• Source The teams of the British and Irish Quidditch League are discussed in turn. The thirteen teams in the League are: Appleby Arrows, Ballycastle Bats, Caerphilly Catapults,  Chudley Cannons, Falmouth Falcons, Holyhead Harpies, Kenmare Kestrels, Montrose Magpies, Pride of Portree, Puddlemere United, Tutshill Tornados, Wigtown Wanderers and Wimbourne… Read More
• Source Kennilworthy Whisp ends the book with a salute to the “poetry and power of Quidditch” and a hope that the game will endure for many years to come. Read More
• Character Quintia Qarase was a Beater on Fiji’s National Team at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. Read More
• Character Quentin Kowalski was a Chaser on the United States National Team at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. Read More
• Sports teams The Quiberon Quafflepunchers are a Quidditch team from France (QA8). The Quafflepunchers wear robes of ‘shocking pink’ and they are frequent winners of their league. In 1993, they lost a thrilling five-day game against the Sweetwater All-Stars team of the USA (QA8). Read More
• Sports and competitions Quidditch, “the sport of warlocks,” is the premier sport of the wizarding world. Everyone follows Quidditch. Quidditch is a fast, dangerous, exciting game in which two teams flying on brooms compete for points scored by throwing a ball – the Quaffle – through hoops on either end of a… Read More
• Books and Literature • Quidditch • Sports and competitions Quidditch Through the Ages is the standard guide to the game of Quidditch, the sport favoured by fans all over Britain and worldwide. The book was written by Kennilworthy Whisp and first published in 1952 by Whizz Hard Books. The book contains information about the history of… Read More
• Source Quidditch Through the Ages is a popular Hogwarts library book, reproduced in a facsimile edition for Muggles. The book covers the history of Quidditch from its origins in ancient broom games to the present day. Details UK Muggle edition published on 12 March 2001 by Bloomsbury, in… Read More
• Event Quidditch Through the Ages, the extremely popular book by Kennilworthy Whisp, has since gone through many revisions — the current edition which contains information into the 1990s. However, the original edition was published in 1952 by Whizz Hard Books, Diagon Alley, London. Read More
• Event Beaters having difficulties with ball-shaped Bludgers made from rocks shattering into gravel, they first try using lead Bludgers, which prove to be too soft. They eventually progressed to making the balls out of iron – the material still used today (QA6). Read More
• Timelines and calendars Timelines Lexicon timeline of Quidditch Calendar of Quidditch at Hogwarts The 2007 essay by Philip Legge ” An Almanac of Quidditch at Hogwarts” is a detailed look at the background, schedules and teams during the six years that Harry Potter is at Hogwarts. This calendar derives from… Read More
• Quidditch This yearly competition is won by the Hogwarts House with the highest overall Quidditch score. Read More
• Magical effects Several charms are used to make the game of Quidditch possible: The Quaffle is enchanted to make it fall more slowly than would otherwise be the case. This spell was invented by Daisy Pennifold, hence the modern Quaffle is referred to as a Pennifold Quaffle. The Golden Snitch is enchanted… Read More
• Moors • Quidditch places • Wilderness areas Britain and Ireland Teams in Britain and Ireland do not have their own home pitch for matches. Instead, Quidditch stadiums have been erected on a number of deserted moors. Players and fans come from all over to attend these matches. Various charms and magical effects have been used to… Read More
• Quidditch A Quidditch team is comprised of seven players: the Keeper, the Seeker, three Chasers and two Beaters. Keepers guard the goal hoops while Chasers try to throw the Quaffle through them. The Beaters use bats to drive Bludgers at the opposing players and disrupt play. Read More
• Quidditch • Sports teams The Quidditch Teams of Africa were formed after the broom game was introduced to Africa by European wizards. Most African countries field a national Quidditch side and several of these have featured in Quidditch World Cup tournaments. The tournament of African Quidditch-playing nations is called the “All-Africa Cup“. Ethiopia… Read More
• Quidditch • Sports teams The Quidditch Teams of Hogwarts are popular and important. Each House fields a team, which includes the seven players and often one or two reserve players as well. The four houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry compete to win the Quidditch Cup, a great honour. The team which… Read More
• Quidditch Also called “trials”, Quidditch tryouts take place near the start of the Hogwarts school year for places on the House team. Tryouts are organised by the team captain, with the rest of team present. When a new captain takes over, he or she is encouraged to trial existing members of the team in… Read More
• Event After a morning of tryouts, team captain Harry Potter had selected most of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team for 1996 – his 6th year at Hogwarts (HBP11). Chasers Katie Bell, Demelza Robbins, and Ginny Weasley Beaters Jimmy Peakes and Ritchie Coote Keeper During… Read More
• Quidditch The Quidditch World Cup is an international Quidditch competition held every four years. The first Quidditch World Cup was held in 1473, with the final match being Transylvania v Flanders (PS11, QA8). The 1994 World Cup was held in Devon in a new stadium built on… Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 1805 tournament took place somewhere in Britain between 1798 and 1811, while Artemisia Lufkin was Minister for Magic. The actual year is not specifically mentioned in canon – it could have taken place in 1801. Background Minister of Magic Lufkin, who was in office from 1798… Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 1877 is a mystery – no one knows what actually happened. Although the Quidditch World Cup is said to be held every four years, this particular tournament had to be repeated in 1878, the following year. Therefore, 1877’s Quidditch World Cup is known as “… Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 1878 tournament was staged as a replacement for the “missing” Tournament that Nobody Remembers of 1877 (QWC). Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 1966 tournament was won by the Australian National Team, and featured their star Chaser, Royston Idlewind (QWC). Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 1974 tournament is better known as the “Royston Idlewind and the Dissimulators” World Cup. Events The entire tournament was played in a feverish and heightened atmosphere, following a controversial wand ban brought in by Idlewind (QWC). The actual final was played between Syria and… Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 1982 tournament featured the Brazilian National Team in the final match (QWC). It is not clear whether the tournament winner that year was Brazil or their unnamed opponent. Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 1990 final match saw the Canadian team beat the Scots in a very close game. Scottish Seeker Hector Lamont blamed his failure to catch the Snitch specifically on his genetics (QWC). Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 1994 final game is brutal and so fast-paced that Ludo Bagman’s commentary can barely keep up. The Bulgarian National Team’s young Seeker, Viktor Krum, uses his excellent flying skills to catch the Snitch, doing so despite his team being down more than… Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 1998 tournament was notable for the heightened security measures put in place because of the chaos following the appearance of the Dark Mark at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup. It was also only the second all-Africa final, between Senegal and Malawi (QWC). The other newsworthy event of… Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 2002 final match was played between Egypt and Bulgaria. After the Seeker Rawya Zaghloul caught the Snitch (Egypt won by 450 points to Bulgaria’s 300), defeated Bulgarian Seeker Viktor Krum announced his retirement from international Quidditch (QWC). Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 2006 tournament was won by a team from Burkina Faso playing against the side from France by 300 points to 220. After the excitement of winning died down, Seeker Joshua Sankara relinquished his new position as Burkina Faso’s Minister for Magic in favour… Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 2010 final was an exciting three-day long match between the Chinese National side and a team from Moldova, and was eventually won by China (QWC). Read More
• Event The Quidditch World Cup 2014 final game of the tournament took place between the national teams of Brazil and Bulgaria on 11 July 2014. This extremely exciting and emotional match ended when veteran Bulgarian Seeker Viktor Krum caught the Snitch, ensuring that Bulgaria won by 160 points to… Read More
• Event This first match of the 2014 tournament was won by joint favourite Norway, by 340 points to Ivory Coast’s 100. Fans still irate about the behaviour of the Norwegian Selma during the previous day’s Opening Ceremony tried to jinx Norwegian Chaser Lars Lundekvam (QWC). Although they lost the match, Chaser Elodie… Read More
• Event Fijian Seeker Joseph Snuka’s controversial early capture of the Snitch gifted the Nigerian National Team the win in this first round of the tournament. The final score was: Nigeria 400 – Fiji 160 (QWC). Read More
• Event An illegal capture of the Snitch by Haitian Beater Jean-Baptiste Bloncourt meant disqualification from the tournament, giving Brazil the victory by a score of 100 points to Haiti’s 90 (accumulated before the match was stopped at the time of the foul) (QWC). Read More
• Event The Daily Prophet reported that an official investigation taking place before the result could be confirmed for the USA v Jamaica match. The match had ended when US seeker Darius Smackhammer caught the Snitch. However, the ICWQC were looking into the possibility of a jinx from within the crowd after Jamaican Keeper… Read More
• Event A late edition of Evening Prophet reported that the ICWQC enquiry had determined that Jamaican Keeper Kquewanda Bailey was suffering from an infected Sasabonsam bite (which she had sustained during the Opening Ceremony riot). The USA was therefore deemed to have won the match by 240… Read More
• Event Liechtenstein’s Chaser Willi Wenzel was injured early on, but gamely continued playing during the first day’s 11-hour match against the national team from Chad. With the score standing at Chad with 140 points and Liechtenstein with 120 points, play was set to resume the next day after… Read More
• Event Following the previous day’s exertions, there followed a second exhausting day of play for the teams from Chad and Liechtenstein, with one player literally falling asleep on his broom. The match was stopped for the night with the score at Liechtenstein 260 – Chad 250 and restarted… Read More
• Event Liechtenstein emerged victorious on the third day of this marathon match against Chad by finally catching the Snitch (Chad having been 20 points ahead on Day 1 and Liechtenstein only ahead by 10 at the close of Day 2). The final score stood at Liechtenstein on 470… Read More
• Event Referee Georgios Xenakis sent off New Zealand Chaser Dennis Moon after ruling that Moon’s crash into one of the Bulgarian Chasers, Bogomil Levski, was deliberate rather than accidental. Bulgaria won by the large margin of 410 points to 170 (QWC). Read More
• Event The lopsided score (Japan 350 – Poland 140) was not really a reflection of the skills of the Polish side, whose Seeker, Wladyslaw Wolfke, was said to be “one to watch” for the future. The Japanese Beaters, Shintaro Shingo and Masaki Hongo, controlled the match (QWC). Read More
• Event The ever-controversial manager of the Welsh National Team, Gwenog Jones, said she was “bloody delighted” to have won their match against Germany by a score of 330 points to 100, after hearing that the severely injured German Seeker, Thorsten Pfeffer was going to recover. He was lured by a… Read More
• Event In the Daily Prophet article “Place Your Bets with Ludo Bagman”, former Wimbourne Wasps and English National Team Beater Ludo Bagman rated the four teams in the Semi-finals and gave odds on the likelihood of each team winning the tournament (QWC). Read More
• Event This consolation match between the Japanese and American teams was won by Japan with a score of 330 points to USA’s 120. Japanese Beaters Masaki Hongo and Shintaro Shingo showed off their defensive skills and the Japanese Chasers scored 18 goals, before their Seeker Noriko Sato caught… Read More
• Event Welsh team manager Gwenog Jones exacted her revenge on Brazil’s manager José Barboza in full view of a packed crowd of spectators after her team lost their quarter-final match to Brazil by 460 points to 300 (QWC). The two managers have been feuding since Barboza had called… Read More
• Event Viktor Krum’s early capture of the Snitch secured an easy victory for Bulgaria over the tournament joint favourite Norway National Team by 170 points to 20. Many Norwegian fans blamed the Selma and the Opening Ceremony disaster for Norway’s poor showing in the 2014 tournament… Read More
• Event Ecstatic fans were celebrating long into the evening after the United States National Team beat the Liechtenstein side in an exciting match. Although Liechtenstein Chaser Otmar Frick scored the most individual goals at 16, the American Chasers ensured that the US were never far behind. The game ended with… Read More
• Event A powerful Bludger hit by Japanese Beater Masaki Hongo smashed the tail from the Thunderbolt VII broom of Nigerian Seeker Samuel Equiano, causing him to spin out of control. While his distracted teammates flew to save him, the Snitch was caught and Japan won the… Read More
• Event The first day of the USA v Brazil semi-final featured errors on both sides due to nerves and pressure. American Chaser Mercy Wardwell dropped the Quaffle five times; two of the Brazilian Chasers – Alejandra Alonso and Fernando Diaz – also dropped the Quaffle twice each;… Read More
• Event In contrast to the previous day, the second semi-final day saw thrilling play by the Brazilian and American teams, with both seemingly re-energised following the sleep break. Brazilian Keeper Raul Almeida’s saves prevented the American Chasers from running away with the scoring. In the end, it came… Read More
• Event The ten-hour semi-final between the Bulgarian National Team and the Japanese National Team was a hugely enjoyable high-scoring and thrilling match. The first three-quarters of the game were dominated by Japan, who at one point were 250 points ahead, but the Bulgarian team did not give up. After… Read More
• Character Quigley was a Beater on Ireland’s National Team at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup. Read More
• Sports and competitions A modified “Quaffle” used in the game of Quodpot, which explodes if it is in play too long before being placed in the “pot” of Quodpot solution (which serves as a kind of goal in the game) (QA8). Read More