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1. FC Pforzheim

This put Pforzheim into the national playoff rounds where they defeated favoured side Cologne FC 99 4–2 in a quarter final match, before eliminating defending champions Berlin TuFC Union 4–0 in the semi-finals.

1983–84 Kansas City Kings season

Last Playoff Meeting: 1955 Western Division Semifinals (Lakers won 2-1; Lakers were in Minneapolis, Kings were in Rochester, New York as the Royals)

1992–93 Montreal Canadiens season

Game three on Long Island would again head into overtime, with Montreal winning again, by a score of 2–1, to win their eleventh straight playoff game, tying the NHL record which was set by the Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks in the 1992 playoffs.

2003–04 Calgary Flames season

The run to the finals captured the imagination of the city, while the Red Mile celebrations gained international attention for the "Mardi Gras-like" atmosphere as up to 80,000 people celebrated in the streets after each playoff game.

2005 Kansas City Chiefs season

The 2005 Kansas City Chiefs season resulted in a 10–6 record, but no playoff berth.

2009–10 Vodacom League

The five Coastal stream teams and four Inland stream teams were put respectively into Group A and Group B. All the playoff matches were played from April 6–12, at two big stadiums in the Mpumalanga region: Themba Senamela Stadium in Mhluzi, Middelburg and Ackerville Stadium in eMalahleni.

2010–11 Primera Divisió

FC Encamp finished seventh in the league and will compete in a two-legged relegation playoff against UE Engordany, the third place team of the Segona Divisió, for one spot in 2011–12 Primera Divisió.

Encamp, who finished last season in 7th place, and 3rd place Segona Divisió club Extremenya played a two-legged relegation play-off (normally, the runners-up of the Segona Divisió would participate, but as promotion-ineligible Lusitanos B finished in that spot, the playoff spot was given to the 3rd place club).

2011–12 SIJHL season

The Wisconsin Wilderness finished fourth in the round robin and failed to make the playoff rounds.

Amy Rodriguez

Rodriguez scored one of the biggest goals of her career in the second leg of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup playoff series against Italy, pounding in the game-winner in a 1–0 victory on November 27 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois.

AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne

AS Adema, of Antananarivo, in Madagascar, beat their arch-rivals Stade Olympique de l'Emyrne (SOE) as the result of a pre-determined protest by SOE over refereeing decisions that had gone against them during a four-team playoff tournament.

Atlético Infop

The club was defeated by Atlético Gualala in the Liga Mayor de Honduras promotion playoff and missed the right to be promoted to Liga de Ascenso de Honduras.

Billy Mayfair

He holds the distinction of being the only player to ever beat Tiger Woods in a playoff on the PGA Tour (1998 Nissan Open).

Cameron Beckman

Seven years later, at the 2008 Frys.com Open at the Greyhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, Beckman shot a final round 63 to force a playoff against Kevin Sutherland.

Chris Stroud

He lost in a sudden-death playoff to Ken Duke on the second extra hole, after chipping in from the fringe on the 72nd hole for birdie to force the playoff.

Club Deportivo Zamora

A playoff tournament was organized with 2 clubs from the first division along with the 11 and 12 place clubs from the first division clubs: Cuautla FC, Zamora, Querétaro, Atlante and Marte.

Darren Pang

He was recently named an "Inside the Glass" reporter for regular season and playoff action for NHL on NBC.

Dodgers–Yankees rivalry

The next season, the Yankees won their division in thrilling fashion, thanks in large part to a timely home run from Bucky Dent in a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox.

Dusty Zeigler

That was the final one in Marv Levy's term as head coach (6-10 won-lost record), replaced the following year by his defensive coordinator, Wade Phillips, who guided the Bills to playoff berths in 1998 and 1999.

Eastern Washington Eagles

Eastern football is currently coached by Beau Baldwin and competes at the Football Championship Subdivision level of NCAA Division I football, which is the highest level of collegiate football to determine a champion through a playoff format.

Elimination from possibility of reaching postseason

In a testament to the Giants-Dodgers rivalry, the 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers knocked the 1982 San Francisco Giants out of playoff contention on the second to last day of the season.

FC Chabab

The team was founded in 1983 and, after spending several years in the lower ranks of Dutch amateur football, was promoted to Topklasse in 2012 as playoff winners, under the guidance of former Moroccan international Alami Ahannach.

History of the Torneo Descentralizado

Melgar finished the 1981 season 1 point ahead of Universitario, who lost to Deportivo Municipal in the playoff matches to decide the second Peruvian team in the 1982 Copa Libertadores.

Jeriome Robertson

In the game, the Giants clinched a playoff spot, and Barry Bonds hit a home run off Robertson into McCovey Cove to seal the game for them.

Jesse McGuire

Jesse McGuire (born August 29, 1958) is an American trumpeter from Phoenix, Arizona, famous for his execution of the Star Spangled Banner, which he has performed for three U.S. presidents, and at many major sporting events, most notably the 2000 Daytona 500, game 7 of the 2001 World Series, and the 2014 NFL Playoff game between the Panthers and the 49ers.

Jill Shumay

She finished the round robin undefeated in her group, and lost to Stefanie Lawton in the page playoff game.

Johan Franzén

That was the Wings' first playoff hat trick since Darren McCarty did it six years prior (18 May 2002) — also against the Avalanche — in 2002.

Julie Piers

A sudden death playoff between Piers and Laura Davies was narrowly averted when Davies sank an eight-foot par putt on the last hole of the tournament.

Larry Whiteside

Whiteside covered many of the most notable events in Boston baseball history, ranging from Bucky Dent's home run to defeat the Boston Red Sox in the 1978 American League East playoff, to the Red Sox losing the 1986 World Series to the New York Mets, to Roger Clemens' second 20-strikeout game.

Luca Bellisomo

Bellisomo captained Canada to a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, eventually finishing in fourth place when Canada lost on penalties to hosts Thailand in the bronze medal playoff game.

Martin Wiegele

He almost won his first European Tour event he ever played, losing a playoff against Marcus Fraser in the 2003 BMW Russian Open.

Miguel Pinto

Universidad de Chile would go on to defeat Pachuca in the preliminary round with Pinto turning in good performances in both games of the two-legged playoff.

Mitro Makarchuk

In 1959, as a first year student at the University of Toronto, Makarchuk offered to underwrite a Canadian intercollegiate hockey championship between the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team and University of Saskatchewan Huskies as there was no national playoff between eastern and western Canadian regional hockey champions.

No One Gets Out

No One Gets Out is Halloween's second release and is perhaps their most well known for the song "Kings" which was played at the 1990 Detroit Pistons playoff game.

Oak Tree National

Jay Haas defeated Brad Bryant in a playoff with a final score of 279, five under par.

Pablo Larrazábal

This win came three weeks after Larrazábal had missed out in a playoff himself in an Open Championship qualifier at Sunningdale, but the win has ensured himself of a place at the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St. George's.

Page playoff system

It is identical to a four-team McIntyre System playoff, first used by the Victorian Football League in Australia in 1931, originally called the Page-McIntyre system, after the VFL delegate, the Richmond Football Club's Secretary, Percy "Pip" Page, who had advocated its use.

Roger Sale

In an entirely different field, Sale served as an occasional columnist for the Seattle Weekly, an alternative newspaper, covering the Seattle SuperSonics' season and playoff performance.

Ruth Holzhausen

There finished sixth with the national squad after a 3-0 loss in the fifth place playoff against South Korea.

Ryan Palmer

Palmer entered the final round leading by one stroke, but as the final round progressed in windy conditions he had to hole a birdie putt on the last to enter a playoff with Keegan Bradley.

S.S.D. Puteolana 1902 Internapoli

They bounced back, ending the next season first in their group, but they lost the playoff game 1–0 to a club from Molfetta.

Three Little Bops

The Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf make a cameo appearance on the bleachers watching the basketball playoff against the Monstars and the Toon Squad in Space Jam.

Tony Windless

The following season, which saw another him elected to another All-Star game appearance, Tony helped Towers to another Trophy win and a victorious Playoff run, beating fierce rivals Greater London Leopards 89-88 in an intense Wembley final.

U.S. Grosseto F.C.

The 2008–09 season started with higher expectations under new head coach Elio Gustinetti; the team started its season showing a very impressive form, but then a result crisis led Grosseto out of the promotion playoff zone, causing the dismissal of Gustinetti and his replacement with Ezio Rossi.

Unión de Curtidores

In 1974-1975 they managed to qualify for the playoff beating Club Leon 1-0, but fell to Toluca, who went on to become the champion that year.

Wayne Tuck, Jr.

At the 2002 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, he skipped the Ontario team to a 10-1 round robin record, but they lost both their playoff matches, including the final to Nova Scotia, skipped by Mark Dacey.

Yankee Global Enterprises

In 1998, the Yankees had their most successful season in modern history, winning a combined total of 125 regular season and playoff games, culminating in a World Series championship.

Yoshi Mizumaki

His best finish was a tie for second (playoff loss to Neal Lancaster) in the 1994 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic.


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