East: Boston Night Riders North: Indianapolis Intensity
Season MVP
East: Max Havlin (BOS) North: Tyler Walker (IND)
MLQ Championship
Champions
Boston Night Riders
Runners-up
New York Titans
MLQ seasons
2016→
The 2015 Major League Quidditch season was the league's first, and was contested by eight teams over the course of the 2015 summer. The eight teams were split into two divisions, with the North Division composed of the Cleveland Riff, Detroit Innovators, Indianapolis Intensity and Rochester Whiteout and the East Division composed of the Boston Night Riders, New York Titans, Ottawa Black Bears and Washington Admirals.
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Regular season
Teams of the 2015 Major League Quidditch season
Standings
Team
W
L
QPD/G
SWIM
East Division
Boston Night Riders
9
0
+101.1
0-0
New York Titans
5
4
+18.9
0–1
Washington Admirals
3
6
−36.4
3–1
Ottawa Black Bears
1
8
−68.9
1–2
North Division
Indianapolis Intensity
6
3
−2.2
5–0
Cleveland Riff
5
4
−8.8
4–3
Rochester Whiteout
5
4
+27.7
1–4
Detroit Innovators
2
7
−15.6
2–5
(Cleveland finished ahead of Rochester by virtue of head-to-head tiebreaker)
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