Editing Playoffs (section)

=== International playoffs ===
In international [[association football|football]], playoffs were a feature of the [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] and [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] final tournaments. They are still a feature of the qualification tournaments for the [[FIFA World Cup]] and the [[UEFA European Football Championship]].

In the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|qualification playoffs]] for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]], for example:
* In [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (play-off UEFA)|Europe]], after the first-place finishers in each of eight groups received automatic finals places, along with the two second-place teams that had earned the most points against teams in the top six of their individual groups, the remaining six second-placed teams entered playoffs to select three teams for the finals.
* The winners of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|Oceania qualifying tournament]], [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (play-off CONMEBOL-OFC)|played]] the fifth-placed team from the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|South American qualifying tournament]], [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]].
* The fifth-placed team of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|Asia qualifying tournament]], [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]] [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (play-off AFC-CONCACAF)|played]] the fourth-placed team in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|CONCACAF qualifying tournament]], [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]].

Later World Cup [[FIFA World Cup qualification|qualifying]] inter-confederation play-offs were held for [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|2010]], [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|2014]], [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|2018]] and [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|2022]].

[[CONCACAF Nations League]] and [[UEFA Nations League]] hold their respective finals to determine the overall winner at the end of the league, [[CONCACAF Nations League#Results of Nations League finals|CONCACAF Nations League Finals]] and [[UEFA Nations League#Results of Nations League finals|UEFA Nations League Finals]].