What does this sentence mean?
The sentence: アマチュアのチームしかありません。

Does it mean that there exists amateur team but only very few? Does it emphasize on "having" or not?

Thank you very much for your help!!

Question

What does this sentence mean?
The sentence: アマチュアのチームしか ありません。

Does it mean that there exists amateur team but only very few? Does it emphasize on "having" or not?

Thank you very much for your help!!

Answer

It means there are *only* amateur teams. In general

XしかY means Y applies *only* to X:

ビールしか飲みません = only drink beer (= drink nothing but beer)
日本語しか話せません = can only speak Japanese (= can speak nothing but Japanese)

etc. Hope that helps!

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