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Used with adjectives:
"
They will compete in a major championship."
(major, international, national, regional, state, world)
"
What teams are in the conference championship?"
(conference, division, league)
"
The Yankees won back-to-back championships."
(back-to-back, repeat)
"
He'll fight for the heavyweight championship."
(heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight)
Used with verbs:
"
Chicago will host the championship this year."
(host, hold, compete in, take part in)
"
They lost the championship."
(lost, won)
"
When will the championship take place?"
(take place, occur, be held)
"
They currently hold the championship."
(hold)
"
He would love to win the championship."
(win, capture, claim, take, clinch)
"
Will he defend his championship?"
(defend, lose, regain, retain, recapture)
"
Los Angeles celebrated the championships in the streets."
(celebrated)
Used with nouns:
"
Tonight is the championship game."
(game, fight, final, match, race, round, bout)
"
This is a championship event."
(event, meet, tournament)
"
She is a championship contender."
(contender, defender, winner)
"
Who holds the championship title?"
(title, belt, ring, crown, trophy)
"
It was a wonderful championship season."
(season, series, year, team, squad)
Used with prepositions:
"
They were at last year's championship."
(at)
"
Our team finally made it to the championship."
(to)
