- A+
比如,世界杯赛程的决赛阶段，32支球队通过抽签被分成8个小组，每个小组4支球队，进行分组积分赛，各个小组的前两名共十六支球队将获得出线资格，进入复赛；进入复赛后，十六支球队按照既定的规则确定赛程，不再抽签，然后进行单场淘汰赛，
直至决出冠军。
小组赛的英文是：group stage
32支球队分为8组，每组4支球队，可以说
be split/divided into 8 groups of 4 teams
外网例句
1. Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin scores on a penalty shot against the United States in their group-stage game on Tuesday 
at the Beijing Olympics.
周二，在北京奥运会小组赛中，加拿大队的玛丽-菲利普·波林(Marie-Philip Poulin)在对美国队的比赛中罚进一球。
--The Guardian
2. Soccer has begun at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic games. Both the men's and women's competition consist of a group stage which comprises groups of four teams which will play a round robin style opening stage.
足球比赛已在2021年东京奥运会上开始打响。 男子和女子比赛都包括一个小组赛阶段，每组四个队，进行循环赛。
--cbssports
3. The men's competition has four groups while the women's side has three, but for both competitions the group stage will end with eight teams advancing into the quarterfinals, with the chase for gold becoming a single elimination tournament 
from that point on.
男子小组赛分为4个小组，女子小组赛分为3个小组，但两场比赛的最后阶段都有8支队伍进入四分之一决赛，从那时起争夺金牌的比赛就变成了一场淘汰赛。
--cbssports
