2018 IQA World Cup

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IQA World Cup
2018
2018 IQA World Cup.png
Tournament information
Sport Quidditch
Location Florence, Italy
Dates27 June–2 July 2018
Administrator International Quidditch Association
Tournament
format(s)
Pool Play+Knockout
Host(s)Associazione Italiana Quidditch
Teams29
Final positions
ChampionFlag of the United States.svg  United States
1st runner-upFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
2nd runner-upFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played102

The 2018 IQA World Cup was the fourth edition of the IQA World Cup, the international quidditch championship organized by the International Quidditch Association, the sport's global governing body. It was held in Florence, Italy between 27 June and 2 July 2018. [1] [2] [3] Australia were the defending champions. The United States won their third championship after beating Belgium in the final. [4] Over 800 athletes participated in competition. [5]

Contents

Bidding process

Seven nations expressed interest in hosting the tournament: Australia, Belgium, France, Italy, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [3] [6] [7] [8] On 1 November, Florence, Italy was announced as the host.

Participating teams

Champion Runner-up Third place Participant 2018 IQA World Cup map.svg
     Champion     Runner-up     Third place     Participant

Twenty-nine participated in the tournament: [9]

TeamPrevious appearances in tournament [a]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia [10] [11] 3 (2012, 2014, 2016 )
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1 (2016)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 2 (2014, 2016)
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1 (2016)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 (2012, 2014 , 2016)
Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia 1 (2016)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechia 0 (debut)
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 0 (debut)
Flag of France.svg France 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1 ( 2016 )
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong [12] 0 (debut)
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 0 (debut)
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 1 (2016)
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1 (2016)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 0 (debut)
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2 (2014, 2016)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1 (2016)
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 0 (debut)
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 1 (2016)
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1 (2016)
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 1 (2016)
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1 (2016)
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1 (2016)
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1 (2016)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 0 (debut)
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1 (2016)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 3 ( 2012 , 2014, 2016)
Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 ( 2012 , 2014 , 2016)
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 0 (debut)
  1. Bold: winner, Italics: host.

Draw

Teams are placed in drawing pots based on their geographical location and their standing in the previous World Cup and European Games as follows: [13]

  1. Pot 1 contains the non-European teams that finished 7th or better at the 2016 World Cup as well as the best ranked teams from the 2017 European Games, for a total of seven teams.
  2. Pot 2 contains the remaining non-European teams except Mexico.
  3. Pot 3 contains the European teams ranked 5th to 11th at the 2017 European Games.
  4. Pot 4 contains all remaining European teams.

Mexico is automatically assigned a spot as the 8th ranked team at the 2016 World Cup.

Pot 1
TeamRank
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia W1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States W2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada W4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom E1
Flag of France.svg  France E2
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway E3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium E4
Pot 2
Team
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Pot 3
TeamRank
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany E5
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey E6
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria E7
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy E8
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain E9
Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia E10
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland E11
Pot 4
TeamRank
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia E12
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands E13
Flag of Quidditch Ireland.svg  Ireland E14
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic -
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland -
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland -
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia -
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland -

The teams are drawn from the pots into six groups of four teams (A, B, C, D, E, and F) and one group of five teams (G). Teams from Pot 1 are drawn into each group's first position. Mexico takes position G2 and the other second positions are taken from Pot 2. Pot 3 teams are drawn in each group's third position, and the remaining positions are drawn from Pot 4.

Group stage

In the group stage, teams compete in a cross-pool league system, whereby the teams in Group A play against the teams in Group B and similarly for Groups C and D, and Groups E and F. Only teams in Group G are playing against each other. At the end of the group stage, all teams are ranked together based on their performance. [14]

Bracket seeding
SeedTeam
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
5Flag of France.svg  France
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
8Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
11Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
12Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
13Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
14Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
15Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
16Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Lower bracket
17Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
18Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
19Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
20Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
21Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
22Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
23Flag of Quidditch Ireland.svg  Ireland
24Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
25Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
26Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Relegation round-robin
27Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
28Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
29Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland

Group A vs. Group B

Group A
PosTeamWLWSRLSRTPSeed
1Flag of France.svg  France 31---5
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22---13
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 13---19
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 04---27
Group B
PosTeamWLWSRLSRTPSeed
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 40---4
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 31---8
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 22---18
4Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 13---24
Results
B
A
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of Hong Kong.svg Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of France.svg 80–130*180*–0120*–30230*–50
Flag of South Korea.svg 50*–180180*–9020–150*110–160*
Flag of Poland.svg 20–130*100*–3070–160*140*–60
Flag of Finland.svg 20–240*50–70*30–140*40–100*

Group C vs. Group D

Group C
PosTeamWLWSRLSRTPSeed
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31---6
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31---8
3Flag of Quidditch Ireland.svg  Ireland 13---23
4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 04---28
Group D
PosTeamWLWSRLSRTPSeed
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 40---3
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 22---14
3Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 22---15
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13---22
Results
D
C
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Vietnam.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 60–90*170*–20170*–10220*–0
Flag of Brazil.svg 0–220*50–180*20–100*60–90*
Flag of Italy.svg 20–160*120*–30120–50*200–50*
Flag of Quidditch Ireland.svg 0–230*30–140*10–130*100*–80

Group E vs. Group F

Group E
PosTeamWLWSRLSRTPSeed
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 40---1
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 31---9
3Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 22---17
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 04---29
Group F
PosTeamWLWSRLSRTPSeed
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31---10
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 22---12
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13---21
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 13---20
Results
F
E
Flag of Norway.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 120*–80240*–050–70*200*–0
Flag of Malaysia.svg 40–160*150*–6040–140*160*–110
Flag of Germany.svg 110*–40210–60*100–40*100–40*
Flag of Iceland.svg 10–260*40–160*0–150*20–250*

Group G

PosTeamWLWSRLSRTPSeed
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 40---2
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 31---11
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 22---16
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 13---25
5Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 04---26
United Kingdom  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg16050*Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg80*30Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Catalonia  Flag of Catalonia.svg30*200Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg80150*Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg90*80Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
United Kingdom  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg160*20Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg150*40Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Catalonia  Flag of Catalonia.svg50110*Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg30110*Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg30*180Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Knockout stage

Upper bracket

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
              
Match 1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 170
Match 13
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 50*
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 50
Match 2
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 100*
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 130*
Match 23
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 110
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 40
Match 3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 90*
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 150*
Match 14
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 40
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 170**
Match 4
Flag of France.svg  France 140°°
Flag of France.svg  France 110*
Match 32
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 30
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 70
Match 5
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 120*
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 160*
Match 15
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 80*
Match 6
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 60
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 90*
Match 24
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 20
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 150
Match 7
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 160* Third place
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 180
Match 16Match 31
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 60*
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 100*Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 110*
Match 8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 60
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 110
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 30*

Quarter-final consolation

 
First round5th place
 
      
 
Match 21
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 50
 
Match 25
 
Flag of France.svg  France 120*
 
Flag of France.svg  France 80
 
Match 22
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 210*
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 50
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 180*
 
7th place
 
 
Match 26
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 80*
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 60

Round of 16 consolation

 
First roundSecond round9th place
 
          
 
Match 9
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0
 
Match 17
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 210*
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 110*
 
Match 10
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 80
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 120
 
Match 27
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 220*
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 160*
 
Match 11
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 50
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 70
 
Match 18
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 150*
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 90*
 
Match 12
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10 11th place (canceled)
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 110*
 
Match 28
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 90
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
 
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
 
 
Second round13th place (canceled)
 
      
 
Match 19
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 90*
 
Match 29
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 150
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
 
Match 20
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 50
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 80*
 
15th place (canceled)
 
 
Match 30
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
 
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam

    Lower bracket

     
    Play-in gamesQuarter-finalsSemi-finals17th place
     
                  
     
     
     
     
    Match L3
     
     
    Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 150
     
    Match L1
     
    Flag of Quidditch Ireland.svg  Ireland 90*
     
    Flag of Quidditch Ireland.svg  Ireland 90*
     
    Match L8
     
    Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 80
     
    Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 100*
     
     
    Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 90
     
     
    Match L4
     
     
    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 80
     
     
    Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 110*
     
     
    Match L13
     
     
    Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 90
     
     
    Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 120*
     
     
    Match L5
     
     
    Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 100*°
     
    Match L2
     
    Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 130°*
     
    Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 30
     
    Match L9
     
    Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 80*
     
    Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 100*
     
     
    Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 50 19th place
     
     
    Match L6Match L12
     
     
    Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 80Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 80
     
     
    Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 170* Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 150*
     
     
     
     

    Lower bracket consolation

    25th place
      
    Match L7
    Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 120*
    Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 50
    =21st place
      
    Match L10
    Flag of Quidditch Ireland.svg  Ireland 120*
    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 90
    =21st place
      
    Match L11
    Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 180*
    Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 50

    Relegation round-robin

    SeedTeamWLPDS%Rank
    27Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 20+240100%27
    28Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 11+6050%28
    29Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 02−3000%29
    Finland  Flag of Finland.svg80170*Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
    Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg150*0Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
    Finland  Flag of Finland.svg180*20Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland

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