First Four

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phase of sports tournament play-in round

The First Four is the set of play-in games that determine the final teams advancing into the main bracket of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
First Four (NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball) 0
women’s NCAA First Four 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf phase of sports tournament ⓘ
play-in round ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Four ⓘ
surface form: women’s NCAA First Four
competitionLevel NCAA Division I ⓘ
competitionPhase opening round ⓘ
competitionScope national ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
determinesQualificationFor main bracket of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
eligibility NCAA Division I women’s basketball teams selected for the national tournament ⓘ
formatFeature play-in games for lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and at-large teams ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genderCategory women ⓘ
governingBody NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee ⓘ
hasOutcome advancement of four winning teams into the 64-team main bracket ⓘ
numberOfGames 4 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 8 ⓘ
organizer National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
partOf NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
primaryPurpose to determine the final teams in the women’s NCAA tournament main field ⓘ
roundPrecedes first round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
season college basketball postseason ⓘ
selectionMethod NCAA tournament selection and seeding process ⓘ
shortName First Four self-linksurface differs ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
tournamentType single-elimination ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

First Four → alsoKnownAs → First Four ⓘ
subject surface form: First Four (NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball)
this entity surface form: women’s NCAA First Four
The Big Dance → includesRound → First Four ⓘ
Selection Sunday → relatedEvent → First Four ⓘ
First Four → shortName → First Four self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: First Four (NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball)