NFC playoffs

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American football competition postseason tournament

The NFC playoffs are the National Football Conference’s postseason tournament that determines which NFC team advances to the Super Bowl.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football competition →
postseason tournament →
alsoBroadcastIn Spanish →
broadcastIn United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
confederation National Football Conference →
conference National Football Conference →
country United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
createdBy NFL–AFL merger →
culminatesIn NFC Championship →
surface form: "NFC Championship Game"
determine NFC champion →
NFC representative in the Super Bowl →
feature NFC division winners →
NFC wild card teams →
follows NFL regular season →
surface form: "NFC regular season"
frequency annual →
gameType knockout game →
genderCategory men's competition →
governingBody NFL Competition Committee →
hasDivisionWinnersFrom NFC East →
NFC North →
NFC South →
NFC West →
historicalFormatChange expanded to 14-team NFL playoff field in 2020 season →
homeFieldAdvantageBasis higher seed hosts →
includeStage NFC Championship →
surface form: "NFC Championship Game"

NFC playoffs →
surface form: "NFC Divisional round"

Wild Card round →
surface form: "NFC Wild Card round"
languageOfBroadcasts English →
level professional →
numberOfConferencesInNFL 2 →
officialAbbreviation NFC postseason →
organizedBy National Football League →
parallelTo AFC playoffs →
partOf NFL playoffs →
surface form: "National Football League postseason"
region North America →
relatedCompetition AFC playoffs →
Super Bowl →
seasonType postseason →
seedingBasis regular-season record →
sport American football →
startYear 1970 →
teamEligibility NFC member clubs only →
tieBreakerBasis NFL tiebreaking procedures →
typicalEndMonth January →
typicalStartMonth January →
usesFormat single-elimination tournament →
winnerQualifiesFor Super Bowl →
winnerReceives George Halas Trophy →

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AFC playoffs → conferenceCounterpart → NFC playoffs →
NFC playoffs → includeStage → NFC playoffs →
this entity surface form: "NFC Divisional round"
this entity surface form: "NFC Wild Card"
NFC Championship → precededByRound → NFC playoffs →
this entity surface form: "NFC Divisional Round"