For the semifinals, the 1st place team played the 4th place team and the 2nd place team played against the 3rd place team.

During the 1960s decade, Vélez finished among the top positioned teams in the 1966 championship ( 5th ), the 1967 Metropolitano ( 3rd in its group ) 1967 Nacional ( 3rd ), and the 1968 Metropolitano ( 1st in its group and eliminated in the semifinals by Estudiantes de La Plata ).

For the semifinals, the 1st place team played the 4th place team and the 2nd place team played against the 3rd place team.

As to the playoffs, the top four teams in each division qualified --- no more wild-cards --- with 1st Place playing 4th Place, and 2nd Place playing 3rd Place, in the divisional semifinals ; the two winners meeting in the divisional finals ; followed by the conference finals and the Stanley Cup finals.

However, instead of the standard schedule for a six-team playoff ( i. e., giving the 1st and 2nd place teams byes into the semifinals, with the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams opening in the quarterfinals ), the WHA came up with a unique twist.

The 2011-2012 men's basketball team lost in the NWC semifinals putting them in 4th place in the conference.

Despite entering as heavy favorites for being the reigning world champions ( having won the 1986 FIFA World Cup ), playing at home and having a team largely composed of its World Cup winners led by the legendary Diego Maradona, Argentina would finish in a disappointing fourth place after being beaten by defending champions Uruguay 0-1 in the semifinals.

The # 4 seed in each conference will host the # 5 seed in a single match for a place in the conference semifinals against the top seed in its conference.

She lost to Ana Ivanović in the semifinals 7 – 5, 6 – 7, 6 – 2, but won the third place match against Daniela Hantuchová by the scoreline of 7 – 5, 7 – 5.

The survivors of the first round played the top two seeds in the semifinals with the first place team playing the lowest surviving seed from the first round and the second place team playing the highest surviving seed.

White shared the quarterback position with John Huarte, helping his team reach the semifinals as a rookie and a second place finish in 1975.

In his first season, he led the Minho side to the fourth place and the semifinals of the domestic cup, also reaching the round-of-16 in the UEFA Cup, being ousted by Tottenham Hotspur 4 – 6 on aggregate.

In the 1934 FIFA World Cup, they finished 4th after losing 1 – 0 to Italy in the semifinals, and 3 – 2 to Germany for Third place.

In 2008 the Denison women ’ s tennis team advanced to the NCAA semifinals, eventually winning the consolation match to place third overall, marking the program ’ s best national finish.

There were no playoffs for third place, so the losers of the semifinals received bronze medals.

A match between the two continental teams took place between the semifinals and the final.

The top two teams in each pool play in the semifinals for a place in the final.

The bottom two teams in the semifinals have a third place playoff.

The first place rower in each heat advanced directly to the top section semifinals, while the rest were sent to the repechages.

The format of the tournament changed from 1996: it was expanded to ten teams, with four in Group A and three each in Groups B and C. The top team in each group, plus the second place in Group A would advance to the semifinals.

Since the third place game wasn't played during the tournament the Islanders and San Juan Jabloteh ( the 2007 local Trinidad & Tobago League Champions ), the two teams that lost in the semifinals, played a Home-Away Series to determine who would take the last spot, which ended in a 1: 0 aggregate in favor of the Islanders.

Branko also helped Jordan reach the semifinals of the 2002 Arab Nations Cup and got Jordan to win fourth place in the 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship and second place in the 2004 tournament in Syria, but failed to help Jordan win these tournaments.

In the WAFF championship tournaments of 2004 and 2007, El-Gohary helped Jordan win third place in 2004 and helped Jordan reach the semifinals in 2007.

Despite a shocking sweep in the 1981 playoffs to the Minnesota North Stars-the North Stars had never before won a game in Boston Garden in the sixteen years the team had been in the league-Sinden stuck with Cheevers, who led the Bruins to two first place and two second place finishes in their division, including to the league's best record in 1983, where the team fell only to the eventual Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders in the semifinals.

She often scored over 40 points in a game, and led the team to the semifinals both years, and once to a second place finish.

The Philippines made up for their semifinals loss to Turkmenistan by beating Palestine 4 – 3 to win third place.

* John Turturro as Jesus Quintana, an opponent of The Dude's team in the bowling league semifinals.

The Junior national handball team reached the first rank in 1993 under the lead of Captain Gamal Shams, and it hosted the tournament in 2010 setting a record in the audience number specially the match between Egypt and Denmark in the semifinals, the stadium was completely full.

Davenport and Lisa Raymond then lost in the Australian Open semifinals to the top seeded team of Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.

Davenport teamed with Nicole Arendt to reach the French Open semifinals, where they lost to the top seeded team of Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Despite their regular season dominance, the Islanders exited the playoffs with a loss to the New York Rangers in the semifinals, after which original team captain and star Ed Westfall-who had surrendered the captaincy to Clark Gillies the season before-retired.

After a first-round bye, the Flyers easily swept the Toronto Maple Leafs and were presented with another New York – area team in the semifinals.

They nearly reached the Stanley Cup semifinals in 1975, but were ousted from the playoffs by the New York Islanders in one of the only three best-of-seven game series in NHL history where a team came back from being down three games to none.

Chamberlain, Billy Cunningham, and Hal Greer, along with all-stars Chet Walker, Lucious Jackson and Wali Jones led the team to the semifinals.

The team ended up at 56 – 26, breaking their own record from 1989 – 90 for the biggest single-season improvement for wins, but once again lost to the Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals.

The team defeated the Chicago Bulls in seven games in the conference semifinals, then the Golden State Warriors in five in the Western Division Finals.

In August 2005 the Maitland Little League team made it to the semifinals of the 2005 Little League World Series.

Three other times, Blue Devil teams have made it to the final phase of the State Tournament: The 1985 Division 3 baseball team ( losing in the finals to Rib Lake ), as well as the 1994 and 1995 boys ' basketball teams ( defeated in the semifinals both times.

In 1986, Palmeiras fielded a good team – routing Corinthians 5 – 1 and playing an historic game in the semifinals of the São Paulo State Championship against that same rival, prevailing 3 – 0.

Undefeated until the second last match, the team was eliminated when it lost to Bragantino in the semifinals of the São Paulo State Championship.

The quarterfinals saw the team face off against Brazilian champions Bahia in a rematch of the Brasileirao finals they disputed a few months earlier ; this time, Internacional beat Bahia 1-0 at home and ground out a 0-0 draw to progress to the semifinals and exact revenge on the tricolor de aço.

Rahn was also part of the German team that reached semifinals at the 1958 World Cup.

In 2000, the team played in Hinkle Fieldhouse and reached the semifinals in the playoffs, only to lose to the Detroit Dogs.

The team defeated the Boston Cannons 13-9 in the semifinals, and won the Steinfeld Trophy for the third time with another 13-9 victory, this time over their archrivals, the Long Island Lizards.

The team reached the playoffs in the 2003 season, losing to the Atlanta Beat in the semifinals.

This meant the Wings faced the Bandits in the semifinals, and due to the MILL's " attendance rule " that gave postseason home field advantage to the team with better attendance, the game was played in Buffalo.

In the semifinals, the team bore match points twelve times, and finally defeated Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett, the second seeds 7 – 5, 6 – 7, with thirteen needed match points.

He also competed in three playoff games with Ottawa during his rookie season, helping the team in its 2003 playoff run to the semifinals.

The team never won the Stanley Cup, but reached the semifinals twice.