# competitor - Schema.org Property

> Source: https://schema.org/competitor
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T16:10:15.835Z

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A competitor in a sports event.

#### Sub-properties

-   [awayTeam](https://schema.org/awayTeam "awayTeam")
-   [homeTeam](https://schema.org/homeTeam "homeTeam")

### Examples

Example notes or example HTML without markup.

A broadcast of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 final.

Example encoded as [Microdata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_\(HTML\)) embedded in HTML.

<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastEvent">
  <span itemprop="name">FIFA Women's World Cup Final</span>
  <span itemprop="description">US vs. Japan</span>
  <link itemprop="isLiveBroadcast" href="https://schema.org/True" />
  <span itemprop="videoFormat">HD</span>
  <span itemprop="startDate" content="2015-07-05T15:30-07:00">starts 07/05/2015 3:30PM</span>
  <div itemprop="broadcastOfEvent" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/SportsEvent">
    <span itemprop="name">FIFA Women's World Cup Final 2015</span>
    <div itemprop="competitor" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/SportsTeam">
      <meta itemprop="name" content="United States" />
    </div>
    <div itemprop="competitor" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/SportsTeam">
      <meta itemprop="name" content="Japan" />
    </div>
    <meta itemprop="startDate" content="2015-07-05T16:00-07:00" />
    <div itemprop="location" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/City">
      Played in <span itemprop="name">Vancouver</span>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Example encoded as [RDFa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa) embedded in HTML.

<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="BroadcastEvent">
  <span property="name">FIFA Women's World Cup Final</span>
  <span property="description">US vs. Japan</span>
  <link property="isLiveBroadcast" href="https://schema.org/True" />
  <span property="videoFormat">HD</span>
  <span property="startDate" content="2015-07-05T15:30-07:00">starts 07/05/2015 3:30PM</span>
  <div property="broadcastOfEvent" typeof="SportsEvent">
    <span property="name">FIFA Women's World Cup Final 2015</span>
    <div property="competitor" typeof="SportsTeam">
      <meta property="name" content="United States" />
    </div>
    <div property="competitor" typeof="SportsTeam">
      <meta property="name" content="Japan" />
    </div>
    <meta property="startDate" content="2015-07-05T16:00-07:00" />
    <div property="location" typeof="City">
      Played in <span property="name">Vancouver</span>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Example encoded as [JSON-LD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD) in a HTML script tag.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context":"https://schema.org",
  "@type":"BroadcastEvent",
  "name": "FIFA Women's World Cup Final",
  "description": "US vs. Japan",
  "isLiveBroadcast": true,
  "videoFormat": "HD",
  "startDate": "2015-07-05T15:30-07:00",
  "broadcastOfEvent": {
    "@type": "SportsEvent",
    "name": "FIFA Women's World Cup Final 2015",
    "competitor": \[
      {
        "@type": "SportsTeam",
        "name": "United States"
      },
      {
        "@type": "SportsTeam",
        "name": "Japan"
      }
    \],
    "startDate": "2015-07-05T16:00-07:00",
    "location": {
      "@type": "City",
      "name": "Vancouver"
    }
  }
}
</script>

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.