The IQA World Cup is an international quidditch tournament contested by the national teams of the members of the International Quidditch Association , the sport's global governing organisation. The championship, which was named Summer Games and Global Games in its first two editions, has been awarded every two years since 2012. The current champions are the United States, who defeated Germany in 2023, after having also beaten Belgium back in 2018.
19-653: The World Cup was first held in July 2012. The tournament was named the "Summer Games" in accordance with its unofficial tie-in to the 2012 Summer Olympics, and because the name "World Cup" was already being used since 2007 for a club championship held in the United States . The tournament was held in Oxford , United Kingdom as the Olympic torch was passing through the city. Five teams participated: Australia, Canada, France,
38-587: A 130*–70 victory for the University of Texas at Austin against Texas State University . 80 teams qualified for the cup and were divided into 16 pools of five team each. However, due to a late withdrawal from the Rutgers Nearly Headless Knights less than a week from the tournament, pool 14 ended up with only four teams and the tournament was finally contested by 79 teams. Each team played against all other teams in their pool, and
57-481: A bludger. The catch was therefore called good and Australia won the match and the United States suffered their first defeat. In the third place match, the United Kingdom avenged their defeat in the 2014 third place playoff years prior by beating Canada 190*–60. Both the final and bronze playoff were therefore re-runs of the same games from the previous World Cup, both with the reverse result. The 2018 World Cup
76-842: A champion is determined. IQA World Cup VII The IQA World Cup VII was the 2014 edition of the IQA World Cup (now the US Quidditch Cup), a quidditch club tournament then organized by the International Quidditch Association . The tournament was held in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina from April 5–6, 2014. The Cup featured 73 teams from the United States, five from Canada and one from Australia, that qualified through eight regional championships. The final, which saw two Texan teams competing against each other, resulted in
95-435: A list of all World Cups to date. The team that caught the snitch is denoted with an asterisk. US Quadball Cup The US Quadball Cup , previously known as US Quidditch Cup and IQA World Cup , is a quadball tournament held in the United States and organized by US Quadball . The first US Quadball Cup was held in 2007 with only two teams participating, and now features around 60 collegiate and club teams from around
114-460: A pool-play and bracket tournament, Australia defeated the United States 150*–130 in the final. The United States had first made a snitch catch which was disallowed on the grounds of charging the snitch. When the Australian seeker caught the snitch, the catch was initially challenged due to the seeker having been hit by a bludger. However the beat was ruled out as the beater had himself been hit by
133-417: A team must be registered with USQ. Teams can be either college teams, or community teams. College teams are teams based at a college or university and have only its students on the team; these make up the vast majority of registered quadball teams. A community team is a private club team made up of interested players around the area. Each community team may has its own rules when it comes to trying out or joining
152-460: The 2017-2018 season, there was a split between college and club level play, resulting in separate regional and national championships for club and collegiate teams. The tournament was not held in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . When the tournament resumed in 2022, it was rebranded as "US Quidditch Cup 2022" rather than "US Quidditch Cup 13." In order to participate in qualification,
171-656: The US Quadball Cup taking place in April. Placing at certain level in each of the respective region's championships (specifics vary per region), which are played in tournament form, will guarantee a berth at the US Quadball Cup. Before the day of the event, all attending teams are sorted into 12 pools of 5 based on their seeding. Seeding is based on a complex algorithm measuring each team's wins, point differentials, snitch grab percentages and strength of schedule at their respective Regional Championships. After each team plays
190-515: The United Kingdom, and the United States. The event followed a round-robin format, with the lowest ranked team being eliminated and the others advancing to the bracket phase. The UK was defeated by all other competitors and did not make the bracket. The US took first place, defeating France in the final, and Australia claimed bronze by defeating Canada. In 2014, the tournament was renamed "Global Games" and took place under an updated IQA which became an international sports federation. The Games were under
209-463: The United States. The first intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup was held in 2007 at Middlebury College in Vermont , between Middlebury and Vassar College from Poughkeepsie, New York . Since then, the US Quadball Cup has been held in various places in the continental United States. On average, there are 60 or so teams present that proceed to pool play, where teams are grouped and the top teams from
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#1732786614535228-432: The dropouts of five teams, the number of expected nations was reduced to 19. Later, Brazil and Slovakia were added to the roster of teams, resulting in a field of 21 nations. The tournament took place using a pool-play format, followed by a single-elimination bracket with all 21 teams. Ahead of the tournament, exhibition matches were held between Canada and the United Kingdom, Turkey and Mexico and Australia and Germany. After
247-486: The group advance to bracket play. The 2014 edition was the last event to be called "IQA World Cup". Thereafter, the International Quidditch Association became an international sports federation and the organization of the Cup was handed over to US Quadball . Since 2016, the Cup was renamed to "US Quidditch Cup" and the name " IQA World Cup " now refers to an international competition featuring national teams. Beginning with
266-407: The other four in their pool, all the teams are ranked by the same algorithm. The top 28 teams get a spot in a seeded round-robin bracket and 29-36 join the play-in round, a pre-bracket playoff round of four games to determine the last 4 teams to join the bracket. On day 2 of the competition, starting with a round of 32, teams are matched up and the winner of each match proceeds to the next round until
285-499: The supervision of US Quidditch but were held in Burnaby, British Columbia , Canada. Seven teams came out to compete: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Italy had planned to compete but had to pull out. The event was contested over a round-robin, with positions in a series of playoffs determined by each team's result in the first round. Due to limited media relations and improper planning,
304-593: The team, and college students may opt to join a community team over their college team. In 2016, Q.C. Boston was the first club team to win the cup. Once a team is started and registered, they may compete in official tournaments. Qualification is achieved through placement in Regional Championships. There are 8 different regions: Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Northwest, South, Southwest, and West. The Regional Championships, played in tournament form, take place from November to February, with
323-458: The three best teams of each pool advanced to the 48-team single-elimination bracket phase. The winner of each pool received a bye in the first round, entering the bracket at the round of 32. Three out of four teams in the semi-finals hailed from Texas. University of Texas at Austin beat Texas A&M Quidditch 110*–50, while Texas State University defeated Emerson College Quidditch 140*–80. The University of Texas claimed its second championship with
342-475: The tournament was relatively unknown and had a lacking medical staff which became evident when Belgium chose to forfeit after suffering multiple injuries. The United States defended their title by defeating Australia in the final, and Canada claimed bronze by defeating the United Kingdom. The 2016 World Cup took place in Frankfurt , Germany. The initial tournament plan involved 24 competing teams, but because of
361-512: Was held in Florence , Italy with 29 teams competing. There has been much online controversy about the unexpected hike in tournament fees, which has forced some smaller nations to drop out, namely Denmark and Sweden, both of whom would have been attending for the first time. None of the competitions so far have involved a qualification round. To be eligible, the team must be representing a region's national governing body. The following table shows
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