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Northern Cup
Tournament information
Month playedNovember / February
Established2014
AdministratorQuidditchUK
FormatRound-Robin
Participants10 (in 2021)
Number of
events
2
WebsiteQuidditchUK website
Current champion
Holyrood Hippogriffs
Southern Cup
Tournament information
Month playedNovember / February
Established2014
AdministratorQuidditchUK
FormatRound-Robin
Participants5 (in 2021)
Number of
events
2
WebsiteQuidditchUK 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.

History

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Locations of the Northern (blue) and Southern (red) Cups

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

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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.

Format

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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.

Seeding

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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.

University/community team split and new format

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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]

Past champions

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Northern champions

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Year Host Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams
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

Updated format

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Season Fixture Host Division 1 Division 2
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

Southern champions

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Year Host Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams
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

Updated Format

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Season Fixture Host Division 1
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

Northern Cup

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2014

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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:

Final standings

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Position Team
1st Bangor Broken Broomsticks
2nd Nottingham Nightmares
3rd Keele Squirrels
4th Loughborough
5th Chester
6th Leeds Griffins
7th Derby QC
8th HogYork Horntails

2015

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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]

Upper bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Loughborough Longshots90*
 
 
 
Holyrood Hippogriffs10
 
Loughborough Longshots30
 
 
 
Durhamstrang70*
 
Durhamstrang110
 
 
 
Leicester Thestrals70*
 
Durhamstrang50
 
 
 
Nottingham Nightmares150*
 
Keele Squirrels150*
 
 
 
Bangor Broken Broomsticks50
 
Keele Squirrels40
 
 
 
Nottingham Nightmares130* Third place
 
Nottingham Nightmares180
 
 
 
Leeds Griffins40*
 
Loughborough Longshots130*
 
 
Keele Squirrels70
 

Consolation bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Derby Union100*
 
 
 
HogYork Horntails40
 
Derby Union100*
 
 
 
Chester Centurions40
 
St Andrews Snidgets0
 
 
Chester Centurions60*
 

Final standings

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Position Team Stage Position Team Stage
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

2016

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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:

Upper bracket

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Play-in gamesQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
              
Loughborough Longshots90*
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts30
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts100*
Nottingham Nightmares90
Loughborough Longshots90
Durhamstrang110*
Leeds Griffins50
Durhamstrang170*
Durhamstrang30
Velociraptors QC160*
Velociraptors QC180*
Leicester Thestrals0
Leicester Thestrals140*
Manchester Manticores70
Velociraptors QC120*
Tornadoes QC20 Third place
Bangor Broken Broomsticks40Loughborough Longshots110^
Tornadoes QC200* Tornadoes QC120

Consolation bracket

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Play-in gamesQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
              
St Andrews Snidgets90*
Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds30
St Andrews Snidgets10
Derby50*
Derby60
Sheffield140*
Sheffield130*
Chester0
Sheffield30
HogYork220*
HogYork170*
Liverpool0
Liverpool240*
Preston0
HogYork130*
Keele Squirrels70
Durham Direwolves40*
Keele Squirrels110

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

Final standings

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Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team Stage
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

2017

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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]

Final standings

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Position Team Position Team Position Team
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

2018

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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]

Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
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]
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
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
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
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
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
Notes
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  1. ^ Quaffle Point Difference - Capped
  2. ^ Quaffle Point Difference - Total
  3. ^ Winning Snitch Catches
  4. ^ Total Regulation Time (up until first snitch catch)
  5. ^ a b Regulation time between Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds and Manchester Minotaurs was not recorded.

Upper bracket

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Play-in gamesRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                  
Velociraptors QC300*
Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds10
Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds100*
Chester Centurions30
Velociraptors QC240
Sheffield Squids30*
Leeds Griffins150
Sheffield Squids220*
Velociraptors QC200*
Holyrood Hippogriffs80
Manchester Manticores100*
Tornadoes QC10
Tornadoes QC80*
Stirling Dumyat Dragons20
Manchester Manticores30
Holyrood Hippogriffs80*
Holyrood Hippogriffs120*
Leicester Thestrals20
Velociraptors QC270*
Megalodons50
Megalodons220*
Derby Daemons30*
Derby Daemons70*
Loughborough Longshots60
Megalodons160*
Nottingham Nightmares80
Nottingham Nightmares140*
St Andrews Snidgets40
Megalodons100*
Glasgow Grim Reapers40 Third place
Liverpuddly Cannons110*Holyrood Hippogriffs150*
Durhamstrang10 Glasgow Grim Reapers100
Durhamstrang140*
Sheffield Steelfins20
Liverpuddly Cannons40
Glasgow Grim Reapers110*
Glasgow Grim Reapers140°*
York Hortails90*°

EQT/Fifth-place play-off

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Play-in gamesEQT play-off
 
      
 
 
 
 
Sheffield Squids80
 
 
 
Manchester Manticores130*
 
Manchester Manticores70
 
 
 
Liverpuddly Cannons140*
 
Nottingham Nightmares20
 
 
Liverpuddly Cannons80*
 

Consolation bracket

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Play-in gamesSemi-finalsFinal
          
Chester Centurions120*
Stirling Dumyat Dragons10
Stirling Dumyat Dragons130*
Bangor Broken Broomsticks50
Chester Centurions110° [nb 1]
Loughborough Longshots120° [nb 1]
Loughborough Longshots110
Manchester Minotaurs30*
Sheffield Steelfins80
Manchester Minotaurs220*
Notes
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  1. ^ a b The snitch survived for 45 minutes and thus the game was decided on quaffle points alone.

Final standings

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Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team Stage
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

2019

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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]

Group stage

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Group A
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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
Group B
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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
Group C
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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
Group D
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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
Group E
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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

Ranking Stage

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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.

Ranking Bracket 1
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Round 1 Round 2
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]
Ranking Bracket 2
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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
Notes
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  1. ^ a b The score was tied after the snitch catch resulting in the match going into overtime, however the score was still tied after the overtime period. This resulted in second overtime which ended immediately upon Durhamstrang scoring a goal.

Play-in Stage

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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.

Final
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Play-inFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Velociraptors180*
 
 
 
Megalodons0
 
Velociraptors120
 
 
 
Olympians Quidditch Club60*
 
Olympians Quidditch Club90*
 
 
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts60
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Megalodons80
 
 
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts110*
7th place playoff
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Play-in7th place playoff
 
      
 
 
 
 
Chester Centurions30
 
 
 
Leicester Thestrals140*
 
Chester Centurions110*
 
 
 
Sheffield Squids100
 
Liverpuddly Cannons150
 
 
Sheffield Squids70*
 
15th place playoff
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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
Notes
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  1. ^ The match did not actually take place as Durhamstrang forfeited the match.

Final standings

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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

2021/2022

[edit]

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.

Northern 1

[edit]

The first fixture took place at the Salford Sports Village in Manchester on the 8th November 2021. The tournament results were as follows:[16]

Division 1
[edit]
Final standings
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.

Full Scores
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
Division 2
[edit]
Final standings
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.

Full Scores
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

Northern 2

[edit]

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]

2022/2023

[edit]

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]

Southern Cup

[edit]

2014

[edit]

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:

Bracket Play

[edit]
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras340
 
 
 
Norwich Nifflers 0
 
Radcliffe Chimeras210*
 
 
 
Falmouth Falcons10
 
Reading Rocs40
 
 
 
Falmouth Falcons170*
 
Radcliffe Chimeras140*
 
 
 
Southampton QC30
 
Southampton QC130*
 
 
 
Bristol Brizzlepuffs0
 
Southampton QC170*
 
 
 
London Unspeakables20 Third place
 
London Unspeakables70*
 
 
 
Oxford Quidlings60
 
Falmouth Falcons40
 
 
London Unspeakables50*
 

Final standings

[edit]
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

2015

[edit]

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:

Bracket play

[edit]
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras130
 
 
 
Southampton QC 2 50*
 
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras90*
 
 
 
Brizzlebears20
 
Brizzlebears100*
 
 
 
Falmouth90
 
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras130*
 
 
 
Warwick QC90
 
Taxes QC40
 
 
 
Warwick QC 130*
 
Warwick QC80*
 
 
 
Southampton QC 130 Third place
 
Southampton QC 1110*
 
 
 
Werewolves of London10
 
Southampton QC100*
 
 
Brizzlebears0
 

Final standings

[edit]
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

2016

[edit]

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:

Upper bracket

[edit]
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London180
 
 
 
Portsmouth30*
 
Werewolves of London130*
 
 
 
BrizzleBears40
 
BrizzleBears140*
 
 
 
Swansea40
 
Warwick QC40*
 
 
 
Werewolves of London20
 
Warwick QC110*
 
 
 
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras30
 
Warwick QC110*
 
 
 
London Unspeakables0 Third place
 
London Unspeakables110*^
 
 
 
Southampton QC Firsts80
 
BrizzleBears110*
 
 
London Unspeakables30
 

Consolation bracket

[edit]
Play-in gamesQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
              
Oxford Quidlings50
Southampton QC Seconds130*
Oxford Quidlings130*
The Flying Chaucers60
Southampton QC Seconds40
Exeter110*
Exeter Eagles50
Cambridge University QC170*
Exeter Eagles70*
Falmouth120^
BrizzleBees120*^
Reading Rocs90
Falmouth140
BrizzleBees70*
Norwich0
Falmouth160*

Final standings

[edit]
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

2017

[edit]

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:

Upper bracket

[edit]
 
Play-in gamesQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London150
 
 
 
Exeter Eagles30*
 
Bristol Bees20
 
 
 
Exeter Eagles130*
 
Werewolves of London90*
 
 
Warwick QC50
 
 
 
 
 
Warwick QC70*
 
 
London Unspeakables40
 
 
 
 
 
Southampton QC Firsts140*
 
 
Werewolves of London90
 
 
 
 
 
Southampton QC Firsts130
 
 
 
Portsmouth Strikers30*
 
Reading Knights50
 
 
 
Portsmouth Strikers70*
 
Southampton QC Firsts130*
 
 
Bristol Bears10 Third place
 
 
  
 
 
Radcliffe Chimeras40Warwick QC120*
 
 
Bristol Bears70* Bristol Bears30
 
 
 
 

Consolation bracket

[edit]
Play-in gamesQuarter-finals (BQC qualification)Semi-finalsFinal
              
Falmouth FalconsW
London UnbreakablesFF
London Unbreakables120*
Norwich Nifflers70
Falmouth Falcons160*
Cambridge University QC40
Bath QC70*°
Cambridge University QC90°°
Falmouth Falcons70*
Southampton QC Seconds60
Southampton QC Seconds120
Oxford Quidlings10
Oxford QuidlingsW
The Flying ChaucersFF
Southampton QC Seconds70*
Swansea Swans20
Swansea Swans130*
Bournemouth Banshees30
Bournemouth BansheesW
Winchester WampusFF

2018

[edit]

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.

Upper bracket

[edit]
 
Play-in gamesRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London150*
 
 
 
Bristol Bears0
 
Bristol Bears190*
 
 
 
Cambridge Quidditch Club70
 
Werewolves of London160*
 
 
Werewolves of London Seconds10
 
 
 
 
 
Portsmouth Strikers70*
 
 
Werewolves of London Seconds130
 
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London170*
 
 
London Unspeakables20
 
 
 
 
 
London Unspeakables190
 
 
Norwich Nifflers70*
 
 
 
 
 
London Unspeakables210*
 
 
Bath Quidditch Club10
 
 
 
 
 
Exeter Eagles120°°
 
 
Bath Quidditch Club140**
 
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London70*
 
 
London Quidditch Club60
 
 
 
 
 
London Quidditch Club320*
 
 
 
Southampton Quidditch Club Seconds0
 
London Unbreakables140°[nb 1]
 
 
 
Southampton Quidditch Club Seconds190°[nb 1]
 
London Quidditch Club150
 
 
Oxford Mammoths30*
 
 
 
 
 
Oxford Mammoths140*
 
 
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras50
 
 
 
 
 
London Quidditch Club220*
 
 
Southampton Quidditch Club0 Third place
 
 
  
 
 
Warwick Quidditch Club110*London Unspeakables120*
 
 
Swansea Swans40 Southampton Quidditch Club90
 
 
 
 
 
Warwick Quidditch Club60
 
 
Southampton Quidditch Club170*
 
 
 
 
 
Southampton Quidditch Club170*
 
 
Bournemouth Banshees0
 
 
 
 
Notes
[edit]
  1. ^ a b The snitch survived for 45 minutes and thus the game was decided on quaffle points alone.

EQT play-offs

[edit]
 
EQT play-offsFifth Place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London Seconds160*
 
 
 
Bath Quidditch Club30
 
Werewolves of London Seconds30
 
 
 
Oxford Mammoths120*
 
Oxford Mammoths230*
 
 
Warwick Quidditch Club10
 
Seventh Place/EQT play-off
 
 
 
 
 
Bath Quidditch Club110*
 
 
Warwick Quidditch Club100

BQC play-offs

[edit]

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

2019

[edit]

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]

Group stage

[edit]
Group A
[edit]
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
Group B
[edit]
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
Group C
[edit]
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
Group D
[edit]
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

Ranking Stage

[edit]
Ranking Bracket 1
[edit]
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
Ranking Bracket 2
[edit]
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 Stage

[edit]
Bracket 1 (1st - 4th)
[edit]
 
Play-inFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London Firsts150*
 
 
 
Oxford Mammoths40
 
Werewolves of London Firsts160°°
 
 
 
London Unspeakables120*°
 
London Quidditch Club A70
 
 
London Unspeakables90*
 
3rd-place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
Oxford Mammoths10
 
 
London Quidditch Club A160*
Bracket 2 (5th–8th)
[edit]
 
Play-in5th-place play-off
 
      
 
 
 
 
Southampton Quidditch Club90°*
 
 
 
London Quidditch Club B60*°
 
Southampton Quidditch Club170*
 
 
 
Southsea Quidditch Club70
 
Warwick Quidditch Club30
 
 
Southsea Quidditch Club60*
 
7th-place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
London Quidditch Club B140*
 
 
Warwick Quidditch Club80
Bracket 3 (9th–12th)
[edit]
 
Play-in9th-place play-off
 
      
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London Seconds160*
 
 
 
London Unstoppables60
 
Werewolves of London Seconds150*
 
 
 
Swansea Swans0
 
Bath Quidditch Club70
 
 
Swansea Swans130*
 
11th-place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
London Unstoppables170*
 
 
Bath Quidditch Club50
Bracket 4 (13th–16th)
[edit]
 
Play-in13th-place play-off
 
      
 
 
 
 
London Unbreakables70
 
 
 
Bristol Bears170*
 
Bristol Bears100
 
 
 
Bournemouth Banshees120*
 
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras40
 
 
Bournemouth Banshees110*
 
15th-place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
London Unbreakables80
 
 
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras170*

Final standings

[edit]
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

2021/2022

[edit]

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.

Southern 1

[edit]

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
  1. ^ Quaffle Point Difference - point differential between teams ignoring the 30 points from snitch catch. For example Warwick (110) had an 80 QPD against Bristol (60*) in their game, and Bristol had a -80 QPD against Warwick.
  2. ^ Quaffle Point Difference Capped - QPD but capped to a maximum of 90 points/minimum of -90 points.
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

Southern 2

[edit]

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

2022/2023

[edit]

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]

Community League

[edit]

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

Community League
Tournament information
Established2021
AdministratorQuidditchUK
FormatRound-Robin
Participants14 (in 2022)
Number of
events
3
WebsiteQuidditchUK website
Current champion
London Quidditch Club A
Fixture 1
DatesJuly
Fixture 2
DatesAugust
Fixture 3
DatesSeptember

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.

2021/2022 Season

[edit]

Fixture 1

[edit]

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]

Locations of the Community League fixtures
Division 1
[edit]
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
Division 2
[edit]
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)

Fixture 2

[edit]

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]

Division 1
[edit]
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
Division 2
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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)
Division 3
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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

2022/2023 Season

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Fixture 1

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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):

Division 1
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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
Division 2
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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
Division 3
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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

Fixture 2

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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:

Division 1
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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
Division 2
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Placement Team
1st Phoenix Quidditch (Promoted)
2nd Southsea Quidditch
3rd Kelpies Quidditch Club
4th Oxford Mammoths
Division 3
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Placement Team
1st Prometheans (Olympians Seconds) (Promoted)
2nd London Quidditch Club B
3rd East Midlands Vipers
4th West Country Rebels

Fixture 3

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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]

Division 1
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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)
Division 2
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Placement Team
1st Velociraptors (Promoted)
2nd Southsea Quidditch
3rd Prometheans (Olympians Seconds)
4th Oxford Mammoths
5th Kelpies Quidditch Club (Relegated)
Division 3
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Placement Team
1st London Quidditch Club B (Promoted)
2nd West Country Rebels
3rd East Midlands Vipers
4th Werewolves of London Thirds

See also

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