Ghana's fourth continental title came in the 1982 cup tournament ; they beat Algeria in the semi-finals in extra time, and faced host Libya in the final.

Charles was a contestant in the Celebrity Poker Club tournament ( 2004 ) on Challenge, where he reached the semi-finals, and in the Channel 4 reality game show, The Games ( 2005 ), which documented the contestants ' intensive training regime and each live Olympic Games-style sporting event, in which he came fourth overall in the men's competition.

The two players who earned the most money came back for a two-game final, playing by the same rules as the semi-finals.

The European success came after first beating, Inter Bratislava and Fortuna Sittard, Everton defeated German giants Bayern Munich 3 – 1 in the semi-finals, despite trailing at half time ( in a match voted the greatest in Goodison Park history ) and recorded the same scoreline over Austrian club Rapid Vienna in the final.

In 1998 – 99, Seaman played all 38 league matches, conceded only 17 league goals as Arsenal came agonisingly close to retaining the Premier League and lost in the FA Cup semi-finals to Manchester United.

In 1916, however, AIK came back and defeated future rivals IFK Göteborg in the semi-finals, beating Djurgårdens IF with 3-1 in the final.

Henman came close to reaching the final on a number of occasions, losing in the semi-finals in 1998, 1999, 2001 ( when just two points from victory at one point ) and 2002.

Kewell's second goal came in Australia's quarter-final match against Iraq with a header in the 118th minute in extra-time, which gave Australia a 1 – 0 win and put them into the semi-finals of the Asian Cup for the first time in Australia's history.

Davis also participated at the Players Tour Championship, where his best results came at the Warsaw Classic, where he reached the semi-finals, but lost 3 – 4 against Ricky Walden.

In 1928, the same side also came closest to any Spiders team since 1900 to winning the Scottish Cup but lost 2 – 1 to Celtic in the semi-finals.

Chesterfield's most notable recent successes came in the 1990s, when they won the Division Three playoff final at Wembley in 1995 and reached the FA Cup semi-finals two years later.

He reached the semi-finals of the 1987 UK Championship and came close to making a maximum break against Jimmy White, but missed the pink on 134 and went on to lose the match 4 – 9.

The greatest total attendance at Old Trafford came two seasons later, as 2, 197, 429 people watched Manchester United win the Premier League for the third year in a row, the League Cup, and reach the final of the UEFA Champions League and the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

He missed the next few championships but came back in 1939 and reached the quarter-finals and went to the semi-finals the next year.

Saha came off the bench at half-time in that season's FA Cup quarter-final against Middlesbrough, scoring the winner and helping Everton reach the semi-finals for the first time since 1995.

Apart from winning the Yugoslav second division once and the third division five times, the club had no major success during its Yugoslav period ; the closest they came to winning a major trophy was in the 1967 – 68 season, when they reached the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup.

In that group, Sparta came up against Barcelona which went on to reach the semi-finals.

Chivu played a pivotal role for Ajax in their Champions League run in the 2002 – 03 season, when they came to within a minute of the semi-finals.

At Tranmere, Aldridge also came close to the chance of winning another major trophy – something which would have been unthinkable at the club just a couple of years earlier – as they took Aston Villa to a penalty shoot-out in the 1993 – 94 League Cup semi-finals before bowing out to the eventual competition winners.

McEnroe's best Grand Slam singles performance came at the 1991 Australian Open, where he reached the semi-finals before being knocked-out by eventual-champion Boris Becker.

The Seals ' Cinderella run through higher division clubs came to an end in the semi-finals when they lost 2-1 to D. C. United.

At Calcutta, in the semi-finals against Brazil, the two sides won two matches each and it all came down to Krishnan's match against the Brazilian champion, Tomas Koch.

His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments came in reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1982 and the Australian Open in 1983.

Ferreira's best Grand Slam results came at the Australian Open – where he reached the semi-finals twice in 1992 and 2003.

The top four teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals and semi-finals.

The top four teams from the " Super 6 " stage progressed to the semi-finals, with winners playing in the final.

The top four teams from the " Super 8 " round advance to the semi-finals, and the winners of the semi-finals play in the final.

It hosted the FA Cup Final from 1920 to 1922, has held ten FA Cup semi-finals ( most recently in 1978 ), ten FA Charity Shield matches ( the last in 1970 ), and three England international matches, the last in 1932 ; it was also the venue for an unofficial Victory International in 1946.

from 1986 to 1989 ( a period which included two top five finishes and a run to the FA Cup semi-finals ).

Burnett graduated from Thomas Jefferson Senior High School in Bloomington, Minnesota, in 1981, after leading the school's football team to the state semi-finals as their starting quarterback.

However, as the favourites beat each other in Germany's main round group, Germany qualified for the semi-finals in first place from the six-team group.

Despite winning all three main round games, so did France and Spain, and those two teams qualified for the semi-finals from Group I.

The conference semi-finals were more challenging with the Charlotte Hornets stealing game two from the Bulls at the United Center, and tying the series 1 – 1.

The top team in each pool played the second-place team from the other group in the semi-finals ; the winners advanced to the two-legged final, where the ultimate winner earned promotion to the Premiership ( assuming that the team meets the minimum criteria for promotion ).

The format of the knockout stage remains unchanged from 2012, with two-legged semi-finals followed by a two-legged final.

In 2010, the men's ice hockey team was the first ever from the Atlantic Hockey conference to reach the NCAA tournament semi-finals: The Frozen Four.

The fall 1992 team won runner-up that year, and for many years subsequecnt teams from the school made it to the semi-finals.

The top two teams from each group then played the knock-out rounds of semi-finals and final.

From 1981 to 1985, each series had twelve heats, from which each winner along with the top four runners-up progressed to the four semi-finals, the winners of which competed in the Grand Final.

In 2004 São Paulo were back in the Copa Libertadores and reached the semi-finals before being eliminated by underdogs Once Caldas, from Colombia.

As a result, the club has been a regular participant in European competitions, playing in the UEFA Champions League five seasons in a row, and reaching the semi-finals in 2004, Their side from 1999 / 2004 is considered by many to be one of the greatest teams off all time.

During the 12 seasons period lasting from 1992-93 to 2003-2004, apart from winning the title in 1999-2000, Deportivo ended the season four times in second place, and another four times in third place, contesting the European Champions League five years in a row, and reaching the semi-finals once, in 2004.

Ian made it to the semi-final round of Season 4, and received a perfect score ( three 10s ) from the judges for one of his two dances in the semi-finals, but it was not enough to reach the finals ; he and Cheryl were eliminated during the results show the next day, May 15, 2007.

In 56 Grand Slam singles events entered from 1971 to 1989, Evert fell short of the semi-finals a mere 4 times ( 1983 Wimbledon 3rd round ; 1987 US Open quarter-final ; 1988 French Open 3rd round ; 1989 US Open quarter-final ).

She then went on to defeat Zheng Jie from China in the semi-finals in convincing fashion 6 – 1, 6 – 0, setting up a clash with World No. 1 Serena Williams in the 2010 Australian Open ladies final.

He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship.

However, things improved dramatically from then on, and in the National Junior Championships he reached the semi-finals without dropping a single set.