league table
noun
British
: a list of teams, schools, hospitals, etc. that shows them in order from best to worst
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River Plate and Boca currently sit ninth and tenth in the league table respectively, with both sides on 21 points from 14 games.
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
The team is 6-9-3 this season, good for ninth-place in the 14-team league table, one spot out of a postseason berth.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
However neither form nor the league table would suggest that fate is taking them to the 2026 tournament.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
This season no midfielder has more than a goal in NWSL play for Angel City (4-9-3), which will return from the Olympic break on Aug. 24 in 11th place in the 14-team league table, three points and three places below the playoff line, with 10 games to play.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
The Wave, which made the playoff semifinals in their first two seasons, then won the NWSL Challenge Cup earlier this year, are 3-4-2 and eighth in the league table, one point ahead of Angel City (3-5-1).
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
The gran final saw the top two teams in the league table face off as Tigres took on Club América.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
This was a thoroughly deserved title for Mexico’s most successful women’s team, who finished the regular season atop the league table with 44 points from 17 games and just one defeat.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Others would question why have a longer format that is even more likely to produce the same results as the regular league table than a shorter one.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
The team is 6-9-3 this season, good for ninth-place in the 14-team league table, one spot out of a postseason berth.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
However neither form nor the league table would suggest that fate is taking them to the 2026 tournament.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
This season no midfielder has more than a goal in NWSL play for Angel City (4-9-3), which will return from the Olympic break on Aug. 24 in 11th place in the 14-team league table, three points and three places below the playoff line, with 10 games to play.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
The Wave, which made the playoff semifinals in their first two seasons, then won the NWSL Challenge Cup earlier this year, are 3-4-2 and eighth in the league table, one point ahead of Angel City (3-5-1).
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
The gran final saw the top two teams in the league table face off as Tigres took on Club América.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
This was a thoroughly deserved title for Mexico’s most successful women’s team, who finished the regular season atop the league table with 44 points from 17 games and just one defeat.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Others would question why have a longer format that is even more likely to produce the same results as the regular league table than a shorter one.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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