identified with the United States and Canada, it is frequently found in other North American countries, and is also standard in sports influenced by North America (e.g. basketball, baseball, ice hockey) as well as most football codes other than soccer. The playoffs (known in some countries, notably Australia, as the "finals series") are a tournament where teams play head-to-head in knockout competition. The championship is often considered the final of the playoffs (e.g., Super Bowl, Stanley Cup Final, NBA Finals, World Series, etc.). The playoff system can be seen as a hybrid between the league system and tournament system, where a league is used to determine qualifiers for the tournament. In the NFL, the term "Championship game" is used to refer to the matches which decide the champions of each of the two conferences, the NFC (NFC Championship Game) and AFC (AFC Championship Game). These games are effectively semi-finals as they determine the two competitors in the Super Bowl. The quirk in naming stems from when the NFC and AFC were separate leagues (see: American Football League) with a respective NFL Championship and AFL Championship, the winners of which would in the AFL's later years meet in the World Championship, now known as the Super Bowl. Season system In sports such as motor racing, a season consists of a number of individual races, with points being awarded for finishing in the top positions. At the end of the season, the driver/team with the most points wins the championship. Examples include Formula 1 and the World Rally Championship. Competitions named "The Championship" The championship may refer to: The EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The FA Women's Championship, the second tier of English women's football. The Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The NIFL Championship, the second tier of Northern Irish football. The RFL Championship the second tier of British rugby league. The RFU Championship, the second tier of English rugby union. The WRU Championship, the second tier of Welsh rugby union. The Rugby Football League Championship, England's pre-Super League competition. The Elite One Championship and Elite Two Championship, tiers one and two of French rugby league The Rugby Championship, the name for the Southern Hemisphere rugby union competition known as the Tri Nations before Argentina's entry in 2012. The Scottish Championship, a 2020 golf tournament. The Championships, Wimbledon, the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in