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Tournament information | |
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Month played | November / February |
Established | 2014 |
Administrator | QuidditchUK |
Format | Round-Robin |
Participants | 10 (in 2021) |
Number of events | 2 |
Website | QuidditchUK website |
Current champion | |
Holyrood Hippogriffs |
Tournament information | |
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Month played | November / February |
Established | 2014 |
Administrator | QuidditchUK |
Format | Round-Robin |
Participants | 5 (in 2021) |
Number of events | 2 |
Website | QuidditchUK website |
Current champion | |
Southampton Quidditch Club |
The Northern and Southern Cups are the two major regional quidditch tournaments of the United Kingdom. Organised by QuadballUK, the tournaments serve both as qualification prerequisites for other tournaments, such as the European Quidditch Cup [1] and the British Quidditch Cup alongside being their own stand alone tournaments. Regionals are often considered the most important tournaments of the year after the British Quidditch Cup and they serve as qualifiers for the latter tournament. Those teams that fail to qualify for BQC each season compete in the Development Cup instead. From 2021 onwards the tournaments have been held as a series of one-day fixtures exclusively for university teams with the equivalent Community League tournament held for community teams.
The idea for a regional tournament originally came from Southampton Quidditch Club, who devised an independently organised Southern Cup, which was due to take place in February 2014. Inspired by this, Keele Quidditch Club created a counterpart "Northern Squirrel Cup" open to all the teams who were not invited to the Southern Cup (on the basis of geographical location). Due to adverse weather conditions, the Southern Cup's expected debut was cancelled, but the Northern Cup went ahead as planned in March. Eight teams competed, with Bangor Broken Broomsticks winning the tournament after beating Nottingham in the final. The Southern Cup eventually went ahead in November of that year—the next quidditch season—where another eight teams competed. Southampton, the hosts, were defeated in the final by Radcliffe Chimeras.
Seeing the initial success of these tournaments, QuadballUK, the United Kingdom's governing body for quidditch, took both tournaments under their control, in time for the 2015–16 season. These tournaments were organised by QuadballUK and a committee selected by them, rather than by any specific club. Similarly, no club officially hosted either tournament, though both locations were situated nearby to established QuadballUK teams. The Northern Cup was hosted at Belmont Community School in Durham on 31 October–1 November, while the Southern Cup took place at Horspath Athletics Ground in Oxford, on 14–15 November. The latter had played host to several tournaments in the past, including the 2015 European Quidditch Cup.
From 2016 onwards as there were now more teams in the United Kingdom than the British Quidditch Cup could support both the Northern and Southern Cups were used as qualifiers for it. From 2016 to 2019, the top 16 teams from each tournament moved on to BQC, with any teams who did not qualify eligible to compete instead at the Development Cup.
In 2021 following the Quidditch UK university-community split the format of both cups was changed. Instead of being single two-day knockout tournaments Northern and Southern now take place as series of two single day round-robin fixtures with only university teams competing. The new equivalent Community League following the same format but with three single day fixtures per season was set-up for community teams. The top 12 teams across both Northern and Southern qualify for the university tournament at the British Quidditch Cup, with the top 12 community teams across the Community League qualifying for the community BQC tournament. Development Cup is still held for any teams who do not qualify for BQC.
Qualification for either tournament is based solely on the geographical location of the team, with no regard to experience or skill level. A theoretical horizontal line is drawn at latitude 52.632000 (52°37′55.2″), dictating that any teams based south of that line compete at the Southern Cup, and all north at the Northern Cup. [1] Up until 2021 there was no additional criteria and any team registered with QuadballUK was eligible to play. From the 2021/2022 season onwards, only teams affiliated with a university could compete at the Northern and Southern Cups and a separate UK-wide Community League was created for community teams.
Traditionally, the tournaments have consisted of pool play, followed by bracket play, in a standard knockout tournament structure. The exact format however is flexible, due to the varying number of teams competing in each iteration of the cups. The top two teams from each group move through to the upper bracket while the rest play in the consolation bracket. In order to balance group play and allow for more representative bracket play a seeding system is used.
All teams are split into three categories: first seeds, second seeds and unseeded teams. How teams are seeded depends on where they came at last years nationals and how many groups there are in the competition. Each group is randomly allocated a first and second seeded team, then the unseeded teams are randomly allocated a group.
The teams final standing in tournaments affects their seeding for the upcoming British Quidditch Cup. The top four teams are placed in the first seed, the fifth to eighth teams are second seeded, and any other qualifying teams are unseeded.
For the 2021/2022 season and onwards, the format of the Northern and Southern Cups was changed. University and community teams would no longer compete together with there now being a separate Community League for teams not affiliated with a university. This meant that only university teams would now compete at Northern and Southern. In addition, the format of both tournaments was changed. Teams now compete in either two or three (depending on the number of teams attending) divisions within their region, with each division having 4-6 teams in it. Each cup is now split across two different 1 day events instead of being a singular 2 day tournament. Teams play a round-robin event within their division during each fixture and are ranked accordingly. Teams who place last in their division are relegated to the division below and teams who place first in their division are promoted to the division above for the next fixture. The final rankings after all fixtures are used to determine seedings and qualification for the British Quidditch Cup and European Qualifier Tournament. [2] [3]
Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams | |||
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2014 | Keele Quidditch Club | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 80-60* | Nottingham Nightmares | Keele Squirrels | 90^–60* | Loughborough Longshots | 8 | |||
2015 [4] | Belmont Community School, Durham | Nottingham Nightmares | 150*-50 | Durhamstrang | Loughborough Longshots | 100*–70 | Keele Squirrels | 14 | |||
2016 | Belmont Community School, Durham | Velociraptors QC | 150*-30 | Durhamstrang | Tornadoes QC | 120-110^ | Loughborough Longshots | 20 | |||
2017 | Sheffield Hallam Sports Park, Sheffield | Velociraptors QC | 180*-20 | York Horntails | Holyrood Hippogrifs Firsts | 90-70* | Tornadoes QC | 25 | |||
2018 | Sheffield Hallam Sports Park, Sheffield | Velociraptors QC | 270*-50 | Megalodons | Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 150*-100 | Glasgow Grim Reapers | 22 | |||
2019 | Sheffield Hallam Sports Park, Sheffield | Velociraptors QC | 120-60* | Olympians Quidditch Club | Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 110*-80 | Megalodons | 20 |
Season | Fixture | Host | Division 1 | Division 2 | ||||||
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Winner | Runner-up | Number of teams | Winner | Runner-up | Number of teams | |||||
2021/2022 | Northern 1 | Salford Sports Village, Manchester | Holyrood Hippogriffs | Leicester Thestrals | 5 | Manchester Manticores | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 5 | ||
Northern 2 | Edinburgh | Cancelled due to poor pitch conditions |
Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams | |||
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2014 | Southampton Quidditch Club | Radcliffe Chimeras | 140* - 30 | Southampton QC | London Unspeakables | 50* - 40 | Falmouth Falcons | 8 | |||
2015 [4] [5] | Horspath Athletics Ground (Oxford) | Radcliffe Chimeras | 130* - 90 | Warwick QC | Southampton QC Firsts | 100* - 0 | Brizzlebears | 17 | |||
2016 | Millbrook Rugby Club (Southampton) | Warwick QC | 40* -20 | Werewolves of London | BrizzleBears | 110* - 30 | London Unspeakables | 17 | |||
2017 | Millbrook Rugby Club (Southampton) | Southampton QC Firsts | 140* - 90 | Werewolves of London | Warwick QC | 120* - 30 | Bristol Bears | 21 | |||
2018 | Knole Academy (Sevenoaks, Kent) | Werewolves of London | 70* - 60 [6] | London Quidditch Club | London Unspeakables | 120* - 90 | Southampton QC Firsts | 18 | |||
2019 | Oxford Brooks University | Werewolves of London Firsts | 160°° - 120*° | London Unspeakables | London Quidditch Club A | 160* - 10 | Oxford Mammoths | 16 |
Season | Fixture | Host | Division 1 | |||
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Winner | Runner-up | Number of teams | ||||
2021/2022 | Southern 1 | King's House Sports Ground, London | Southampton Quidditch Club | Warwick Quidditch Club | 5 | |
Southern 2 | Cardiff City House of Sport, Cardiff | Southampton Quidditch Club | Exeter Eagles | 5 |
The first Northern Cup was held at Keele University in March 2014. Eight teams competed over the weekend with Bangor Broken Broomsticks being the eventual winners. The final standings were as follows:
Position | Team |
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1st | Bangor Broken Broomsticks |
2nd | Nottingham Nightmares |
3rd | Keele Squirrels |
4th | Loughborough |
5th | Chester |
6th | Leeds Griffins |
7th | Derby QC |
8th | HogYork Horntails |
The second Northern Cup was held on 31 October 2015 in Belmont. Fourteen teams competed after the withdrawal of the Preston Poltergeists. After two days of competitive games, composed of pool play and both upper and Consolation brackets, [7] the final standings were as follows: [8]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Loughborough Longshots | 90* | |||||||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs | 10 | |||||||||
Loughborough Longshots | 30 | |||||||||
Durhamstrang | 70* | |||||||||
Durhamstrang | 110 | |||||||||
Leicester Thestrals | 70* | |||||||||
Durhamstrang | 50 | |||||||||
Nottingham Nightmares | 150* | |||||||||
Keele Squirrels | 150* | |||||||||
Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 50 | |||||||||
Keele Squirrels | 40 | |||||||||
Nottingham Nightmares | 130* | Third place | ||||||||
Nottingham Nightmares | 180 | |||||||||
Leeds Griffins | 40* | |||||||||
Loughborough Longshots | 130* | |||||||||
Keele Squirrels | 70 | |||||||||
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Derby Union | 100* | |||||
HogYork Horntails | 40 | |||||
Derby Union | 100* | |||||
Chester Centurions | 40 | |||||
St Andrews Snidgets | 0 | |||||
Chester Centurions | 60* | |||||
Position | Team | Stage | Position | Team | Stage | |
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1st | Nottingham Nightmares | Final | 8th | Leeds Griffins | Quarters | |
2nd | Durhamstrang | Final | 9th | Derby Union QC | LB final | |
3rd | Loughborough Longshots | Semis | 10th | Chester Centurions | LB final | |
4th | Keele Squirrels | Semis | 11th | St Andrews Snidgets | LB semi Finals | |
5th | Leicester Thestrals | Quarters | 12th | HogYork Horntails | LB semi Finals | |
6th | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | Quarters | 13th | Durham Direwolves | Group stages | |
7th | Holyrood Hippogriffs | Quarters | 14th | Manchester Manticores | Group stages |
The third Northern Cup returned to Belmont on 12 November 2016. Twenty teams competed over the weekend. On the first day, five groups of four played each other, with the two highest ranked teams from each group moving into the upper bracket while the rest competed in the Consolation bracket. This was the first tournament to be used to qualify teams for nationals, with the top 16 teams invited to compete in the coming British Quidditch Cup. The results of the tournament were as follows:
Play-in games | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Loughborough Longshots | 90* | |||||||||||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 30 | |||||||||||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 100* | |||||||||||||
Nottingham Nightmares | 90 | |||||||||||||
Loughborough Longshots | 90 | |||||||||||||
Durhamstrang | 110* | |||||||||||||
Leeds Griffins | 50 | |||||||||||||
Durhamstrang | 170* | |||||||||||||
Durhamstrang | 30 | |||||||||||||
Velociraptors QC | 160* | |||||||||||||
Velociraptors QC | 180* | |||||||||||||
Leicester Thestrals | 0 | |||||||||||||
Leicester Thestrals | 140* | |||||||||||||
Manchester Manticores | 70 | |||||||||||||
Velociraptors QC | 120* | |||||||||||||
Tornadoes QC | 20 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 40 | Loughborough Longshots | 110^ | |||||||||||
Tornadoes QC | 200* | Tornadoes QC | 120 | |||||||||||
Play-in games | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
St Andrews Snidgets | 90* | |||||||||||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | 30 | |||||||||||||
St Andrews Snidgets | 10 | |||||||||||||
Derby | 50* | |||||||||||||
Derby | 60 | |||||||||||||
Sheffield | 140* | |||||||||||||
Sheffield | 130* | |||||||||||||
Chester | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sheffield | 30 | |||||||||||||
HogYork | 220* | |||||||||||||
HogYork | 170* | |||||||||||||
Liverpool | 0 | |||||||||||||
Liverpool | 240* | |||||||||||||
Preston | 0 | |||||||||||||
HogYork | 130* | |||||||||||||
Keele Squirrels | 70 | |||||||||||||
Durham Direwolves | 40* | |||||||||||||
Keele Squirrels | 110 | |||||||||||||
After bracket play had finished, two more matches were played between the four quarter-finals losers in order to rank the 15th–18th places:
Chester | 130* | 20 | St Andrews Snidgets |
Direwolves | 90* | 10 | Liverpool |
Position | Team | Stage | Position | Team | Stage | Position | Team | Stage | ||
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1st | Velociraptors QC | Final | 9th | Nottingham Nightmares | UB play ins | 17th | Liverpuddly Cannons | BQC playoffs | ||
2nd | Durhamstrang | Final | 10th | Manchester Manticores | UB play ins | 18th | St Andrews Snidgets | BQC playoffs | ||
3rd | Tornadoes QC | Semis | 11th | York | LB Finals | 19th | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | LB play ins | ||
4th | Loughborough Longshots | Semis | 12th | Sheffield QC | LB finals | 20th | Preston | LB play ins | ||
5th | Bangor | Quarters | 13th | Derby QC | LB Semi Finals | |||||
6th | Leeds Griffins | Quarters | 14th | Keele Squirrels | LB Semi Finals | |||||
7th | Leicester Thestrals | Quarters | 15th | Durham Direwolves | LB Quarter Finals | |||||
8th | Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | Quarters | 16th | Chester | LB quarter Finals |
The fourth Northern Cup was held at Sheffield Hallam Sports Park on 25–26 November 2017. Twenty-five teams competed over the weekend. Velociraptors Quidditch Club were the champions for the second time in a row. [9]
Position | Team | Position | Team | Position | Team | ||
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1st | Velociraptors | 10th | Leicester Thestrals | 19th | Glasgow Grim Reapers | ||
2nd | York Horntails | 11th | Manchester Manticores | 20th | Liverpuddly Catapults | ||
3rd | Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 12th | Chester Centurions | 21st | Derby Deamons | ||
4th | Tornadoes QC | 13th | Nottingham Nightmares | 22nd | Preston Poltergeists | ||
5th | Loughborough Longshots | 14th | Liverpuddly Cannons | 23rd | Northumbrian Ridgebacks | ||
6th | Keele Squirrels | 15th | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | 24th | Manchester Minotaurs | ||
7th | Leeds Griffins | 16th | Sheffield Steelfins | 25th | Sheffield Sealions | ||
8th | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 17th | Durhamstrang | ||||
9th | Sheffield Squids | 18th | St Andrews Snidgets |
The fifth Northern Cup was held at Sheffield Hallam Sports Park on 10–11 November 2018. Twenty-two teams competed over the weekend. On the first day, 2 groups of five and three groups of four played each other, with the top 12 ranked teams overall moving into the upper bracket, with 8 further teams playing play-in matches, with the losers joining the final two teams in the Consolation bracket. The top 16 teams were invited to compete in the upcoming British Quidditch Cup; the unsuccessful teams would have another opportunity to qualify via the Development Cup. The top 5 teams were invited to EQT, the nationwide qualifying tournament for the upcoming European Quidditch Cup. [10] The results of the tournament were as follows: [11] [12]
Key to colours in group tables |
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Qualified for Upper Bracket as a top 12 team |
Qualified for Upper Bracket Play-ins |
Placement | Team | Win | Lose | QPD-C [note 1] | QPD-T [note 2] | WSC [note 3] | TRT [note 4] | |
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1st | Manchester Manticores | 4 | 0 | 220 | 240 | 4 | 1:33:47 | |
2nd | Nottingham Nightmares | 3 | 1 | 280 | 450 | 3 | 1:45:51 | |
3rd | Derby Daemons | 2 | 2 | -100 | -130 | 3 | 1:14:24 | |
4th | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | 1 | 3 | -40 | -20 | 1 | 1:15:11 [note 5] | |
5th | Manchester Minotaurs | 0 | 4 | -360 | -540 | 0 | 1:00:09 [note 5] | |
Nottingham Nightmares | 210* - 10 | Manchester Minotaurs | |
Manchester Manticores | 110* - 10 | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | |
Nottingham Nightmares | 200* - 40 | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | |
Manchester Manticores | 120* - 20 | Derby Daemons | |
Nottingham Nightmares | 200* - 30 | Derby Daemons | |
Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | 190* - 10 | Manchester Minotaurs | |
Manchester Manticores | 140* - 0 | Manchester Minotaurs | |
Derby Daemons | 100** - 70°° | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | |
Nottingham Nightmares | 110 - 130* | Manchester Manticores | |
Derby Daemons | 160* - 20 | Manchester Minotaurs |
Placement | Team | W | L | QPD-C | QPD-T | WSC | TRT | |
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1st | Megalodons | 4 | 0 | 330 | 650 | 3 | 1:16:28 | |
2nd | Sheffield Squids | 3 | 1 | 160 | 250 | 2 | 1:16:44 | |
3rd | York Horntails | 2 | 2 | 40 | 60 | 1 | 1:16:50 | |
4th | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 1 | 3 | -170 | -230 | 1 | 1:16:01 | |
5th | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 0 | 4 | -360 | -730 | 0 | 1:18:16 | |
York Horntails | 40* - 110 | Megalodons | |
Sheffield Squids | 130 - 60* | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | |
York Horntails | 90 - 40* | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | |
Sheffield Squids | 200* - 0 | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | |
York Horntails | 200* - 50 | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | |
Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 10 - 200* | Megalodons | |
Sheffield Squids | 30 - 120* | Megalodons | |
Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 10 - 150* | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | |
York Horntails | 50 - 120* | Sheffield Squids | |
Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 0 - 360* | Megalodons |
Placement | Team | W | L | QPD-C | QPD-T | WSC | TRT | |
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1st | Liverpuddly Cannons | 3 | 0 | 170 | 180 | 3 | 1:03:03 | |
2nd | Leeds Griffins | 2 | 1 | 120 | 160 | 2 | 0:57:44 | |
3rd | Durhamstrang | 1 | 2 | -80 | -90 | 1 | 1:05:14 | |
4th | Loughborough Longshots | 0 | 3 | -210 | -250 | 1 | 1:01:59 | |
Loughborough Longshots | 60*° - 100°* | Durhamstrang | |
Leeds Griffins | 80 - 110* | Liverpuddly Cannons | |
Leeds Griffins | 110* - 50 | Durhamstrang | |
Loughborough Longshots | 40 - 150* | Liverpuddly Cannons | |
Liverpuddly Cannons | 170* - 40 | Durhamstrang | |
Loughborough Longshots | 20 - 180* | Leeds Griffins |
Placement | Team | W | L | QPD-C | QPD-T | WSC | TRT | |
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1st | Holyrood Hippogriffs | 3 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 4 | 0:56:32 | |
2nd | Glasgow Grim Reapers | 2 | 1 | 220 | 220 | 2 | 0:57:57 | |
3rd | Leicester Thestrals | 1 | 2 | -60 | -60 | 2 | 1:01:14 | |
4th | Chester Centurions | 0 | 3 | -210 | -210 | 0 | 1:01:17 | |
Holyrood Hippogriffs | 120°* - 90*° | Leicester Thestrals | |
Chester Centurions | 20 - 140* | Glasgow Grim Reapers | |
Chester Centurions | 40 - 130* | Leicester Thestrals | |
Holyrood Hippogriffs | 130** - 110°° | Glasgow Grim Reapers | |
Holyrood Hippogriffs | 120* - 30 | Chester Centurions | |
Glasgow Grim Reapers | 150* - 30 | Leicester Thestrals |
Placement | Team | W | L | QPD-C | QPD-T | WSC | TRT | |
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1st | Velociraptors QC | 3 | 0 | 270 | 790 | 2 | 0:55:34 | |
2nd | St Andrews Snidgets | 2 | 1 | 20 | -60 | 2 | 1:10:46 | |
3rd | Tornadoes QC | 1 | 2 | -60 | -180 | 1 | 1:01:26 | |
4th | Sheffield Steelfins | 0 | 3 | -230 | -550 | 0 | 1:04:04 | |
Velociraptors QC | 370* - 0 | Sheffield Steelfins | |
Tornadoes QC | 70 – 120* | St Andrews Snidgets | |
Velociraptors QC | 250 - 40* | St Andrews Snidgets | |
Tornadoes QC | 100* - 20 | Sheffield Steelfins | |
Velociraptors QC | 240* - 0 | Tornadoes QC | |
St Andrews Snidgets | 210* - 40 | Sheffield Steelfins |
Play-in games | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
Velociraptors QC | 300* | |||||||||||||||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | 100* | |||||||||||||||||
Chester Centurions | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
Velociraptors QC | 240 | |||||||||||||||||
Sheffield Squids | 30* | |||||||||||||||||
Leeds Griffins | 150 | |||||||||||||||||
Sheffield Squids | 220* | |||||||||||||||||
Velociraptors QC | 200* | |||||||||||||||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
Manchester Manticores | 100* | |||||||||||||||||
Tornadoes QC | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Tornadoes QC | 80* | |||||||||||||||||
Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
Manchester Manticores | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs | 80* | |||||||||||||||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs | 120* | |||||||||||||||||
Leicester Thestrals | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
Velociraptors QC | 270* | |||||||||||||||||
Megalodons | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
Megalodons | 220* | |||||||||||||||||
Derby Daemons | 30* | |||||||||||||||||
Derby Daemons | 70* | |||||||||||||||||
Loughborough Longshots | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
Megalodons | 160* | |||||||||||||||||
Nottingham Nightmares | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
Nottingham Nightmares | 140* | |||||||||||||||||
St Andrews Snidgets | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
Megalodons | 100* | |||||||||||||||||
Glasgow Grim Reapers | 40 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
Liverpuddly Cannons | 110* | Holyrood Hippogriffs | 150* | |||||||||||||||
Durhamstrang | 10 | Glasgow Grim Reapers | 100 | |||||||||||||||
Durhamstrang | 140* | |||||||||||||||||
Sheffield Steelfins | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
Liverpuddly Cannons | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
Glasgow Grim Reapers | 110* | |||||||||||||||||
Glasgow Grim Reapers | 140°* | |||||||||||||||||
York Hortails | 90*° | |||||||||||||||||
Play-in games | EQT play-off | |||||
Sheffield Squids | 80 | |||||
Manchester Manticores | 130* | |||||
Manchester Manticores | 70 | |||||
Liverpuddly Cannons | 140* | |||||
Nottingham Nightmares | 20 | |||||
Liverpuddly Cannons | 80* | |||||
Play-in games | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Chester Centurions | 120* | |||||||||
Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 10 | |||||||||
Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 130* | |||||||||
Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 50 | |||||||||
Chester Centurions | 110° [nb 1] | |||||||||
Loughborough Longshots | 120° [nb 1] | |||||||||
Loughborough Longshots | 110 | |||||||||
Manchester Minotaurs | 30* | |||||||||
Sheffield Steelfins | 80 | |||||||||
Manchester Minotaurs | 220* | |||||||||
Position | Team | Stage | Position | Team | Stage | Position | Team | Stage | ||
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1st | Velociraptors QC | Final | 9th | Leeds Griffins | Round of 16 | 17th | Loughborough Longshots | Consolation Final | ||
2nd | Megalodons | Final | 10th | St Andrews Snidgets | Round of 16 | 18th | Chester Centurions | Consolation Final | ||
3rd | Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | Semi-final | 11th | Durhamstrang | Round of 16 | 19th | Manchester Minotaurs | Consolation Semi-final | ||
4th | Glasgow Grim Reapers | Semi-final | 12th | Tornadoes QC | Round of 16 | 20th | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | Consolation Semi-final | ||
5th | Liverpuddly Cannons | EQT Final | 13th | York Horntails | Round of 16 | 21st | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | Consolation Play-in | ||
6th | Manchester Manticores | EQT Final | 14th | Leicester Thestrals | Round of 16 | 22nd | Sheffield Steelfins | Consolation Play-in | ||
7th | Nottingham Nightmares | EQT Semi-final | 15th | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | Round of 16 | |||||
8th | Sheffield Squids | EQT Semi-final | 16th | Derby Daemons | Round of 16 |
The sixth Northern Cup was held at Sheffield Hallam Sports Park on 23–24 November 2019, making it the third Northern in a row to be held at that venue. Twenty teams competed over the weekend. On the first day, 5 groups of four teams each played each other. At the end of this group stage, the teams were all ranked 1-20 based on their performance. The top 4 ranked teams then played against each other (the team ranked 1st played against the team ranked 4th, 2nd played against 3rd), with this process then continuing for teams 5-8 and so on. This 'ranking bracket' stage, which took place over the end of day 1 and start of day 2 and allowed for teams to move up or down the rankings for the final 'play-in bracket' stage on the second day. This final stage consisted of each team playing two more games, effectively a 'semi-final' and then either a 'final' or 'consolation' match within each group of 4 rankings (1-4, 5–8, etc.). The top 15 teams qualified for the British Quidditch Cup in April 2020, however this tournament was later cancelled due to COVID-19. [13] The 2nd-to-7th ranked teams were invited to EQT, the nationwide qualifying tournament for the upcoming European Quidditch Cup. [14] Due to weather conditions the grass pitches at the venue were unable to be used resulting in all matches being played on 3G which affected the planned play-in stage. The results of the tournament were as follows: [15] [9]
Megalodons | 80* - 10 | Leicester Thestrals | |
Nottingham Nightmares | 180* - 30 | Manchester Minotaurs | |
Megalodons | 190 - 30* | Nottingham Nightmares | |
Leicester Thestrals | 200 - 40* | Manchester Minotaurs | |
Megalodons | 230 - 30* | Manchester Minotaurs | |
Nottingham Nightmares | 40 - 170* | Leicester Thestrals |
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 190* - 0 | Durhamstrang | |
Olympians Quidditch Club | 210* - 0 | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | |
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 110* - 130 | Olympians Quidditch Club | |
Durhamstrang | 20 - 50* | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | |
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 190* - 0 | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | |
Olympians Quidditch Club | 160* - 20 | Durhamstrang |
Velociraptors | 270* - 0 | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | |
York Horntails | 150* - 10 | Sheffield Steelfins | |
Velociraptors | 320* - 0 | York Horntails | |
Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | 190* - 20 | Sheffield Steelfins | |
Velociraptors | 300* - 0 | Sheffield Steelfins | |
York Horntails | 40 - 160* | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds |
Liverpuddly Cannons | 90* - 80 | Sheffield Squids | |
St Andrews Snidgets | 70* - 30 | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | |
Liverpuddly Cannons | 200* - 40 | St Andrews Snidgets | |
Sheffield Squids | 130 - 80* | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | |
Liverpuddly Cannons | 110 - 60* | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | |
St Andrews Snidgets | 60 - 180* | Sheffield Squids |
Leeds Griffins | 30 - 120* | Loughborough Longshots | |
Glasgow Grim Reapers | 20 - 100* | Chester Centurions | |
Glasgow Grim Reapers | 120* - 40 | Leeds Griffins | |
Chester Centurions | 140* - 70 | Loughborough Longshots | |
Glasgow Grim Reapers | 60 - 90* | Loughborough Longshots | |
Leeds Griffins | 10 - 140* | Chester Centurions |
In each ranking bracket the participants of the second match would be the loser of a higher-ranked first match playing the winner of the next lower-ranked first match. For example, Chester Centurions lost against Velociraptors in their first match so they then played against Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts who won the next match down in the rankings. The exceptions to this are the winners of the highest-ranked first match (Velociraptors and Olympians Quidditch Club) and the losers of the lowest-ranked first match (Manchester Minotaurs and Sheffield Steelfins) in each ranking bracket who all did not play a second match.
Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||
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Match Number | Team Ranking | Team | Score | Match Number | Team | Score | |
1 | 1st | Velociraptors | 220* | 11 | Chester Centurions | 50 | |
4th | Chester Centurions | 0 | Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 190* | |||
3 | 6th | Sheffield Squids | 30 | 13 | Sheffield Squids | 140* | |
7th | Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 210* | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | 50 | |||
5 | 9th | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | 150* | 15 | York Horntails | 40 | |
12th | York Horntails | 30 | St Andrews Snidgets | 130* | |||
7 | 14th | St Andrews Snidgets | 140* | 17 | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 30 | |
15th | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 20 | Durhamstrang | 180* | |||
9 | 17th | Durhamstrang | 80°°° [nb 1] | ||||
20th | Manchester Minotaurs | 70*°° [nb 1] |
Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Number | Team Ranking | Team | Score | Match Number | Team | Score | |
2 | 2nd | Megalodons | 80 | 12 | Megalodons | 130* | |
3rd | Olympians Quidditch Club | 100* | Liverpuddly Cannons | 40 | |||
4 | 5th | Liverpuddly Cannons | 100* | 14 | Leicester Thestrals | 170* | |
8th | Leicester Thestrals | 90 | Loughborough Longshots | 70 | |||
6 | 10th | Loughborough Longshots | 100 | 16 | Glasgow Grim Reapers | 140* | |
11th | Glasgow Grim Reapers | 40* | Nottingham Nightmares | 60 | |||
8 | 13th | Nottingham Nightmares | 160* | 18 | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 60 | |
16th | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 40 | Leeds Griffins | 100* | |||
10 | 18th | Leeds Griffins | 120* | ||||
19th | Sheffield Steelfins | 50 |
As a result of the grass pitches not being used because of the weather, the play-in stage was significantly cut down. It was originally scheduled that all teams would compete in this stage to determine the final standings, however only half the planned number of matches were played and as a result some teams did not play any matches in this stage.
Play-in | Final | |||||
Velociraptors | 180* | |||||
Megalodons | 0 | |||||
Velociraptors | 120 | |||||
Olympians Quidditch Club | 60* | |||||
Olympians Quidditch Club | 90* | |||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 60 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
Megalodons | 80 | |||||
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 110* |
Play-in | 7th place playoff | |||||
Chester Centurions | 30 | |||||
Leicester Thestrals | 140* | |||||
Chester Centurions | 110* | |||||
Sheffield Squids | 100 | |||||
Liverpuddly Cannons | 150 | |||||
Sheffield Squids | 70* | |||||
Play-in | 15th place playoff | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Score | Team | Score | |
York Horntails | 90 | York Horntails | 150* | |
Leeds Griffins | 180* | Durhamstrang | 0FF [nb 1] | |
Nottingham Nightmares | 150* | |||
Durhamstrang | 70 |
Position | Team | Position | Team | Position | Team | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Velociraptors | 9th | Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds | 17th | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | ||
2nd | Olympians Quidditch Club | 10th | Loughborough Longshots | 18th | Sheffield Steelfins | ||
3rd | Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts | 11th | St Andrews Snidgets | 19th | Manchester Minotaurs | ||
4th | Megalodons | 12th | Glasgow Grim Reapers | 20th | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | ||
5th | Leicester Thestrals | 13th | Nottingham Nightmares | ||||
6th | Liverpuddly Cannons | 14th | Leeds Griffins | ||||
7th | Chester Centurions | 15th | York Horntails | ||||
8th | Sheffield Squids | 16th | Durhamstrang |
Due to COVID-19, the planned Northern Cup that would have taken place in November 2020 for the 2020/2021 season was cancelled. For the 2021/2022 season, the new format came in with only university teams competing and the tournament split into two different 1 day round-robin fixtures.
The first fixture took place at the Salford Sports Village in Manchester on the 8th November 2021. The tournament results were as follows: [16]
Placement | Team | W | L | Total Points Scored | Points From Goals | Snitch Catches |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Holyrood Hippogriffs | 4 | 0 | 460 | 340 | 4 |
2nd | Leicester Thestrals | 3 | 1 | 480 | 390 | 3 |
3rd | Liverpuddly Cannons | 2 | 2 | 410 | 350 | 2 |
4th | Leeds Griffins | 1 | 3 | 70 | 40 | 1 |
5th | Sheffield Squids | 0 | 4 | 120 | 120 | 0 |
Sheffield Squids moved down to Division 2 for the second fixture.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|
Liverpuddly Cannons | 120* - 10 | Leeds Griffins | 19:18 |
Holyrood Hippogriffs | 100* - 30 | Leicester Thestrals | 20:31 |
Holyrood Hippogriffs | 100* - 20 | Sheffield Squids | 20:07 |
Leicester Thestrals | 140* - 0 | Leeds Griffins | 18:37 |
Liverpuddly Cannons | 130* - 30 | Sheffield Squids | 18:20 |
Holyrood Hippogriffs | 140* - 10 | Leeds Griffins | 18:58 |
Leicester Thestrals | 150* - 40 | Sheffield Squids | 18:00 |
Liverpuddly Cannons | 70 - 160* | Leicester Thestrals | 18:00 |
Liverpuddly Cannons | 90 - 120* | Holyrood Hippogriffs | 26:36 |
Sheffield Squids | 30 - 50* | Leeds Griffins | 21:26 |
Placement | Team | W | L | Total Points Scored | Points From Goals | Snitch Catches |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Manchester Manticores | 4 | 0 | 420 | 390 | 1 |
2nd | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 3 | 1 | 560 | 500 | 2 |
3rd | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 2 | 2 | 370 | 310 | 2 |
4th | York Horntails | 1 | 3 | 190 | 130 | 2 |
5th | Durhamstrang | 0 | 4 | 220 | 130 | 3 |
Manchester Manticores moved up to Division 1 for the second fixture.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|
York Horntails | 50* - 200 | Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 24:30 |
Durhamstrang | 110* - 150 | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 29:46 |
York Horntails | 50 - 90* | Manchester Manticores | 18:00 |
Manchester Manticores | 100 - 50* | Durhamstrang | 18:00 |
Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 160* - 70 | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 29:08 |
Manchester Manticores | 90 - 60* | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 30:14 |
York Horntails | 70* - 20 | Durhamstrang | 21:23 |
Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 120 - 40* | Durhamstrang | 23:51 |
York Horntails | 20 - 90* | Stirling Dumyat Dragons | 18:00 |
Bangor Broken Broomsticks | 80* - 140 | Manchester Manticores | 28:30 |
The second fixture was scheduled to take place in Edinburgh on the 26th February 2022, however it was cancelled due to the venue deeming the pitches unplayable. Spots for the upcoming EQC and BQC tournaments would be based on the results of the Northern 1 fixture. [17]
The first Northern fixture of the 2022/2023 season was on 12 November 2022 taking place in the North with the second fixture scheduled for 18 February 2023 taking place in either Scotland or the North East. [18]
The first Southern Cup was hosted by Southampton Quidditch Club on the 8–9 November. 8 teams competed over the weekend. The first day consisted of two groups of 4 teams each while the second day was a knockout. By the end of the weekend Oxfords Radcliffe Chimeras claimed gold, Southampton silver and London Unspeakables 3rd. The full brackets and final standings where as follows:
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 340 | |||||||||
Norwich Nifflers | 0 | |||||||||
Radcliffe Chimeras | 210* | |||||||||
Falmouth Falcons | 10 | |||||||||
Reading Rocs | 40 | |||||||||
Falmouth Falcons | 170* | |||||||||
Radcliffe Chimeras | 140* | |||||||||
Southampton QC | 30 | |||||||||
Southampton QC | 130* | |||||||||
Bristol Brizzlepuffs | 0 | |||||||||
Southampton QC | 170* | |||||||||
London Unspeakables | 20 | Third place | ||||||||
London Unspeakables | 70* | |||||||||
Oxford Quidlings | 60 | |||||||||
Falmouth Falcons | 40 | |||||||||
London Unspeakables | 50* | |||||||||
Position | Team | Stage | |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | Final | |
2nd | Southampton Quidditch Club | Final | |
3rd | London Unspeakables | Semis | |
4th | Falmouth Falcons | Semis | |
5th-8th | Bristol Brizzlepuffs | Quarters | |
5th-8th | Oxford Quidlings | Quarters | |
5th-8th | Norwich Nifflers | Quarters | |
5th-8th | Reading Rocs | Quarters |
The second Southern Cup was held on the 14th and 15 November at Horspath Athletics Track (oxford), was due to follow a similar structure to its northern counterpart. [19] However, due to technical issues the Consolation bracket had to be cancelled. Seventeen teams competed over the weekend with Oxfords Radcliffe Chimeras eventually claiming Gold. the upper bracket results are as follows:
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 130 | |||||||||
Southampton QC 2 | 50* | |||||||||
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 90* | |||||||||
Brizzlebears | 20 | |||||||||
Brizzlebears | 100* | |||||||||
Falmouth | 90 | |||||||||
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 130* | |||||||||
Warwick QC | 90 | |||||||||
Taxes QC | 40 | |||||||||
Warwick QC | 130* | |||||||||
Warwick QC | 80* | |||||||||
Southampton QC 1 | 30 | Third place | ||||||||
Southampton QC 1 | 110* | |||||||||
Werewolves of London | 10 | |||||||||
Southampton QC | 100* | |||||||||
Brizzlebears | 0 | |||||||||
Position | Team | Stage | Position | Team | Stage | Position | Team | Stage | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | Final | 9th | Swansea Seven Swans | Groups | 17th | Exeter Patronums | Groups | ||
2nd | Warwick QC | Final | 10th | Reading Rocs | Groups | |||||
3rd | Southampton QC firsts | Semis | 11th | Cambridge University QC | Groups | |||||
4th | BrizzleBears | Semis | 12th | Oxford Quidlings | Groups | |||||
5th | Falmouth Falcons | Quarters | 13th | BrizzleBees | Groups | |||||
6th | Werewolves of London | Quarters | 14th | Norwich Nifflers | Groups | |||||
7th | Southampton QC seconds | Quarters | 15th | London Unspeakables | Groups | |||||
8th | Taxes Quidditch | Quarters | 16th | Portsmouth Horntail Strikers | Groups |
The third Southern Cup took place on the 29–30 October at Millbrook Rugby Club in Southampton. 17 teams competed over the weekend with the top 16 qualifying for the coming British Quidditch cup. The weekend followed a similar structure to last years with day one being group stage and day to single elimination knockout. Due to only 16 teams qualifying for BQC a play in match between the two lowest seed teams after day one was played to distinguish 16th and 17th place. by the end of the tournament Warwick QC had claimed gold, the full bracket results and final standings where as follows:
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Werewolves of London | 180 | |||||||||
Portsmouth | 30* | |||||||||
Werewolves of London | 130* | |||||||||
BrizzleBears | 40 | |||||||||
BrizzleBears | 140* | |||||||||
Swansea | 40 | |||||||||
Warwick QC | 40* | |||||||||
Werewolves of London | 20 | |||||||||
Warwick QC | 110* | |||||||||
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 30 | |||||||||
Warwick QC | 110* | |||||||||
London Unspeakables | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
London Unspeakables | 110*^ | |||||||||
Southampton QC Firsts | 80 | |||||||||
BrizzleBears | 110* | |||||||||
London Unspeakables | 30 | |||||||||
Play-in games | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Oxford Quidlings | 50 | |||||||||||||
Southampton QC Seconds | 130* | |||||||||||||
Oxford Quidlings | 130* | |||||||||||||
The Flying Chaucers | 60 | |||||||||||||
Southampton QC Seconds | 40 | |||||||||||||
Exeter | 110* | |||||||||||||
Exeter Eagles | 50 | |||||||||||||
Cambridge University QC | 170* | |||||||||||||
Exeter Eagles | 70* | |||||||||||||
Falmouth | 120^ | |||||||||||||
BrizzleBees | 120*^ | |||||||||||||
Reading Rocs | 90 | |||||||||||||
Falmouth | 140 | |||||||||||||
BrizzleBees | 70* | |||||||||||||
Norwich | 0 | |||||||||||||
Falmouth | 160* | |||||||||||||
Position | Team | Stage | Position | Team | Stage | Position | Team | Stage | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Warwick QC | Final | 9th | Falmouth Falcons | LB Final | 17th | Flying Chaucers | LB play-ins | ||
2nd | Werewolves of London | Final | 10th | Exeter Eagles | LB Final | |||||
3rd | BrizzleBears | Semis | 11th | Southampton QC Seconds | LB Semis | |||||
4th | London Unspeakables | Semis | 12th | BrizzleBees | LB semis | |||||
5th | Southampton QC Firsts | Quarters | 13th | Oxford Quidlings | LB Quarters | |||||
6th | Swansea Seven Swans | Quarters | 14th | Cambridge University QC | LB Quarters | |||||
7th | Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | Quarters | 15th | Reading Rocs | LB Quarters | |||||
8th | Portsmouth | Quarters | 16th | Norwich Nifflers | LB semis Quarters |
The fourth Southern Cup took place on the 11–12 November at Millbrook Rugby Club in Southampton. 21 teams competed over the weekend with the Top 15 qualifying for the coming British Quidditch cup. The weekend followed a similar structure to the format of previous years, with day one having group stage matches and day two containing single elimination playoffs. Due to only 15 teams qualifying for BQC, play in matches took place between the lowest seeded teams in the Lower Bracket to determine the teams that qualify. The tournament was won by Southampton QC Firsts. The full bracket results are as follows:
Play-in games | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Werewolves of London | 150 | |||||||||||||
Exeter Eagles | 30* | |||||||||||||
Bristol Bees | 20 | |||||||||||||
Exeter Eagles | 130* | |||||||||||||
Werewolves of London | 90* | |||||||||||||
Warwick QC | 50 | |||||||||||||
Warwick QC | 70* | |||||||||||||
London Unspeakables | 40 | |||||||||||||
Southampton QC Firsts | 140* | |||||||||||||
Werewolves of London | 90 | |||||||||||||
Southampton QC Firsts | 130 | |||||||||||||
Portsmouth Strikers | 30* | |||||||||||||
Reading Knights | 50 | |||||||||||||
Portsmouth Strikers | 70* | |||||||||||||
Southampton QC Firsts | 130* | |||||||||||||
Bristol Bears | 10 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Radcliffe Chimeras | 40 | Warwick QC | 120* | |||||||||||
Bristol Bears | 70* | Bristol Bears | 30 | |||||||||||
Play-in games | Quarter-finals (BQC qualification) | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Falmouth Falcons | W | |||||||||||||
London Unbreakables | FF | |||||||||||||
London Unbreakables | 120* | |||||||||||||
Norwich Nifflers | 70 | |||||||||||||
Falmouth Falcons | 160* | |||||||||||||
Cambridge University QC | 40 | |||||||||||||
Bath QC | 70*° | |||||||||||||
Cambridge University QC | 90°° | |||||||||||||
Falmouth Falcons | 70* | |||||||||||||
Southampton QC Seconds | 60 | |||||||||||||
Southampton QC Seconds | 120 | |||||||||||||
Oxford Quidlings | 10 | |||||||||||||
Oxford Quidlings | W | |||||||||||||
The Flying Chaucers | FF | |||||||||||||
Southampton QC Seconds | 70* | |||||||||||||
Swansea Swans | 20 | |||||||||||||
Swansea Swans | 130* | |||||||||||||
Bournemouth Banshees | 30 | |||||||||||||
Bournemouth Banshees | W | |||||||||||||
Winchester Wampus | FF | |||||||||||||
The fifth Southern Cup took place on 24–25 November at Knole Academy in Sevenoaks, Kent. 18 teams competed over the weekend, with the top 14 qualifying for the upcoming British Quidditch Cup. Furthermore, the top 7 teams would qualify for EQT, the nationwide qualifying tournament for the European Quidditch Cup. On the first day, two groups of five and two groups of four played each other. Unlike Northern Cup, there was no consolation bracket. Instead, all 18 teams would compete in the upper bracket, with the bottom 4 teams participating in play-in games. The tournament was won by the Werewolves of London.
Play-in games | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
Werewolves of London | 150* | |||||||||||||||||
Bristol Bears | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bristol Bears | 190* | |||||||||||||||||
Cambridge Quidditch Club | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
Werewolves of London | 160* | |||||||||||||||||
Werewolves of London Seconds | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Portsmouth Strikers | 70* | |||||||||||||||||
Werewolves of London Seconds | 130 | |||||||||||||||||
Werewolves of London | 170* | |||||||||||||||||
London Unspeakables | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
London Unspeakables | 190 | |||||||||||||||||
Norwich Nifflers | 70* | |||||||||||||||||
London Unspeakables | 210* | |||||||||||||||||
Bath Quidditch Club | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Exeter Eagles | 120°° | |||||||||||||||||
Bath Quidditch Club | 140** | |||||||||||||||||
Werewolves of London | 70* | |||||||||||||||||
London Quidditch Club | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
London Quidditch Club | 320* | |||||||||||||||||
Southampton Quidditch Club Seconds | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
London Unbreakables | 140° [nb 1] | |||||||||||||||||
Southampton Quidditch Club Seconds | 190° [nb 1] | |||||||||||||||||
London Quidditch Club | 150 | |||||||||||||||||
Oxford Mammoths | 30* | |||||||||||||||||
Oxford Mammoths | 140* | |||||||||||||||||
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
London Quidditch Club | 220* | |||||||||||||||||
Southampton Quidditch Club | 0 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
Warwick Quidditch Club | 110* | London Unspeakables | 120* | |||||||||||||||
Swansea Swans | 40 | Southampton Quidditch Club | 90 | |||||||||||||||
Warwick Quidditch Club | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
Southampton Quidditch Club | 170* | |||||||||||||||||
Southampton Quidditch Club | 170* | |||||||||||||||||
Bournemouth Banshees | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
EQT play-offs | Fifth Place | |||||
Werewolves of London Seconds | 160* | |||||
Bath Quidditch Club | 30 | |||||
Werewolves of London Seconds | 30 | |||||
Oxford Mammoths | 120* | |||||
Oxford Mammoths | 230* | |||||
Warwick Quidditch Club | 10 | |||||
Seventh Place/EQT play-off | ||||||
Bath Quidditch Club | 110* | |||||
Warwick Quidditch Club | 100 |
Of the 8 Round of 16 losers, the bottom 4 were chosen to face off for the final two BQC spots.
Swansea Swans | 230* | 20 | Southampton Quidditch Club Seconds |
Norwich Nifflers | 90 | 180* | Bristol Bears |
The sixth Southern Cup took place on 9–10 November at the Harcout Hill Campus at Oxford Brookes University. Sixteen teams competed over the weekend. On the first day, 4 groups of four teams each played each other. At the end of this group stage, each team would play a team from a different group that was ranked at the same level. For example, the top ranked team of group A (London Unspeakables) played against the top ranked team of group B (Werewolves of London Firsts). Teams that won this play-off played a team from the rank above them who lost their first match and vice versa. The exception were the losers of lowest-ranked play-off (Bournemouth Banshees and Bristol Bears) and the winners of the highest-ranked play-off (Werewolves of London Firsts and London Quidditch Club A) who did not play a second match in this stage. This 'ranking' stage took place over the end of day 1 and start of day 2. The final 'play-in' stage consisted of four team brackets, with the teams playing a 'semi-final' then either a 'final' or 'consolation' match within their bracket. Thus the top bracket of 4 teams was playing for 1st - 4th, the second bracket was playing for 5th–8th and so on. The teams that finished the tournament in the upper brackets qualified to compete at the British Quidditch Cup in April 2020, however this tournament was later cancelled due to COVID-19. In addition, the team that won the tournament, Werewolves of London Firsts, was immediately eligible to attend European Quidditch Cup Division 1. Any teams that finished in the lower brackets were eligible to play at the Development Cup which was held in Salford Sports Village on 7–8 March 2020. [20] The results of the tournament were as follows: [21]
Placement | Team | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
1st | London Unspeakables | 3 | 0 |
2nd | Warwick Quidditch Club | 2 | 1 |
3rd | Southsea Quidditch Club | 1 | 2 |
4th | Bristol Bears | 0 | 3 |
London Unspeakables | 180* - 40 | Southsea Quidditch Club |
Warwick Quidditch Club | 130* - 20 | Bristol Bears |
London Unspeakables | 160 - 50* | Warwick Quidditch Club |
Southsea Quidditch Club | 190* - 30 | Bristol Bears |
London Unspeakables | 250* - 10 | Bristol Bears |
Southsea Quidditch Club | 10 - 60* | Warwick Quidditch Club |
Placement | Team | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Werewolves of London Firsts | 3 | 0 |
2nd | Bath Quidditch Club | 2 | 1 |
3rd | London Unbreakables | 1 | 2 |
4th | Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 0 | 3 |
Werewolves of London Firsts | 210* - 0 | Bath Quidditch Club |
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 120 - 150* | London Unbreakables |
Werewolves of London Firsts | 240* - 0 | Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras |
Bath Quidditch Club | 170* - 40 | London Unbreakables |
Werewolves of London Firsts | 290* - 10 | London Unbreakables |
Bath Quidditch Club | 160* - 70 | Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras |
Placement | Team | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
1st | London Quidditch Club A | 3 | 0 |
2nd | Werewolves of London Seconds | 2 | 1 |
3rd | London Unstoppables | 1 | 2 |
4th | Swansea Swans | 0 | 3 |
London Quidditch Club A | 190 - 70* | Werewolves of London Seconds |
London Unstoppables | 70* - 30 | Swansea Swans |
London Quidditch Club A | 180* - 20 | London Unstoppables |
Werewolves of London Seconds | 130* - 10 | Swansea Swans |
London Quidditch Club A | 230* - 0 | Swansea Swans |
Werewolves of London Seconds | 130* - 30 | London Unstoppables |
Placement | Team | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Oxford Mammoths | 3 | 0 |
2nd | Southampton Quidditch Club | 2 | 1 |
3rd | London Quidditch Club B | 1 | 2 |
4th | Bournemouth Banshees | 0 | 3 |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 150* - 70 | London Quidditch Club B |
Oxford Mammoths | 200* - 20 | Bournemouth Banshees |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 100* - 130 | Oxford Mammoths |
London Quidditch Club B | 190* - 70 | Bournemouth Banshees |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 120* - 0 | Bournemouth Banshees |
Oxford Mammoths | 160* - 30 | London Quidditch Club B |
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Number | Team | Score | Match Number | Team | Score | |
1 | London Unspeakables | 20 | 9 | London Unspeakables | 140 | |
Werewolves of London Firsts | 100* | Southampton Quidditch Club | 70* | |||
3 | Werewolves of London Seconds | 80 | 11 | Werewolves of London Seconds | 90 | |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 90* | Southsea Quidditch Club | 120* | |||
5 | Southsea Quidditch Club | 170* | 13 | London Unbreakables | 0 | |
London Unbreakables | 20 | Swansea Swans | 90* | |||
7 | Swansea Swans | 140* | ||||
Bournemouth Banshees | 10 |
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Number | Team | Score | Match Number | Team | Score | |
2 | London Quidditch Club A | 150 | 10 | Oxford Mammoths | 70* | |
Oxford Mammoths | 50* | Warwick Quidditch Club | 20 | |||
4 | Warwick Quidditch Club | 60* | 12 | Bath Quidditch Club | 0 | |
Bath Quidditch Club | 20 | London Quidditch Club B | 100* | |||
6 | London Unstoppables | 40 | 14 | London Unstoppables | 120* | |
London Quidditch Club B | 60* | Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 50 | |||
8 | Bristol Bears | 90 | ||||
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 200* |
Play-in | Final | |||||
Werewolves of London Firsts | 150* | |||||
Oxford Mammoths | 40 | |||||
Werewolves of London Firsts | 160°° | |||||
London Unspeakables | 120*° | |||||
London Quidditch Club A | 70 | |||||
London Unspeakables | 90* | |||||
3rd-place play-off | ||||||
Oxford Mammoths | 10 | |||||
London Quidditch Club A | 160* |
Play-in | 5th-place play-off | |||||
Southampton Quidditch Club | 90°* | |||||
London Quidditch Club B | 60*° | |||||
Southampton Quidditch Club | 170* | |||||
Southsea Quidditch Club | 70 | |||||
Warwick Quidditch Club | 30 | |||||
Southsea Quidditch Club | 60* | |||||
7th-place play-off | ||||||
London Quidditch Club B | 140* | |||||
Warwick Quidditch Club | 80 |
Play-in | 9th-place play-off | |||||
Werewolves of London Seconds | 160* | |||||
London Unstoppables | 60 | |||||
Werewolves of London Seconds | 150* | |||||
Swansea Swans | 0 | |||||
Bath Quidditch Club | 70 | |||||
Swansea Swans | 130* | |||||
11th-place play-off | ||||||
London Unstoppables | 170* | |||||
Bath Quidditch Club | 50 |
Play-in | 13th-place play-off | |||||
London Unbreakables | 70 | |||||
Bristol Bears | 170* | |||||
Bristol Bears | 100 | |||||
Bournemouth Banshees | 120* | |||||
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 40 | |||||
Bournemouth Banshees | 110* | |||||
15th-place play-off | ||||||
London Unbreakables | 80 | |||||
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | 170* |
Position | Team | Position | Team | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Werewolves of London Firsts | 9th | Werewolves of London Seconds | |
2nd | London Unspeakables | 10th | Swansea Swans | |
3rd | London Quidditch Club A | 11th | London Unstoppables | |
4th | Oxford Mammoths | 12th | Bath Quidditch Club | |
5th | Southampton Quidditch Club | 13th | Bournemouth Banshees | |
6th | Southsea Quidditch Club | 14th | Bristol Bears | |
7th | London Quidditch Club B | 15th | Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras | |
8th | Warwick Quidditch Club | 16th | London Unbreakables |
Due to COVID-19, the planned Southern Cup that would have taken place in November 2020 for the 2020/2021 season was cancelled. For the 2021/2022 season, the new format came in with only university teams competing and the tournament split into two different 1 day round-robin fixtures.
The first fixture took place on 20 November 2021 at the King's House Sports Ground in London. [22] As only five teams were competing, only one division was used. The fixture results were as follows: [23] [9]
Placement | Team | W | L | QPD [note 1] | QPD - C [note 2] | Snitch Catches |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Southampton Quidditch Club | 4 | 0 | 340 | 270 | 3 |
2nd | Warwick Quidditch Club | 3 | 1 | 120 | 120 | 2 |
3rd | Exeter Eagles | 1 | 3 | -50 | -50 | 2 |
4th | Oxford Universities Quidditch Club (Radcliffe Chimeras) | 1 | 3 | -90 | -70 | 2 |
5th | Bristol Bears | 0 | 4 | -320 | -270 | 1 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|
Warwick Quidditch Club | 110 - 60* | Bristol Bears | 18:00 |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 110* - 50 | Exeter Eagles | 19:13 |
Warwick Quidditch Club | 180* - 110 | Oxford Universities Quidditch Club | 33:31 |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 220 - 110* | Oxford Universities Quidditch Club | 41:23 (OT) |
Bristol Bears | 60 - 140* | Exeter Eagles | 29:28 |
Warwick Quidditch Club | 100* - 10 | Exeter Eagles | 18:18 |
Bristol Bears | 20 - 100* | Oxford Universities Quidditch Club | 22:57 |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 180* - 70 | Bristol Bears | 18:00 |
Oxford Universities Quidditch Club | 90 - 110* | Exeter Eagles | 18:00 |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 110* - 20 | Warwick Quidditch Club | 18:00 |
The second fixture was originally scheduled to take place on 20 February 2022 at the Cardiff City House of Sport in Cardiff, however it was postponed due to storm damage to the venue and instead took place on 12 March at the same location. [24] The fixture results were as follows: [25]
Placement | Team | W | L | QPD | QPD - C | Snitch Catches |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Southampton Quidditch Club | 4 | 0 | 230 | 220 | 3 |
2nd | Exeter Eagles | 3 | 1 | 190 | 190 | 1 |
3rd | Oxford Universities Quidditch Club (Radcliffe Chimeras) | 2 | 2 | -30 | -30 | 3 |
4th | Warwick Quidditch Club | 1 | 3 | -160 | -150 | 2 |
5th | Bristol Bears | 0 | 4 | -230 | -230 | 1 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|
Southampton Quidditch Club | 130* - 20 | Bristol Bears | 20:30 |
Warwick Quidditch Club | 100* - 130 | Exeter Eagles | 23:17 (OT) |
Warwick Quidditch Club | 90* - 110 | Oxford Universities Quidditch Club | 28:23 (OT) |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 160* - 30 | Warwick Quidditch Club | 26:05 |
Exeter Eagles | 130* - 30 | Bristol Bears | 19:56 |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 100 - 90* | Oxford Universities Quidditch Club | 18:15 |
Warwick Quidditch Club | 100 - 80* | Bristol Bears | 19:28 |
Southampton Quidditch Club | 130* - 90 | Exeter Eagles | 22:04 |
Exeter Eagles | 100 - 60* | Oxford Universities Quidditch Club | 18:00 |
Oxford Universities Quidditch Club | 110* - 50 | Bristol Bears | 23:49 |
The first Southern fixture of the 2022/2023 season is scheduled for 5 November 2022 taking place in the South West with the second fixture scheduled for 11 February 2023 taking place in the South. [18]
The Community League was started in 2021 after the Northern and Southern Cups were made into tournaments only for university quidditch teams. It acts as an
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Established | 2021 |
Administrator | QuidditchUK |
Format | Round-Robin |
Participants | 14 (in 2022) |
Number of events | 3 |
Website | QuidditchUK website |
Current champion | |
London Quidditch Club A | |
Fixture 1 | |
Dates | July |
Fixture 2 | |
Dates | August |
Fixture 3 | |
Dates | September |
equivalent tournament for community teams. The format is the same as the updated Northern and Southern format, with teams divided into divisions of around 5 teams each that compete at multiple one day round-robin fixtures in a season. The relegation and promotion system is also the same with teams that place last in a fixture being relegated to a lower division and teams that place first being promoted to a higher one. The Community League has three fixtures per season (compared with the two fixtures per season for Northern and Southern) and final rankings after all fixtures are used to determine seedings and qualification for the British Quidditch Cup and European Qualifier Tournament.
The debut fixture of the Community League was planned to take place on 14 August 2021, however in June the decision was made to cancel this fixture to allow teams more time to prepare for full-contact games after social distancing regulations due to COVID-19 were relaxed. On 4 September, the first fixture was attended by 9 teams and took place at the Derby Rugby Football Club in Derby. [26] [27] Due to a number of teams being unable to attend, this fixture was decided beforehand to have no effect on the rest of the competitive season. For example, there would be no promotions or relegations between divisions based on the tournament and the results would not be used for seedings for the British Quidditch Cup or European Qualifier Tournament. In addition, the originally planned three divisions was reduced to two based on the attendance numbers. [28] The full results were as follows: [29]
Placement | Team | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Velociraptors | 4 | 0 |
2nd | Werewolves of London Firsts | 3 | 1 |
3rd | London Quidditch Club A | 2 | 2 |
4th | London Unspeakables | 1 | 3 |
5th | Olympians Quidditch Club | 0 | 4 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|
Werewolves of London Firsts | 130* - 80 | Olympians Quidditch Club | 20:31 |
Velociraptors | 110 - 70* | London Quidditch Club A | 18:26 |
Velociraptors | 130* - 40 | London Unspeakables | 18:52 |
Werewolves of London Firsts | 140* - 40 | London Unspeakables | 20:33 |
London Quidditch Club A | 210* - 140 | Olympians Quidditch Club | 29:24 |
Velociraptors | 120* - 50 | Olympians Quidditch Club | 19:15 |
London Quidditch Club A | 110* - 30 | London Unspeakables | 18:37 |
Werewolves of London Firsts | 140 - 90* | London Quidditch Club A | 27:23 (OT) |
London Unspeakables | 130* - 120 | Olympians Quidditch Club | 18:00 |
Velociraptors | 140* - 100 | Werewolves of London Firsts | 26:24 |
Placement | Team | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Southsea Quidditch | 3 | 0 |
2nd | West Country Rebels | 2 | 1 |
3rd | East Midlands Vipers | 1 | 2 |
4th | Kelpies Quidditch Club | 0 | 3 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|
Southsea Quidditch | 150* - 10 | West Country Rebels | 20:01 |
Kelpies Quidditch Club | 70* - 100 | East Midlands Vipers | 18:54 |
Southsea Quidditch | 170* - 120 | Kelpies Quidditch Club | |
West Country Rebels | 80* - 50 | East Midlands Vipers | |
Southsea Quidditch | 110 - 60* | East Midlands Vipers | 21:03 (OT) |
West Country Rebels | 110 - 90* | Kelpies Quidditch Club | 27:28 (OT) |
A second fixture took place on 9 October 2021 at King's House Sports Ground in London and was attended by 12 teams. [30] The originally planned three divisions were used at this tournament with 4 teams in each, teams competed in a round-robin before doing play-offs for 1st / 2nd place and 3rd / 4th place within each division to determine the final rankings.
The full results were as follows: [31]
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | Werewolves of London Firsts |
2nd | London Quidditch Club A |
3rd | Velociraptors |
4th | London Unspeakables |
Match | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
Round-robin | London Quidditch Club A | 30 - 80* | Werewolves of London Firsts | 18:10 |
Velociraptors | 120* - 40 | London Unspeakables | 19:38 | |
London Unspeakables | 50 - 140* | Werewolves of London Firsts | 20:22 | |
Velociraptors | 30 - 140* | London Quidditch Club A | 19:25 | |
London Unspeakables | 80* - 140 | London Quidditch Club A | 29:22 (OT) | |
Velociraptors | 180* - 160 | Werewolves of London Firsts | 29:41 (OT) | |
3rd / 4th play-off | Velociraptors | 140* - 10 | London Unspeakables | 20:08 |
1st / 2nd play-off | London Quidditch Club A | 70 - 140* | Werewolves of London Firsts | 18:20 |
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | Olympians Quidditch Club |
2nd | Oxford Mammoths |
3rd | Southsea Quidditch |
4th | London Quidditch Club B |
Match | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
Round-robin | Olympians Quidditch Club | 110* - 40 | Southsea Quidditch | 18:47 |
Oxford Mammoths | 120 - 60* | London Quidditch Club B | 26:52 (OT) | |
London Quidditch Club B | 60 - 160* | Southsea Quidditch | 24:08 | |
Oxford Mammoths | 30 - 130* | Olympians Quidditch Club | 19:29 | |
Oxford Mammoths | 90* - 70 | Southsea Quidditch | 21:55 | |
Olympians Quidditch Club | 150* - 20 | London Quidditch Club B | 18:28 | |
3rd / 4th play-off | Southsea Quidditch | 150* - 20 | London Quidditch Club B | 23:40 |
1st / 2nd play-off | Olympians Quidditch Club | 110 - 40 | Oxford Mammoths | 21:17 (OT) |
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | Werewolves of London Seconds |
2nd | West Country Rebels |
3rd | East Midlands Vipers |
4th | London Unbreakables |
Match | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
Round-robin | London Unbreakables | 30* - 100 | West Country Rebels | |
East Midlands Vipers | 10 - 110* | Werewolves of London Seconds | 18:10 | |
East Midlands Vipers | 70* - 100 | West Country Rebels | 28:03 (OT) | |
London Unbreakables | 30* - 220 | Werewolves of London Seconds | 26:57 | |
Werewolves of London Seconds | 80 - 60* | West Country Rebels | ||
East Midlands Vipers | 140 - 50* | London Unbreakables | 18:44 | |
3rd / 4th play-off | East Midlands Vipers | 160* - 20 | London Unbreakables | 18:00 |
1st / 2nd play-off | Werewolves of London Seconds | 130* - 40 | West Country Rebels | 22:47 |
The first Community League fixture of the season took place on 2 July 2022 at the All Hallows RC High School in Manchester with 10 teams competing in a round-robin over 3 divisions. [32] [33] The fixture was originally scheduled to take place at the Salford Sports Village however due to a COVID outbreak at the venue the location was changed the day before the event. [34] [35]
The full results were as follows (teams in italics did not attend the fixture):
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | Werewolves of London Firsts |
2nd | Olympians Quidditch Club |
3rd | Velociraptors |
4th | London Quidditch Club |
5th | London Unspeakables(Relegated) |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|
Werewolves of London Firsts | 130* - 120 | Olympians Quidditch Club | 29:58 |
Velociraptors | 30 -120* | Werewolves of London Firsts | 20:11 |
Olympians Quidditch Club | 110* - 90 | Velociraptors | 21:32 |
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | Werewolves of London Seconds (Promoted) |
2nd | Southsea Quidditch |
3rd | Oxford Mammoths |
4th | Kelpies Quidditch Club |
5th | East Midlands Vipers(Relegated) |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|
Oxford Mammoths | 120 - 40* | Kelpies Quidditch Club | 26:01 |
Werewolves of London Seconds | 120* - 110 | Southsea Quidditch | 22:12 |
Southsea Quidditch | 140 - 100* | Kelpies Quidditch Club | 28:31 (OT) |
Oxford Mammoths | 80* - 130 | Werewolves of London Seconds | 22:35 (OT) |
Oxford Mammoths | 60 - 120* | Southsea Quidditch | 21:55 |
Kelpies Quidditch Club | 30 - 120* | Werewolves of London Seconds | 20:40 |
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | Phoenix Quidditch (Promoted) |
2nd | Prometheans (Olympians Seconds) |
3rd | West Country Rebels |
4th | Birmingham Badgers |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|
West Country Rebels | 50 - 170* | Phoenix Quidditch | 31:49 |
Prometheans | 10 - 90* | Phoenix Quidditch | 20:38 |
West Country Rebels | 40 - 170* | Prometheans | 22:37 |
The second fixture took place on 13 August 2022 at the Derby Rugby Football Club in Derby with 13 teams competing over 3 divisions. [36] Due to extreme heat the event utilised the new IQA recommendations for water breaks. [37] The event also coincided with a national rail strike on the same day. [38]
The full results were as follows:
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | Werewolves of London Firsts |
2nd | London Quidditch Club A |
3rd | Olympians Quidditch Club |
4th | Werewolves of London Seconds |
5th | Velociraptors (Relegated) |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Game Length |
---|---|---|---|
Olympians Quidditch Club | 150* - 50 | Velociraptors | 21:49 |
Werewolves of London Firsts | 170* - 20 | Werewolves of London Seconds | 22:00 |
Velociraptors | 80* - 150 | London Quidditch Club A | 29:00 (OT) |
Werewolves of London Firsts | 120* - 40 | London Quidditch Club A | 20:55 |
Werewolves of London Seconds | 70 - 160* | Olympians Quidditch Club | 24:07 |
Velociraptors | 100 - 120* | Werewolves of London Seconds | 28:51 |
London Quidditch Club A | 110 - 100* | Olympians Quidditch Club | 28:36 (OT) |
Werewolves of London Firsts | 100* - 40 | Olympians Quidditch Club | 20:15 |
Werewolves of London Firsts | 120* - 0 | Velociraptors | Abandoned |
London Quidditch Club A | 210* - 50 | Werewolves of London Seconds | 20:33 |
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | Phoenix Quidditch (Promoted) |
2nd | Southsea Quidditch |
3rd | Kelpies Quidditch Club |
4th | Oxford Mammoths |
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | Prometheans (Olympians Seconds) (Promoted) |
2nd | London Quidditch Club B |
3rd | East Midlands Vipers |
4th | West Country Rebels |
The third and final Community League fixture of the season took place on 17 September 2022 at the Farnham Common Sports Club in Slough with 14 teams competing over 3 divisions. [39]
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | London Quidditch Club A |
2nd | Werewolves of London Firsts |
3rd | Olympians Quidditch Club |
4th | Werewolves of London Seconds |
5th | Phoenix Quidditch (Relegated) |
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | Velociraptors (Promoted) |
2nd | Southsea Quidditch |
3rd | Prometheans (Olympians Seconds) |
4th | Oxford Mammoths |
5th | Kelpies Quidditch Club (Relegated) |
Placement | Team |
---|---|
1st | London Quidditch Club B (Promoted) |
2nd | West Country Rebels |
3rd | East Midlands Vipers |
4th | Werewolves of London Thirds |
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