European Games (quidditch)

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European Games
File:Sarteano Quidditch 2015.png
Tournament information
Sport Quidditch
Month played July
Established 2015
Administrator(s) International Quidditch Association
Quidditch Europe
Website Official EG website
Current champion
France[1]
2017 →

The European Games, also known as the IQA European Games (EG), are the biennial games for the sport of quidditch held in Europe where national governing bodies send national teams to compete.[2] The European Games were created in response to the IQA Global Games,[3] the biennial tournament wherein nations from across the world compete in a similar style to the FIFA World Cup.[4] Both Games alternate years so in the off years regional tournaments such as the European Games or the Asian Quidditch Cup[5] can occur. These games are the highest level of championships in quidditch aside from Global Games. The 2015 champions were Team France, narrowly beating Team UK.[6]

History

The 2015 European Games were the inaugural championships of this tournament. Bid on by European cities,[7] the organizational body Quidditch Europe decided on Sarteano, Italy to host the games.[8] Sarteano proceeded to host an aggressive advertising campaign across the country[9] as well as locally which included the sale of specially made artisanal crafts, wine and cheese.[10] Quidditch Europe will begin to prepare for the 2017 European Games during the 2016-2017 season where bidding will resume. Italy will be unable to bid once again as they were host in the previous year.

Format

With twelve teams competing in the 2015 games, there were two groups of six teams which competed amongst themselves, separately.[11] The group stage began on 25 July, 2015 and ended the morning of the 26th. The groups themselves were split into pots based on EQC rankings[12] and seasonal performance matched up.[13] The top four teams from each group then would proceed to bracket play, where brackets were decided using the following criteria: games won, head-to-head, QPD[note 1] and SWIM catches.[note 2] Finally, matches will end in semi-finals, third place final and the gold medal match.[13]

Notes
  1. QPD stands for "quaffle point differential" where the final score is tallied ignoring the 30 points given when the snitch is caught.
  2. SWIM stands for "snitch when it matters" coming into play when a team wins when within snitch range, i.e. ± 30 pts.

Past champions

Year Host Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams
2015  Italy
Sarteano
France
Team France
90* –50[14] United Kingdom
Team UK
Norway
Team Norway
150* – 80[15] Belgium
Team Belgium
12

See also

References

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