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1988 New Zealand National Soccer League
The 1988 New Zealand National Soccer League was the 19th season of a nationwide Round-robin tournament, round-robin club competition in New Zealand football. Christchurch United finished as champions for the second season running, three points clear of traditional rivals Mount Wellington (soccer), Mount Wellington. Promotion and relegation The last-placed team in the 1987 league would normally have been relegated, but Dunedin City AFC, Dunedin City withdrew citing the financial overheads of travel in the league, and so no team was relegated. City's place in the 1988 league was taken by Waikato United from the Northern league. At the end of the 1988 season two teams were relegated: Manawatu United finished last, and Nelson United were expelled for failing to meet NZFA ground criteria. Team performance The 1988 season came down to a two-horse race between traditional foes Christchurch United and Mount Wellington (soccer), Mount Wellington, neither of whom lost a match at home all s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round-robin Tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indiv ... in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Merriam Co), p.1980. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants/teams are eliminated after a certain number of losses. Terminology The term ''round-robin'' is derived from the French term ''ruban'', meaning "ribbon". Over a long period of time, the term was Folk etymology, corrupted and idiomized to ''robin''. In a ''single round-robin'' schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is freque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
