Football League Championship play-offs

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football competition knockout competition post-season tournament

The Football League Championship play-offs are an annual post-season knockout competition in English football that determines the final team promoted from the second tier to the Premier League.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
EFL Championship play-offs	3
Football League Championship play-offs canonical	2
2016–17 EFL Championship play-off final	1
Championship play-offs	1
Football League Second Division play-offs	1
Football League play-off finals	1
Football League play-off matches	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1207143 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Football League Championship play-offs
Context triple: [Derby County F.C., hasWon, Football League Championship play-offs]

A. EFL Cup
The EFL Cup is an annual knockout football competition in English men’s professional football, contested by clubs from the top four tiers of the league system.
B. FA Cup
The FA Cup is the oldest national football knockout competition in the world, held annually in England and open to clubs across multiple tiers of the football league system.
C. EFL Championship
The EFL Championship is the second-highest division in the English football league system, sitting directly below the Premier League.
D. FA Community Shield
The FA Community Shield is an annual English football match that traditionally serves as the season-opening curtain-raiser, contested between the previous season’s Premier League champions and FA Cup winners.
E. EFL Trophy
The EFL Trophy is an annual English football knockout competition primarily for lower-division professional clubs, often featuring under-21 teams from higher-tier sides.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Football League Championship play-offs
Target entity description: The Football League Championship play-offs are an annual post-season knockout competition in English football that determines the final team promoted from the second tier to the Premier League.

A. EFL Cup
The EFL Cup is an annual knockout football competition in English men’s professional football, contested by clubs from the top four tiers of the league system.
B. FA Cup
The FA Cup is the oldest national football knockout competition in the world, held annually in England and open to clubs across multiple tiers of the football league system.
C. EFL Championship
The EFL Championship is the second-highest division in the English football league system, sitting directly below the Premier League.
D. FA Community Shield
The FA Community Shield is an annual English football match that traditionally serves as the season-opening curtain-raiser, contested between the previous season’s Premier League champions and FA Cup winners.
E. EFL Trophy
The EFL Trophy is an annual English football knockout competition primarily for lower-division professional clubs, often featuring under-21 teams from higher-tier sides.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football competition ⓘ knockout competition ⓘ post-season tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Championship play-offs ⓘ linked to: Football League Championship play-offs
competitionLevel	second tier of English football ⓘ
competitionType	league play-off ⓘ
confederation	UEFA ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
decides	which Championship team joins automatically promoted clubs ⓘ
determines	final promotion place from Championship to Premier League ⓘ
eligibility	professional clubs in the EFL Championship ⓘ
endTime	late May ⓘ
finalFormat	single match ⓘ
finalNickName	richest game in football ⓘ
finalVenue	London ⓘ linked to: London, England Wembley Stadium ⓘ
firstSeasonUnderCurrentLeagueName	2004–05 ⓘ
format	knockout ⓘ
formerlyOrganisedBy	The Football League ⓘ linked to: English Football League
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	English Football League ⓘ
importance	major event in English football calendar ⓘ
introducedInSeason	1986–87 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	United Kingdom ⓘ
matchType	domestic league play-offs ⓘ
numberOfTeams	4 ⓘ
organiser	English Football League ⓘ
participants	teams finishing 3rd to 6th in the Championship ⓘ
predecessor	Football League First Division play-offs ⓘ linked to: Football League First Division Football League Second Division play-offs ⓘ linked to: Football League Championship play-offs
promotionTo	Premier League ⓘ
reasonForNickname	high financial value of promotion to Premier League ⓘ
region	England and Wales ⓘ
relatedCompetition	EFL Championship ⓘ EFL League One play-offs ⓘ linked to: EFL League One EFL League Two play-offs ⓘ Premier League ⓘ
seasonPart	post-season ⓘ
semiFinalFormat	two-legged ties ⓘ
semiFinalTieBreaker	extra time and penalties if aggregate score is level ⓘ
sponsor	various title sponsors over time ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
startTime	late May ⓘ
televisionCoverage	broadcast live in the United Kingdom ⓘ
tieBreaker	extra time and penalties if required in final ⓘ

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