European_Games_(quidditch)

European Games (quidditch)

European Games (quidditch)

Quidditch tournament

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.[1] The European Games were created in response to the IQA World Cup,[2] the biennial tournament wherein nations from around the world compete in a similar style to the FIFA World Cup.[3] Both Games alternate years so in the off years regional tournaments such as the European Games or the Asian Quidditch Cup[4] 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.[5]

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History

Locations of the European Games

The 2015 European Games were the inaugural championships of this tournament. Bid on by European cities,[6] the organizational body Quidditch Europe decided on Sarteano, Italy to host the games.[7] Sarteano proceeded to host an aggressive advertising campaign across the country[8] as well as locally which included the sale of specially made artisanal crafts, wine and cheese.[9] The 2019 edition was held in Bamberg, Germany.[10]

Format

The twelve teams competing in the 2015 games were separated into two groups of six teams.[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 qualified for the bracket stage, where brackets were determined using the following criteria: games won, head-to-head, QPD[note 1] and SWIM catches.[note 2] Finally, the tournament ended with semi-finals, a third place final and the gold medal match.[13]

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

Results

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Medals summary

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Appearance

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Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  •  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
  •     – Hosts
  • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Notes

  1. Allowed to compete in the 2022 European Games after the Oceania-Asian Games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Appearance maps
  • Sarteano 2015
  • Oslo 2017
  • Bamberg 2019
  • Limerick 2022

See also

References

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    "European Games Date and Location Announced". International Quidditch Association. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. [2]
    Solinsky, Kolby (25 February 2014). "Grab Your Brooms! Quidditch Global Games coming to Burnaby, B.C. in July". Burnaby Newsletter. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. [3]
    Scammell, Rosie (26 July 2015). "France beats Britain to win first European Quidditch Games". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. [4]
    Marmer, Andrew (27 March 2015). "Andrew Kasimir Takes Over as Asia Editor". The Quidditch Post. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  5. [5]
    Marmer, Andrew (26 July 2015). "France Captures European Games Over UK". The Quidditch Post. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Quidditch Europe Announces the Inaugural European Games". Quidditch Europe. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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    Philipson, Alice (21 July 2015). "First Quidditch European Games to be held in Tuscany". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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    Sarteano2015. "Sponsors". Archived from the original on 2015-07-27. Retrieved 26 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    Gigliotti, Mirco (5 July 2015). "Artisans, hobbyist and local shops for Sarteano2015". Sarteano2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-28. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  10. [10]
    "IQA European Games 2019 in Bamberg, Germany". www.deutscherquidditchbund.de. Archived from the original on 2019-01-13.
  11. [11]
    Pantalaemon (6 July 2015). "12 équipes nationales de quidditch aux European Games !" (in French). Gazette du Sorcier. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  12. [12]
    "EQC III Announcement". Quidditch Europe. Facebook. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  13. [13]
    Sarteano, Quidditch Europe, International Quidditch Association (5 July 2015). "Tournament Structure". Archived from the original on 27 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. [14]
    "International Quidditch Association".
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