official league cup in 1994, the competition was a summer friendly tournament.

Before sleeping he prays for protection to the moon god Sin.

** Before the reading or chanting of the Gospel, the priest prays: " Cleanse my heart and my lips, O almighty God, who didst cleanse the lips of the prophet Isaias ...", a reference to Isaiah 6: 6.

Before embarking with the Indians, Unca prays to God.

In his Rudolphine Tables ( 1627 ), Johannes Kepler used a prototype of year zero which he labeled Christi ( Christ ) between years labeled Ante Christum ( Before Christ ) and Post Christum ( After Christ ) on the mean motion tables for the Sun, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury.

Before the Mariner 4 spacecraft arrived at Mars in July 1965 and dispelled some of the more exotic theories about the planet, the conventional image of Mars was shaped by the observations of the astronomers Giovanni Schiaparelli and Percival Lowell.

Before forming The Mars Volta, Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez ( members of the post hardcore group At The Drive In ), along with friends Ikey Owens and Jeremy Ward, recorded a series of dub albums under the name De Facto.

Before this final devastation, many refugees manage to escape to the Moon, Mars, and Asterome, an orbiting colony situated inside a hollowed-out asteroid at the Moon's L5 point.

Nostradamus references the Jacquerie in Quatrain X: 72: In the year 1999 and seven months / From the skies shall come an alarmingly powerful king / to rise again the great kings of the Jacquerie / Before and after, Mars shall reign at will.

Before the album was released, Puddle of Mudd invited 30 Seconds to Mars to open a six-week tour for them in the spring of 2002.

Before the Viking spacecraft landed on Mars, the composition of the

Before the discovery of the oxidizer perchlorate on Mars in 2008, some theories remained opposed to the general scientific conclusion.

Sol 425: Before this remote-sensing-only plan kicked off, the rover team learned that its main communication link, Mars Odyssey, had gone into safe mode and the latest data available was from the afternoon of sol 422.

sol 449-455, May 6, 2005: Testing on Earth Before Moving on Mars

Before take-off, Sheriff Lamb had arranged for Keith Mars to be taken off the plane transporting Woody Goodman back to Neptune, so as to keep the media from giving full credit for the arrest to Keith.

*" Before we go in there, you should probably know something about Veronica Mars.

Before the start of the pre-show, the television monitors describe other events taking place at the Tomorrowland Interplanetary Convention Center, including " Mission to Mars: History or Hoax " ( a tribute to the attraction that previously occupied the Alien Encounter's space ), " Championship Pet Show " (" because when it comes to your space pet, what goes down must not come up "), and " The Walt Disney Company's Pan Galactic Stock Holders Meeting " ( featuring a holographic transmission from " Lunar Disneyland — The Happiest Place Off Earth ").

Before the start of the new 1999 – 2000 season, Ajax were beaten in their own stadium when Feyenoord won their second Dutch Super Cup title, after a free kick by Patrick Paauwe, which secured a 3 – 2 win.

Before he can win Olwen's hand, Culhwch ap Cilydd must complete a number of seemingly impossible tasks given to him by Olwen's father, the giant Ysbaddaden.

( Before the race Ryun had thought that a time of 3: 39 would be good enough to win in the high altitude of Mexico City.

Before she moves to Paris, he runs after her at the airport and describes the family they had in the alternate universe in an effort to win back her love.

Before the match, the leaders of the team, Bellini, Nílton Santos, and Didi, spoke to coach Vicente Feola and persuaded him to make three substitutions which were crucial for Brazil to defeat the Soviets and win the Cup: Zito, Garrincha, and Pelé would start playing against the USSR.

Before fighting against Gavilan, he beat former world light-weight champion Ike Williams, and had two more fights with Graham, avenging his earlier loss to Graham in the second bout between them with a 12 round decision win, and drawing in the third.

Before the war, many observers believed the US and its allies could win but might suffer substantial casualties ( certainly more than any conflict since Vietnam ), and that the tank battles across the harsh desert might rival those of North Africa during World War II.

Before the last match, Molde would win the league if they beat Sarpsborg and Viking lost against Strømsgodset.

Before the laws of war, invaders often relied heavily on the supplies they would win by conquering towns along the way.

Before leaving Calgary, he was assured by Wood that the UFA would not win more than 20 of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta's 61 seats ; in fact, it won 38.

Before he could do any of these, however, he needed to win the impending provincial election.

Before the election, Talbot predicted that the government would win 18 of the province's 25 seats.

Before this standardization, its treatment varied widely, including being deemed a win for the stalemating player, a half-win for that player, or a loss for that player ; not being permitted ; and resulting in the stalemated player missing a turn.

Before the 2007 convention, the left-wing opposition was led by the DS Left-wing-Returning to win ( Sinistra DS-Per tornare a vincere ), a left-wing democratic socialist tendency, with other smaller groups including DS Left-wing for Socialism ( Sinistra DS per il Socialismo ), left-wing democratic socialists and the Ecologist Left ( Sinistra Ecologista ), left-wing environmentalists.

Before that, he didn't think blacks, Hispanics and poor people could win a legitimate voice in local government.

Before the beginning of the game, the host announces a satirical sponsor for the episode ( similar to YDKJ: The Ride ); If a player manages to buzz in with the wrong answer associated with the sponsor, they win $ 4, 000 ( double in Round 2 ) and a ' prize ' from the sponsor, instead of losing cash.

Before a crowd in excess of 30, 000 Navy won the game 10-0, their first win in the match up since 1900.

Before officially taking charge from caretaker manager Neil Redfearn he oversaw Leeds win 3 – 2 against Doncaster Rovers from the stands on 18 February with Warnock revealing he spoke to the players before the game and at half time.

Before the 1994 general election opinion polls predicted that the party could win more than five seats in the House of Representatives.

Before he runs off, Scott presents the pair with a dilemma, they must root for him and hope the Jazz win, otherwise he will turn them both in to the police.

Before the start of each season, Krukow states on his radio show his usual optimistic prediction that the Giants have a chance to ultimately win the World Series.

Before joining the NHL in 1988, Linden helped the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) win consecutive Memorial Cup championships.

Before the 1972 season, Lemon talked about the Royals ' chances, saying " Five clubs could win it, including ourselves.

Before this, it was commonplace for every couple to win the Jackpot in an episode.