European Games (quidditch)

European Games
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 World Cup,[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

Locations of the European Games

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

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. ↑ 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
Details		 Italy Sarteano
France		 90*–50
United Kingdom
Norway		 150*–80
Belgium		 12
2017
Details		 Future event Future events Future events

See also

References

  1. ↑ IQA European Games [@IQAEuroGames] (26 July 2015). "France with the catch to win European Games" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 July 2015 – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "European Games Date and Location Announced". International Quidditch Association. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Solinsky, Kolby (25 February 2014). "Grab Your Brooms! Quidditch Global Games coming to Burnaby, B.C. in July". Burnaby Newsletter. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Scammell, Rosie (26 July 2015). "France beats Britain to win first European Quidditch Games". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Marmer, Andrew (27 March 2015). "Andrew Kasimir Takes Over as Asia Editor". The Quidditch Post. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Marmer, Andrew (26 July 2015). "France Captures European Games Over UK". The Quidditch Post. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Quidditch Europe Announces the Inaugural European Games". Quidditch Europe. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Philipson, Alice (21 July 2015). "First Quidditch European Games to be held in Tuscany". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Sarteano2015. "Sponsors". Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Gigliotti, Mirco (5 July 2015). "Artisans, hobbyist and local shops for Sarteano2015". Sarteano2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  11. ↑ Pantalaemon (6 July 2015). "12 équipes nationales de quidditch aux European Games !" (in French). Gazette du Sorcier. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "EQC III Announcement". Quidditch Europe. Facebook. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  13. 1 2 Sarteano, Quidditch Europe, International Quidditch Association (5 July 2015). "Tournament Structure".

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