AFC playoffs

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NFL postseason tournament sports playoff system

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

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
AFC Wild Card 2
AFC Divisional Round 1
AFC Divisional round 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NFL postseason tournament ⓘ
sports playoff system ⓘ
AFCChampionshipWinnerTrophy Lamar Hunt Trophy ⓘ
beganInSeason 1970 NFL season ⓘ
conference American Football Conference ⓘ
conferenceCounterpart NFC playoffs ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy NFL–AFL merger ⓘ
determines AFC champion ⓘ
determinesParticipantIn Super Bowl ⓘ
eligibility AFC member clubs ⓘ
finalGame AFC Championship Game ⓘ
follows NFL playoffs ⓘ
surface form: NFL regular season
format single-elimination tournament ⓘ
governingBody NFL Commissioner ⓘ
hasOvertimeRulesSetBy NFL Competition Committee ⓘ
homeFieldAdvantageBasedOn seeding ⓘ
includes AFC Championship Game ⓘ
AFC playoffs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AFC Divisional round

AFC playoffs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AFC Wild Card round
languageOfBroadcasts English ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
level professional ⓘ
numberOfConferencesInLeague 2 ⓘ
organizedBy National Football League ⓘ
otherConference National Football Conference ⓘ
partOf NFL playoffs ⓘ
surface form: National Football League postseason
primaryVenueType NFL stadiums ⓘ
replaced AFL playoffs ⓘ
seasonType postseason ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
televisedIn Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
tieBreakingBasedOn NFL tiebreaking procedures ⓘ
typicalEndMonth January ⓘ
typicalStartMonth January ⓘ
usesSeedingBasedOn regular-season record ⓘ
winnerAdvancesTo Super Bowl ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

this entity surface form: AFC Wild Card
Rex Ryan era → firstSeasonPlayoffSeed → AFC playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Wild Card
AFC Championship Game → follows → AFC playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Divisional Round
AFC → hasPlayoffStructure → AFC playoffs ⓘ
AFC playoffs → includes → AFC playoffs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Wild Card round
AFC playoffs → includes → AFC playoffs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Divisional round
NFC playoffs → parallelTo → AFC playoffs ⓘ
NFC playoffs → relatedCompetition → AFC playoffs ⓘ