Belgium national quidditch team

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Belgian Gryffins
Belgium national quidditch team logo.png
Full nameBelgium National Quidditch Team
NicknamesThe Belgian Gryffins
de Belgische Gryffioenen
les Gryffons Belges
den Belgischen Greyfen
Founded2014
First seasonFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 150*-80 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg
(Burnaby, Canada; 19 July 2014)
Association Belgian Quidditch Federation
League IQA
ColoursBlack, gold and red
   
Head coachLouis Lermytte & Corentin (Cory) Faniel
Captain 2015: Tim Van Huygevoort
2014: David Danos
Championships 2015 European Games
2014 Global Games
Website Belgian Gryffins Facebook Page

The Belgium national quidditch team, also known as the Belgian Gryffins (Dutch : Belgische Gryffioenen; French : Gryffons Belges; German : Belgischen Greyfen), is the national team of Belgium in quidditch. The team was founded in 2014 upon the announcement of the 2014 IQA Global Games, [1] [2] [3] the International Quidditch Association's second international tournament featuring national teams.

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The team is overseen by the Belgian Quidditch Federation, the head organisation of all quidditch in Belgium. The name Gryffins and the logo come from the combination of Belgium's two community's symbols: the Walloon cock and the Flemish lion. [4]

History

The Gryffins were founded in 2014 under the guiding of Canadian David Danos at the announcement of the 2014 Global Games [5] in Burnaby, B.C., Canada. As Belgium's quidditch scene was young and developing, unlike other nations, there were no try-outs for the 2014 team. The decision for who went rested on the individual player's ability to fund themselves. The Gryffins held a crowd-funding campaign through Indiegogo where they raised nearly €1000 [6] of the €8000 needed and were keeping a social media presence through their Facebook and Twitter pages.

After appearing at the European Games in Sarteano, Italy (July 2015), and ranking fourth in Europe, the Gryffins will once again compete in a worldwide event at World Cup 2016 in Frankfurt.

Colours

The Belgian tricolore flag Flag of Belgium.svg
The Belgian tricolore flag

The colours of the team have always been that of the Belgium tricolore, red, gold and black. Since in quidditch it is illegal to sport a jersey primarily with yellow due to confusion with snitches, the primary colours are always red or black with yellow as a flair. [7]

Jersey History

The design of the 2014 jerseys were put through a popular vote open to any interested Belgian quidditch player. The majority chose the option created by Julie-Anne Weber, who designed the paw, and Cory Faniel, who dealt with the colour layout. [8]

Final version Belgian Gryffins jersey.png

In November 2014, a popular vote ranked the Gryffins' jersey among the five best quidditch team uniforms in the world, according to the readers of The Quidditch Post. [9] A jury of editors graded each submission and, after aggregating the score of popular and jury votes, Belgium was awarded the title of World's Best Quidditch Uniform for the jersey design displayed above.

In 2015, the decision was made to maintain a similar design for the European Games jersey, though a change in provider resulted in some necessary tweaking.

Players

The team is open to any player that is a Belgian citizen or permanent resident, a temporary resident of Belgium or has excessive contact with Belgian quidditch at the discretion of the head of Belgium Muggle Quidditch.

2014-2015 Vancouver

The first roster was established for the 2014 Global Games in Vancouver. No try-outs were held and players had to be chosen on the basis of whether or not they could afford the trip. [10] The following players took part to this competition.

2013/2014 Season
No.Pos.PlayerNat.Team
10CLaurens Grinwis Plaat Stultjes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
9CJana Meers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
11CNathan Wilputte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
07C/K/SCorentin (Cory) Faniel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of Scotland.svg St. Andrews Snidgets
06KGorik Verbeken Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
72BDavid Danos (C) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brussels Qwaffles
4BInke Gieghase Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Deurne Dodo's
12BJerona van der Gevel Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg AmsterDragons
3C/SPauline Schena Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
17BLaura Mailleux Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
18CRuth D'Hoore Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ghent Gargoyles
26BLieselot Van den Abbeele Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ghent Gargoyles

2015-2016 Sarteano

Following the announce of the European Games, it was decided that new players would be selected to compete in Sarteano, Italy, against other European national teams. This would reflect the growth of quidditch in Belgium and increase the depth of the team [11] The selection process involved scouting players who had applied to be part of the team, but no try-outs. The final roster was announced on May 22 and consisted of 20 players, with only four Gryffins from the previous selection returning to the team. [12] Two players were kept as reserve: Rik De Boeck and Brian Verbeure, with Rik ending up joining the team. The Belgian Quidditch Federation nominated Louis Lermytte and Corentin (Cory) Faniel as coaches.

2014/2015 Season
No.Pos.PlayerNat.Team
10CLaurens Grinwis Plaat Stultjes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ghent Gargoyles Quidditch Club
16C/K/SSeppe De Wit Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Deurne Dodo A
13BElisabeth Reyniers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Deurne Dodo A
2C/K/S/BTim van Huygevoort (Cap.) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Deurne Dodo A
9CJana Meers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles / Hasselt Horntails
26S/CPieter Goossens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hasselt Horntails
12BPauline Raes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ghent Gargoyles Quidditch Club
7K/C/S/BCorentin (Cory) Faniel (Coach) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leeds Griffins
21C/K/SFlorian Dion Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles / Les Dracognards
14CJorge Diaz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
789B/S/CTanghi Burlion (V-Cap.) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
949BShati Patel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oxford Quidlings
69C/K/SNathan Wilputte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
4C/BEllen Huycke Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ghent Gargoyles Quidditch Club
94BPauline Berger Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles / Les Dracognards
717C/K/SNicolas Volders Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leuven Leprechauns
33C/B/SLouis Lermytte (Coach) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Deurne Dodo A
17CCharlotte Buelens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Deurne Dodo B
89BMoussa Fall Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
23BCaroline Mailleux Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Qwaffles
34BRik de Boeck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leuven Leprechauns

2015-2016 Frankfurt

After receiving more than 60 applications, the four members of the selection committee named 32 players to take part to the first 3 trainings. The Selection committee was appointed by the Belgian Quididtch Federation to include both coaches from the previous year (Louis Lermytte and Cory Faniel), the former captain (Tim van Huygevoort) and a former member of the selection committee (Soraya A.). They also decided to appoint Louis Lermytte as coach who took Laurens Grinwis Plaat Stultjes as his non-playing assistant.

Team [13]
PositionPlayerTeam
CEllen HuyckeGhent Gargoyles
BElisabeth ReyniersDeurne Dodo A
BSoraya AbbagnatoDeurne Dodo A
KLouis LermytteDeurne Dodo A
CJorge DiazBrussels Qwaffles
CSeppe De Wit Deurne Dodo A
BFaust EeckhoutDeurne Dodo A
CEmile AertsDeurne Dodo A
CNathan WilputteBrussels Qwaffles
CChayenne Van MeelBrussels Qwaffles
BDamien LeclaireBrussels Qwaffles
CMicah UnruhGhent Gargoyles
CAudrey LinssenLiège Leviathans
CTim Van Huygevoort Deurne Dodo A
CLana NaudtsBrussels Qwaffles
CJens De GraeveBruges Bridgebacks
BTanghi BurlionBrussels Qwaffles
CWillem ArduiDeurne Dodo A
CLaurent VenckeleerDeurne Dodo A
CArnaud LiepinLiège Leviathans
BAxiana GovaertGhent Gargoyles

2016 - 2017 European Games - Oslo [14]

Team
PositionPlayerTeam
BAbbagnato SorayaAntwerp A
CBonnet PaulAntwerp A
CBusson HatoBrussels Qwaffles
CDe Graeve JensBruges Bridgebacks
CDe Leu NickGhent Gargoyles
CDe Wit SeppeAntwerp A
BDion FlorianBrussels Qwaffles
BDubois JanAntwerp A
BEeckhout FaustAntwerp A
C/KHodeche SylvainLiège Leviathans
C/K/BLermytte LouisAntwerp A
CMeers JanaBrussels Qwaffles
CNoiret JerômeLiège Leviathans
COlivier JadeAntwerp B
CPorres HanneAntwerp B
BPrime MorganeAntwerp A
BReyniers ElisabethAntwerp A
C/KUnruh MicahGhent Gargoyles
CVan Huygevoort TimAntwerp A
CVan Meel ChayenneBrussels Qwaffles
C/KWilputte NathanAntwerp A

Competitive Record

2014 Global Games

The Gryffins made their debut at the 2014 IQA Global Games where they placed last. Due to lack of selection process and the fact that the team had just eleven players, the Gryffins had difficulties keeping to pace with the competition. However, as the quaffle point differentials show, Team Belgium, while outmatched, did not experience all complete losses, most notably in the Belgium-Canada game where a strong defensive line held the score to just 70-30* Canada. What solidified Belgium's seventh place was the final forfeit to Team USA where it was decided by the team to no longer progress as much of the team had succumbed to treatable injury. [15] [16]

2014 Global Games
Opposing teamWinning teamGFGASCMM:SS
Flag of Mexico.svg Team Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg 70150 Flag of Mexico.svg 24:00
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Team Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 3070 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 18:19
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team UK Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 5090 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 14:31
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg 0160 Flag of Australia (converted).svg 20:00
Flag of France.svg Team France Flag of France.svg 60140 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg -**
Flag of the United States.svg Team USA Flag of the United States.svg 0150-*00:00

* Indicates that that was forfeited with a 150*-0 loss.

** Indicates unknown game time.

2015 European Games

At the 2015 European Games, the Belgian Gryffins came second of their group, with the highest QPD, behind France and ahead of Turkey, Catalonia, Spain and Poland. [17] Facing the host, Italy, in the quarter of finals, Belgium conceded no goal and proceeded to face the UK in the semi-final. [18] This was among the toughest games of the tournament for the UK, but the Gryffins lost on a snitch catch. [19] As a result, Belgium entered the 3rd place play-off against Norway, that had lost facing France in the other semi-final. This game saw Norway pull ahead before Belgium scored a series of goals, but failing to come back within snitch range before Norway ended the game. [17] The team ranked fourth overall and firmly established the country as one of the strongest in Europe. [17]

2015 European Games
Opposing teamWinning teamPFPASCType
Flag of France.svg Team France Flag of France.svg 50150 Flag of France.svg Group
Flag of Spain.svg Team Spain Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 14020 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Group
Flag of Catalonia.svg Team Catalonia Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 19050 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Group
Flag of Poland.svg Team Poland Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1500 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Group
Flag of Turkey.svg Team Turkey Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 14050 Flag of Turkey.svg Group
Flag of Italy.svg Team Italy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 9030 Flag of Italy.svg 1/4 final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team UK Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 4080 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1/2 final
Flag of Norway.svg Team Norway Flag of Norway.svg 80150 Flag of Norway.svg 3rd place play-off

2016 World Cup

2016 World Cup [20]
Opposing teamWinning teamPFPASCType
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg 70130 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Group
Flag of Ireland.svg Team Ireland Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 25020 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Group
Flag of Slovakia.svg Team Slovakia Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 16060 Flag of Slovakia.svg Group
Flag of Italy.svg Team Italy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 210130 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Round of 16
Flag of the United States.svg Team USA Flag of the United States.svg 50130 Flag of the United States.svg Quarter Finals
Flag of Turkey.svg Team Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg 140150 Flag of Turkey.svg 5-8 Losers Bracket
Flag of Mexico.svg Team Mexico Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 15030 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 7th Place Play-off

See also

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