# \<tournament\_round>

#### What does 'tournament\_round' mean? <a href="#uofapi-less-than-tournament_round-greater-than-whatdoestournament_roundmean" id="uofapi-less-than-tournament_round-greater-than-whatdoestournament_roundmean"></a>

The *tournament\_round* can be a group, a cup, or a qualification. These (group/cup/qualification) are also classified as simple tournaments which can be seen as micro tournaments inside the season.&#x20;

See the[ sport structure page](https://docs.sportradar.com/uof/introduction/key-concepts/sport-structure) to understand the structure of tournaments, seasons, simple tournaments, and matches.

#### Example XML Response Snippets <a href="#uofapi-less-than-tournament_round-greater-than-examplexmlresponsesnippets" id="uofapi-less-than-tournament_round-greater-than-examplexmlresponsesnippets"></a>

Here are some examples of the *tournament\_round* element

```xml
<tournament_round type="group" number="2" group="A" group_id="sr:group:59594" group_long_name="UEFA Champions League, Group A" betradar_id="1462"/>
```

```xml
<tournament_round type="cup" name="round_of_16" cup_round_match_number="2" cup_round_matches="2" other_match_id="sr:match:28795874" phase="playoffs" betradar_id="62144"/>
```

#### Element Attributes <a href="#uofapi-less-than-tournament_round-greater-than-elementattributes" id="uofapi-less-than-tournament_round-greater-than-elementattributes"></a>

Table below shows the list and meaning of attributes in the Tournament\_round element (in red in the first example above):

| Attribute                                         | Meaning                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Possible values                                                                                      |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *type*                                            | <p>The element tournament\_round describes what cup stage or round the match is.</p><ul><li>In case the match has a cup round assigned to it, it will at least get type "cup",</li><li>if it also has cup round name "cupqround" it will get type "qualification".</li><li>All other matches will get type "group"</li></ul> | <ul><li>group</li><li>cup</li><li>qualification</li></ul>                                            |
| *group*                                           | Specifies which group, league of the tournament the match belongs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Value of the group is a string and depends on the kind of tournament (see example above)             |
| *number*                                          | This attribute is present only if type="group" and displays the round number.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Integer number                                                                                       |
| *group\_id*                                       | <p>Unique ID of the group. </p><p>The ID of the group can be used for example in the tournament end point inserting the id of the group in the simple\_tournament filter.</p><p>The description of the simple\_tournament corresponds to the description of the group.</p>                                                   | Example: *group\_id="sr:group:44700"*                                                                |
| *group\_long\_name*                               | <p>Name of the tournament the group belongs in.</p><p><br></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Value of the group\_long\_name is a string and depends on the kind of tournament (see example above) |
| *betradar\_id*                                    | Unique ID of the tournament\_round to be filtered as well as simple\_tournament in the tournament end point.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Example: *betradar\_id="94493"*                                                                      |
| *cup\_round\_matches*                             | Number of matches that will be played for this cup round only shown if it's more than 1.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Number                                                                                               |
| <p><em>cup\_round\_match\_number</em><br><br></p> | Match number of the cup round, only shown if cup\_round\_matches is more than 1.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Number                                                                                               |
| *other\_match\_id*                                | <p>The other match, only shown if cup\_round\_matches is more than 1.<br><br></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | <p><br></p>                                                                                          |
| *phase*                                           | Which phase of the tournament the match is in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <ul><li>Regular season</li><li>Relegation playoffs</li><li>promotional playoffs etc..</li></ul>      |