IQA World Cup III

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IQA World Cup III
2009
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Tournament information
Sport Quidditch
Location Middlebury, Vermont
Dates25–26 October 2009
Administrator(s) Intercollegiate Quidditch Association
Tournament
format(s)
Pool play
Single elimination bracket
Host(s)University of South Carolina
Venue(s) Middlebury College
Teams21
Final positions
Champion Middlebury College
Runner-up Emerson College

The IQA World Cup III was the 2009 edition of the IQA World Cup (now the US Quidditch Cup), a quidditch club tournament then organized by the Intercollegiate Quidditch Association. It was held on Sunday, October 25, 2009, at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. [1]

Contents

Hosting team Middlebury College won the tournament. They won all six games they played, and defeated Emerson College 60–10 in the final. [2] Middlebury has won the first five IQA World Cup.

Qualifying teams

Boston
IPD/Big 3
(MV)^2
North
Pennsylvania
University of Miami

Bracket phase

 
Round of 12Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Boston
 
 
 
Lafayette
 
Boston
 
 
 
Villanova
 
Louisiana State
 
 
 
Villanova
 
Boston
 
 
 
Middlebury
 
Vermont
 
 
 
McGill
 
McGill
 
 
Middlebury
 
 
 
 
 
Middlebury60
 
 
 
Emerson10
 
Emerson
 
 
 
Syracuse
 
Emerson
 
 
 
Green Mountain
 
Vassar
 
 
 
Green Mountain
 
Emerson
 
 
 
Pittsburgh
 
Texas A&M
 
 
 
Pittsburgh
 
Pittsburgh
 
 
Chestnut Hill
 
 
 
 

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