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Disastrous Opening Ceremony Leads to Questions about Quidditch World Cup Security

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“You would need the brains of a Billywig not to foresee an immediate bloodbath if both were crammed tightly together in tepid, brackish water.”
-- Magizoologist Rolf Scamander's comments to the Daily Prophet, 12 April 2014 (QWC)

Disastrous Opening Ceremony Leads to Questions about Quidditch World Cup Security

Disastrous Opening Ceremony Leads to Questions about Quidditch World Cup Security is an article that appeared in the Daily Prophet on 12 April 2014.

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Inadequate research and planning by the Argentinian Council of Magic before the 2014 Quidditch World Cup tournament meant that the “magnificent exhibition of the diversity of the magizoological world” degenerated into a bloodbath of fighting between opposing teams’ incompatible mascots (QWC).

More than 300 crowd members were injured by crazed or attacking creatures, which included Dukuwaqa (Fiji), Selma (Norway), Curupira (Brazil), Sasabonsam (Nigeria) and Inferi (Haiti) (QWC).

It is noted that the Haitians felt that Inferi would make good mascots…. (QWC)

10,000 Portkeys were needed to transport the spectators to the Opening Ceremony (QWC).

Later consequences

Angry fans tried to jinx Norway’s Seeker during their first match in retaliation for the attack on other mascots by the Selma (QWC).

The Selma itself was later blamed by the Norwegian fans for their team’s poor performance on the Quidditch pitch (QWC).

A team mascot bite influenced the outcome of the USA v Jamaica fixture (QWC).

 

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In spite of being partly to blame for the ill-fated team mascot event, the Argentinian Council of Magic was still able to hold the first match of the tournament the following day.

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Writing by J K Rowling on WizardingWorld.com (Pottermore):

Writing by J K Rowling on Imgur (Daily Prophet coverage of the 2014 Quidditch World Cup, originally from Pottermore):

Harry Potter Wiki: 2014 Quidditch World Cup

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