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- Spanish · calque ofgrupo de la muerte
- English todaygroup of death
Calque of Spanish grupo de la muerte. Coined before or during the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
group of death
Today it means: A group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament. Full definition →
Spanish grupo de la muerte