British Quidditch Cup
The British Quidditch Cup is a Muggle Quidditch tournament that follows the rules laid out by the International Quidditch Association. It is organised by QuidditchUK, currently led by President Melanie Piper.
Previous tournaments in the United Kingdom have included the Highlander Cup held in Edinburgh, Scotland and Whiteknights held in Reading, England.
First tournament, November 2013
The first British Quidditch Cup took place in Oxford, England on 9 and 10 November 2013.[1] Sixteen teams[2] from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland competed over two days for the inaugural cup, playing in four groups of four with the highest placed eight going on to take part in the knock out format quarter finals, semi finals and the final.
Knock out stage scores
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Leicester Thestrals | 30 | |||||||||
| Keele Squirrels | 80* | |||||||||
| Keele Squirrels | 80* | |||||||||
| Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 10 | |||||||||
| Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 120* | |||||||||
| Nottingham Nightmares | 50 | |||||||||
| Keele Squirrels | 60* | |||||||||
| Radcliffe Chimeras | 110 | |||||||||
| Radcliffe Chimeras | 140* | |||||||||
| Leeds Griffins | 0 | |||||||||
| Radcliffe Chimeras | 110* | |||||||||
| Southampton QC | 0 | Third Place | ||||||||
| Southampton QC | 100* | |||||||||
| Oxford Quidlings | 0 | |||||||||
| Southampton QC | 40 | |||||||||
| Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 60* | |||||||||
(*) indicates a snitch catch. Source[3]
Final Positions
Overall, the winners were the Radcliffe Chimeras from Oxford University led by captain Ashley Cooper, with Keele Squirrels of Keele University taking the silver medals and the Bangor Broken Broomsticks from Bangor University taking the bronze medals.
Second tournament, March 2015
The second British Quiditch Cup took place on 7–8 March 2015. After five location bids were submitted in May–June 2014, the location for the tournament was narrowed down to the venues proposed by the Loughborough Longshots, Nottingham Nightmares and Norwich Nifflers. After much deliberation, site visits and further communication, the organising committee accepted the bid put forward by the Nightmares, meaning that the event will take place at Wollaton Hall and Deer Park, Nottingham.[4] 23 teams across the UK came and completed with Southampton Quidditch Club's first team beating the defending champions, Oxford's Radcliffe Chimeras, to become the new Champions.[5]
Knock out stage scores
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Southampton QC | 290* | |||||||||
| London Unspeakables | 10 | |||||||||
| Southampton QC | 70* | |||||||||
| Keele Squirrels | 0 | |||||||||
| Leicester Thestrals | 20 | |||||||||
| Keele Squirrels | 110* | |||||||||
| Southampton QC | 120*^ | |||||||||
| Racliffe Chimeras | 90 | |||||||||
| Radcliffe Chimeras | 110* | |||||||||
| Nottingham Nightmares | 20 | |||||||||
| Radcliffe Chimeras | 180* | |||||||||
| Loughborough Longshots | 50 | Third Place | ||||||||
| Loughborough Longshots | 120^ | |||||||||
| Falmouth Falcons | 90* | |||||||||
| Keele Squirrels | 160* | |||||||||
| Loughborough Longshots | 130 | |||||||||
(*) indicates a snitch catch
Third Tournament, March 2016
The third British Quidditch Cup took place at Rugeley Leisure Centre on the 19 and 20 March 2016.[6] 32 teams competed, with the first day involving 8 groups of 4 teams where the first two teams would enter the upper bracket and the lower two teams would enter a lower bracket.[7] These two brackets were then played as knock-out stages on day two.
Knock out stage scores
The third place match went overtime without a snitch catch.
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Warwick QC | 220* | |||||||||||||
| Derby Union QC | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Warwick QC | 100 | |||||||||||||
| Leeds Griffins | 40* | |||||||||||||
| Brizzlebears | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Leeds Griffins | 120* | |||||||||||||
| Warwick QC | 130^ | |||||||||||||
| Nottingham Nightmares | 100* | |||||||||||||
| Nottingham Nightmares | 140* | |||||||||||||
| Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 30 | |||||||||||||
| Nottingham Nightmares | 200* | |||||||||||||
| Keele Squirrels | 50 | |||||||||||||
| Chester Centurions | 30 | |||||||||||||
| Keele Squirrels | 180* | |||||||||||||
| Warwick QC | 50 | |||||||||||||
| Radcliffe Chimeras | 150* | |||||||||||||
| Leicester Thestrals | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Loughborough Longshots | 70* | |||||||||||||
| Loughborough Longshots | 70 | |||||||||||||
| Radcliffe Chimeras | 160* | |||||||||||||
| Holyrood Hippogriffs | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Radcliffe Chimeras | 200* | |||||||||||||
| Radcliffe Chimeras | 130* | |||||||||||||
| Durhamstrang | 30 | Third Place | ||||||||||||
| Southampton QC | 90* | |||||||||||||
| Falmouth Falcons | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Southampton QC | 60 | Durhamstrang | 100* | |||||||||||
| Durhamstrang | 90* | Nottingham Nightmares | 90 | |||||||||||
| Durhamstrang | 90* | |||||||||||||
| Werewolves of London | 30 | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ BBC Website: First 'Quidditch' British Cup under way in Oxford
- ↑ Cherwell:Cherwell Independent
- ↑ "The home of UK quidditch!". Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ QuidditchUK 'BQC 2014-15' https://quidditchuk.org/events/currentbqc (accessed 12 October 2014)
- ↑ "Quidditch tournament held in 'Batman's garden'". BBC News. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ QuidditchUK 'BQC 2015-16' https://quidditchuk.org/bqc/current (accessed 24 March 2016)
- ↑ QuidditchUK 'Tournament Structure' https://quidditchuk.org/news/display/1084
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