play-off

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˈplay-off [play-off play-offs] BrE NAmE noun
a match/game, or a series of them, between two players or teams with equal points or scores to decide who the winner is
•They lost to Chicago in the play-offs.

Example Bank:
•He won a sudden-death play-off.
•The team have reached the play-offs.