British Quadball Cup

British Quidditch Cup
Tournament information
Month playedApril (previously March)
Established2013
AdministratorQuadballUK
FormatRound-robin in groups followed by knockout tournament
Participants24 (previously 32)
WebsiteQuadballUK website
Current champion
London Quadball Club
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Locations of the British Quidditch Cups

The British Quadball Cup, also British Quidditch Cup, is a quidditch tournament held in the United Kingdom that follows the rules laid out by the International Quidditch Association. It is organised by QuadballUK and is the largest UK tournament of the year.

Qualification for the tournament is based on the two regional tournaments Northern and Southern Cup (for university teams) and the Community League (for community teams). Teams who do not qualify for the British Quadball Cup may instead participate in Development Cup.

Other regular tournaments not organised by QuadballUK also take place in the UK including the Highlander Cup held in Edinburgh, Cottonopolis held in Manchester and Scottish Cup held in St Andrews. There was also a tournament that ran for 6 years called Whiteknights held in Reading.

Results

The following table shows a list of all British Quadball Cups to date. The team that caught the snitch is denoted with an asterisk. Up until 2019 both university and community quidditch teams played in the same tournament together. From 2022 and onwards they now compete separately.

Year Host city Competition Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2013
 Oxford Combined Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 110 - 60* Keele Squirrels Bangor Broken Broomsticks 60* - 40 Southampton QC 16
2015
 Nottingham Combined Southampton QC 120* - 90 Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras Keele Squirrels 160* - 130 Loughborough Longshots 23
2016
 Rugeley Combined Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 150* - 50 Warwick QC Durhamstrang 100* - 90 Nottingham Nightmares 32
2017
 Rugeley Combined Velociraptors QC 260* - 60 Brizzlebears Werewolves of London 120* - 20 Holyrood Hippogriffs 32
2018
 Oxford Combined Velociraptors QC 70* - 30 Warwick QC Werewolves of London 110* - 30 Southampton QC 32
2019
 Newcastle Combined London Quidditch Club 160* - 70 Werewolves of London Firsts Velociraptors QC 150* - 40 Southampton QC 32
2022 Sheffield University Southampton QC 130* - 120 Exeter Eagles Leicester Thestrals 100 - 50* Warwick QC 11
Community Werewolves of London Firsts 170* - 160 London Quidditch Club Velociraptors QC 150* - 40 Olympians Quidditch Club 11
2023 Sheffield University Warwick QC 240 - 230* York Horntails Southamption QC 100 - 60* OUQC 11
Community London QC 120* - 40 Velociraptors QC Werewolves of London Firsts 160* - 80* Olympians Quidditch Club 12

All Time

Team Champions Runners-up 3rd place 4th place Top 4 App.
Velociraptors QC 2 1 2 0 5
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras/OUQC 2 1 0 1 4
Southampton QC 2 0 1 3 5
Werewolves of London (Firsts) 1 1 3 0 5
London Quidditch Club 2 1 0 0 3
Warwick QC 1 2 0 1 4
Keele Squirrels 0 1 1 0 2
Exeter Eagles 0 1 0 0 1
Brizzlebears 0 1 0 0 1
Bangor Broken Broomsticks 0 0 1 0 1
Durhamstrang 0 0 1 0 1
Leicester Thestrals 0 0 1 0 1
Loughborough Longshots 0 0 0 1 1
Nottingham Nightmares 0 0 0 1 1
Holyrood Hippogriffs 0 0 0 1 1
Olympians Quidditch Club 0 0 0 2 2

First tournament, November 2013

The first British Quidditch Cup took place in Oxford, England on 9 and 10 November 2013.[1] Sixteen teams[2] from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland competed over two days for the inaugural cup, playing in four groups of four with the highest placed eight going on to take part in the knock out format quarter finals, semi finals and the final.

Group stages

Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team
1st Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 1st Leicester Thestrals 1st Southampton QC 1st Bangor
2nd Nottingham Nightmares 2nd Oxford Quidlings 2nd Leeds Griffins 2nd Keele Squirrels
DNQ Keele Squirrels DNQ Norwich Nifflers DNQ St.Andrews Snidgets DNQ Holyrood Hippogriffs
DNQ Derby QC DNQ Chester Chasers DNQ Reading Rocs DNQ NUI Galway

DNQ= Did not qualify

Knockout stage scores

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Leicester Thestrals 30
 
 
 
 Keele Squirrels 80*
 
 Keele Squirrels 80*
 
 
 
 Bangor Broken Broomsticks 10
 
 Bangor Broken Broomsticks 120*
 
 
 
 Nottingham Nightmares 50
 
 Keele Squirrels 60*
 
 
 
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 110
 
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 140*
 
 
 
 Leeds Griffins 0
 
 Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 110*
 
 
 
 Southampton QC 0 Third place
 
 Southampton QC 100*
 
 
 
 Oxford Quidlings 0
 
 Southampton QC 40
 
 
 Bangor Broken Broomsticks 60*
 

(*) indicates a snitch catch. Source

(^) indicates a snitch catch in overtime[3]

Final Positions

Overall, the winners were the Radcliffe Chimeras from Oxford University led by captain Ashley Cooper, with Keele Squirrels of Keele University taking the silver medals and the Bangor Broken Broomsticks from Bangor University taking the bronze medals.

Second tournament, March 2015

The second British Quidditch Cup took place on 7–8 March 2015. After five location bids were submitted in May–June 2014, the location for the tournament was narrowed down to the venues proposed by the Loughborough Longshots, Nottingham Nightmares and Norwich Nifflers. After much deliberation, site visits and further communication, the organising committee accepted the bid put forward by the Nightmares, resulting in the 23 teams competing at Wollaton Hall and Deer Park, Nottingham.[4]

Group stage results

Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team
1st Keele Squirrels 1st Oxford Quidlings 1st Durhamstrang 1st Loughborough Longshots
2nd Derby QC 2nd Falmouth Falcons 2nd Nottingham Nightmares 2nd Cambridge QC
3rd Warwick QC 3rd Leicester Thestrals 3rd Bangor 3rd Southampton QC seconds
DNQ Reading Rocs DNQ Leads Griffins DNQ The Flying Chaucers DNQ Chester Chasers
Seeding Team Seeding Team
1st Radcliffe Chimeras 1st Southampton QC Firsts
2nd Bristol Brizzlepuffs 2nd London Unspeakables
DNQ Norwich Nifflers DNQ Holyrood Hippogriffs
DNQ St. Andrews Snidgets Withdrew Surrey Stags

DNQ= Did not qualify

Knockout stage results

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Southampton QC 290*
 
 
 
 London Unspeakables 10
 
 Southampton QC 70*
 
 
 
 Keele Squirrels 0
 
 Leicester Thestrals 20
 
 
 
 Keele Squirrels 110*
 
 Southampton QC 120*^
 
 
 
 Oxford Racliffe Chimeras 90
 
 Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 110*
 
 
 
 Nottingham Nightmares 20
 
 Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 180*
 
 
 
 Loughborough Longshots 50 Third place
 
 Loughborough Longshots 120^
 
 
 
 Falmouth Falcons 90*
 
 Keele Squirrels 160*
 
 
 Loughborough Longshots 130
 

Final standings

At the second British Quidditch cup Southampton Quidditch Club's first team claiming gold, Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras silver and the Keele Squirrels bronze.[5]

Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team Stage
1st Southampton QC firsts Final 9th Durhamstrang R16 17th Holyrood Hippogriffs Group
2nd Oxford Radcliff Chimeras Final 10th Oxford Quidlings R16 18th Leeds Group
3rd Keele Squirrels Semis 11th Cambridge QC R16 19th Norwich Nifflers Group
4th Loughborough Longshots Semis 12th Derby R16 20th St Andrews Snidgets Group
5th Nottingham Nightmares Quarters 13th Bristol's Brizzlepuffs R16 21st Reading Rocs Group
6th London Unspeakables Quarters 14th Bangor R16 22nd Chester Group
7th Falmouth Quarters 15th Warwick QC R16 23rd The Flying Chaucers Group
8th Leicester Quarters 16th Southampton QC seconds R16 Withdrew Surrey Stags N/A

Third Tournament, March 2016

The third British Quidditch Cup took place at Rugeley Leisure Centre on the 19 and 20 March 2016.[6] 32 teams competed, with the first day involving 8 groups of 4 teams where the first two teams entered the upper bracket and the rest entered a lower bracket.[7] These two brackets were then played as knock-out stages on day two.

Group stage results

Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team
1st Keele Squirrels 1st Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 1st Warwick QC 1st BrizzleBears
2nd Bangor 2nd Holyrood hippogriffs firsts 2nd Derby QC 2nd Werewolves of London
3rd St. Andrews Snidgets 3rd Direwolves 3rd Oxford Quidlings 3rd Reading Rocs
4th Norwich Nifflers 4th Unspeakables 4th Southampton QC Seconds 4th Cambridge QC
Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team
1st Southampton QC Firsts 1st Leicester Thestrals 1st Durhamstrang 1st Nottingham Nightmares
2nd Falmouth Falcons 2nd Loughborough 2nd Chester Centurions 2nd Leeds Griffins
3rd HogYork Horntails 3rd BrizzleBees 3rd Taxes QC 3rd Swansea
4th Manchester Manticores 4th The Flying Chaucers 4th Keele Krakens 4th Holyrood hippogriffs seconds

Knockout stage results

Upper bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Warwick QC 220*
 
 
 
 Derby Union QC 20
 
 Warwick QC 100
 
 
 
 Leeds Griffins 40*
 
 Brizzlebears 60
 
 
 
 Leeds Griffins 120*
 
 Warwick QC 130^
 
 
 
 Nottingham Nightmares 100*
 
 Nottingham Nightmares 140*
 
 
 
 Bangor Broken Broomsticks 30
 
 Nottingham Nightmares 200*
 
 
 
 Keele Squirrels 50
 
 Chester Centurions 30
 
 
 
 Keele Squirrels 180*
 
 Warwick QC 50
 
 
 
 Radcliffe Chimeras 150*
 
 Leicester Thestrals 40
 
 
 
 Loughborough Longshots 70*
 
 Loughborough Longshots 70
 
 
 
 Radcliffe Chimeras 160*
 
 Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts 0
 
 
 
 Radcliffe Chimeras 200*
 
 Radcliffe Chimeras 130*
 
 
 
 Durhamstrang 30 Third place
 
 Southampton QC 90*
 
  
 
 Falmouth Falcons 0
 
 Southampton QC 60 Durhamstrang 100*
 
 
 
 Durhamstrang 90* Nottingham Nightmares 90
 
 Durhamstrang 90*
 
 
 Werewolves of London 30
 

The third place match went to overtime without a snitch catch.

Consolation bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Taxes QC 240*
 
 
 
 Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds 10
 
 Taxes QC 140*
 
 
 
 London Unspeakables 40*
 
 Brizzlebees 120*
 
 
 
 Flying Chaucers 0
 
 Taxes QC 140*
 
 
 
 London Unspeakables 30
 
 HogYork Horntails 150*
 
 
 
 Keele Krakens 0
 
 Brizlebees 90*
 
 
 
 Cambridge 50
 
 Swansea 100*
 
 
 
 Manchester 20
 
 Taxes 100
 
 
 
 HogYork Horntails 140*
 
 Reading Rocs 100*
 
 
 
 Norwich Nifflers 60
 
 HogYork Horntails 100*
 
 
 
 St Andrews Snidgets 200
 
 St Andrews Snidgets 70*
 
 
 
 Southampton QC 2nds 60
 
 Brizzlebees 50*
 
 
 
 HogYork Horntails 130 Third place
 
 Oxford Quidlings 30
 
  
 
 Cambridge 110*
 
 Swansea 130* Swansea 120
 
 
 
 Reading Rocs 20 Brizzlebees 50*
 
 Durham Direwolves 70
 
 
London Unspeakables 30
 

The third place match went to overtime without a snitch catch.

Final standings

This tournament saw Oxford reclaiming gold, Warwick QC claiming silver, and the Durham's durhamstrang claiming bronze. The LB bracket was won by York university's HogYork Horntails with Taxes QC coming runners up.

Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team Stage
1st Oxford Chimeras Final 9th Leicester R16 17th HogYork Horntails LB finals 25th Durham Direwolves LB R16
2nd Warwick QC Final 10th Brizzlebears R16 18th Taxes LB Finals 26th Oxford Quidlings LB R16
3rd Durhamstrang Semis 11th Werewolves Of London R16 19th Swansea LB semis 27th Southampton QC seconds LB R16
4th Nottingham Nightmares Semis 12th Bangor R16 20th Brizzlebees LB semis 28th Norwich Nifflers LB R16
5th Southampton QC firsts Quarters 13th Chester R16 21st Reading Rocs LB Quarters 29th Manchester LB R16
6th Keele squirrels Quarters 14th Falmouth R16 22nd St Andrews Snidgets LB Quarters 30th The Flying Chaucers LB R16
7th Leeds Quarters 15th Edinburgh Firsts R16 23rd Cambridge QC LB Quarters 31st Keele Krakens LB R16
8th Loughborough Longshots Quarters 16th Derby R16 24th London Unspeakables LB Quarters 32nd Edinburgh Seconds LB R16

Fourth Tournament, March 2017

The fourth British Quidditch Cup took place at Rugeley Leisure Centre on 11–12 March 2017. the top 16 teams from the Northern and Southern regional tournaments competed, with the first day involving 8 groups of 4 teams where the top two teams entered the champions bracket and the others entered the consolation bracket.[8] These two brackets were then played as knock-out stages on day two.

Group stage results

Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team
1st Velociraptors QC 1st London Unspeakables 1st Tornadoes QC 1st Werewolves of London
2nd Keele Squirrels 2nd Leicester Thestrals 2nd Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 2nd Leeds Griffins
3rd Portsmouth Strikers 3rd Cambridge QC 3rd Chester Centurions 3rd Norwich Nifflers
4th BrizzleBees 4th Nottingham 4th Reading Rocs 4th Durham Direwolves
Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team Seeding Team
1st Durhamstrang 1st BrizzleBears 1st Loughborough Longshots 1st Holyrood Hippogriffs firsts
2nd Southampton QC Firsts 2nd Bangor 2nd Swansea 2nd Warwick QC
3rd HogYork Horntails 3rd Exeter Eagles 3rd Derby 3rd Sheffield
4th Falmouth Falcons 4th Manchester Manticores 4th Oxford Quidlings 4th Southampton QC seconds

Knockout stage results

Champions bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Velociraptors 150*
 
 
 
 Swansea 20
 
 Velociraptors 80*
 
 
 
 Warwick QC 20
 
 London Unspeakables 40
 
 
 
 Warwick QC 150*
 
 Velociraptors 160*
 
 
 
 Werewolves of London 40
 
 Tornadoes 60*
 
 
 
 Southampton QC Firsts 50
 
 Tornadoes 30
 
 
 
 Werewolves of London 150*
 
 Werewolves of London 100*
 
 
 
 Bangor 10
 
 Velociraptors 260*
 
 
 
 Brizzlebears 60
 
 Durhamstrang 90*
 
 
 
 Radcliffe Chimeras 10
 
 Durhamstrang 60*
 
 
 
 Brizzlebears 70
 
 Brizzlebears 120*
 
 
 
 Leeds 20
 
 Brizzlebears 80*
 
 
 
 Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts 30 Third place
 
 Loughborough Longshots 40
 
  
 
 Keele Squirrels 90*
 
 Keele Squirrels 70 Werewolves of London 120*
 
 
 
 Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts 190* Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts 20
 
 Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts 120*
 
 
 Leicester 50
 

(*) indicates snitch catch

Brizzlebears vs Durhamstrang went to double overtime with no snitch catch

Consolation bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Portsmouth 120*
 
 
 
 Oxford Quidlings 10
 
 Portsmouth 100*
 
 
 
 Cambridge 40
 
 Cambridge 50*
 
 
 
 SQC2 20
 
 Portsmouth 20
 
 
 
 Falmouth 120*
 
 Chester 60
 
 
 
 Falmouth 100*
 
 Falmouth 120*
 
 
 
 Manchester 30
 
 Norwich 20
 
 
 
 Manchester 170*
 
 Falmouth 90*
 
 
 
 HogYork 40
 
 HogYork 210*
 
 
 
 Reading 30
 
 HogYork 120*
 
 
 
 Exeter 70
 
 Exeter 230*
 
 
 
 Durham Direwolves 70
 
 York 150*
 
 
 
 Sheffield 60 Third place
 
 Derby 80*
 
  
 
 Brizzlebees 40
 
 Derby 100* Portsmouth 140*
 
 
 
 Sheffield 150 Sheffield 20
 
 Sheffield 150*
 
 
 Nottingham 40
 

Final standings

This tournament saw Velociraptors QC claiming gold, Bristol's Brizzlebears claiming silver, and the Werewolves of London claiming bronze. The consolation bracket was won by Falmouth Falcons with York university's HogYork Horntails coming runners up.

Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team Stage
1st Velociraptors QC Final 9th Loughborough Longshots R16 17th Falmouth Falcons Cons Final 25th Chester Cons R16
2nd Brizzlebears Final 10th Southampton QC 1sts R16 18th HogYork Cons final 26th Nottingham Nightmares Cons R16
3rd Werewolves of London Semis 11th Leeds R16 19th Portsmouth Cons Semis 27th Norwich Cons R16
4th Edinburgh 1st Semis 12th Oxford Chimeras R16 20th Sheffield Cons Semis 28th Southampton QC 2nds Cons R16
5th Durhamstrang Quarters 13th London Unspeakables R16 21st Exeter Eagles Cons Quarters 29th Oxford Quidlings Cons R16
6th Tornadoes QC Quarters 14th Swansea R16 22nd Cambridge Cons Quarters 30th Brizzlebees Cons R16
7th Warwick QC Quarters 15th Leicester R16 23rd Derby Cons Quarters 31st Durham Direwolves Cons R16
8th Keele squirrels Quarters 16th Bangor R16 24th Manchester Cons quarters 32nd Reading Rocs Cons R16

Fifth Tournament, March 2018

The fifth British Quidditch Cup took place on 24–25 March 2018 at Brookes Sport Park at Oxford Brooks University. 32 teams competed, with the first day involving 8 groups of 4 teams each competing in a round-robin. The second day consisted of a knockout tournament in both an upper and lower bracket of 16 teams each. Velociraptors QC won the tournament, defeating Warwick Quidditch Club in the final with a catch to take the game into overtime followed by a second winning snitch catch. Werewolves of London won against Southampton Quidditch Club in the 3rd place play-off and Chester Centurions defeated Manchester Quidditch Club to win the consolation bracket final.

Final standings

Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team Stage
1st Velociraptors Final 9th York Horntails R16 17th Chester Centurions Cons Final 25th Leicester Thestrals Cons R16
2nd Warwick QC Final 10th Loughborough Longshots R16 18th Manchester Manticores Cons final 26th Portsmouth Strikers Cons R16
3rd Werewolves of London Firsts Semis 11th Nottingham Nightmares R16 19th Swansea Swans Cons Semis 27th Bristol Bees Cons R16
4th Southampton QC Firsts Semis 12th Falmouth Falcons R16 20th Durhamstrang Cons Semis 28th Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds Cons R16
5th London Unspeakables Quarters 13th Exeter Eagles R16 21st Liverpuddly Cannons Cons Quarters 29th Southampton QC Seconds Cons R16
6th Bristol Bears Quarters 14th Tornadoes QC R16 22nd Keele Squirrels Cons Quarters 30th Cambridge University QC Cons R16
7th Radcliffe Chimeras Quarters 15th Sheffield Squids R16 23rd Reading Knights Cons Quarters 31st Bournemouth Banshees Cons R16
8th Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts Quarters 16th Leeds Griffins R16 24th Bangor Broken Broomsticks Cons quarters 32nd Sheffield Steelfins Cons R16

Sixth Tournament, April 2019

The sixth British Quidditch Cup took place on 6–7 April 2019 at Northumbria Sport in Newcastle. 32 teams competed, with the first day involving 8 groups of 4 teams each competing in a round-robin. The second day consisted of a knockout tournament in both an upper and lower bracket with 16 teams in each. London Quidditch Club won the tournament.[9][10]

Knockout stage results

Upper Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 London Quidditch Club 270*
 
 
 
 Winchester Quidditch Club 10
 
 London Quidditch Club 170*
 
 
 
 London Unspeakables 10
 
 Nottingham Nightmares 60
 
 
 
 London Unspeakables 110*
 
 London Quidditch Club 180*
 
 
 
 Velociraptors 70
 
 Velociraptors 150*
 
 
 
 Werewolves of London Seconds 0
 
 Velociraptors 180*
 
 
 
 Liverpuddly Cannons 30
 
 Oxford Mammoths 50
 
 
 
 Liverpuddly Cannons 70*
 
 London Quidditch Club 160*
 
 
 
 Werewolves of London Firsts 70
 
 Werewolves of London Firsts 230*
 
 
 
 Bath Quidditch Club 0*
 
 Werewolves of London Firsts 170*
 
 
 
 Megalodons 20
 
 Megalodons 120*
 
 
 
 Manchester Manticores 70
 
 Werewolves of London Firsts 130*
 
 
 
 Southampton Quidditch Club 20 Third place
 
 Southampton Quidditch Club 190*
 
  
 
 Exeter Eagles 80
 
 Southampton Quidditch Club 130* Velociraptors 150*
 
 
 
 Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts 70 Southampton Quidditch Club 40
 
 Glasgow Grim Reapers 60
 
 
 Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts 130*
 

Lower Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Durhamstrang 130*
 
 
 
 Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds 50
 
 Derby Daemons 50*
 
 
 
 Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds 80
 
 Durhamstrang 40
 
 
 
 Warwick Quidditch Club 90*
 
 Warwick Quidditch Club 130*
 
 
 
 Bournemouth Banshees 60
 
 Warwick Quidditch Club 90*
 
 
 
 Leeds Griffins 30
 
 Tornadoes Quidditch Club 70
 
 
 
 Leeds Griffins 170*
 
 Warwick Quidditch Club 70*
 
 
 
 Leicester Thestrals 30
 
 Bristol Bears 130*
 
 
 
 Chester Centurions 40
 
 Bristol Bears 80
 
 
 
 York Horntails 90*
 
 St Andrews Snidgets 60
 
 
 
 York Horntails 130*
 
 York Horntails 40
 
 
 
 Leicester Thestrals 190*
 
 Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras 20
 
 
 
 London Unstoppables 90*
 
 London Unstoppables 40
 
 
 
 Leicester Thestrals 80*
 
 Leicester Thestrals 100*
 
 
 Swansea Swans 20
 

Final standings

Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team Stage Position Team stage
1st London QC A Final 9th Oxford Mammoths R16 17th Warwick QC Cons Final 25th Radcliffe Chimeras Cons R16
2nd Werewolves of London Firsts Final 10th Glasgow Grim Reapers R16 18th Leicester Thestrals Cons final 26th Swansea Swans Cons R16
3rd Velociraptors Semis 11th Nottingham Nightmares R16 19th Durhamstrang Cons Semis 27th Bournemouth Banshees Cons R16
4th Southampton QC Firsts Semis 12th Manchester Manticores R16 20th York Horntails Cons Semis 28th St Andrews Snidgets Cons R16
5th London Unspeakables Quarters 13th Werewolves of London Seconds R16 21st Bristol Bears Cons Quarters 29th Derby Daemons Cons R16
6th Megalodons Quarters 14th Exeter Eagles R16 22nd Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds Cons Quarters 30th Chester Centurions Cons R16
7th Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts Quarters 15th Bath QC R16 23rd Leeds Griffins Cons Quarters 31st Tornadoes QC Cons R16
8th Liverpuddly Cannons Quarters 16th Winchester Wampus R16 24th London Unstoppables Cons quarters

Seventh Tournament, April 2022

Due to COVID-19, the planned British Quidditch Cup for 2020 was cancelled.[11] In addition plans to host an equivalent event to BQC in April 2021 were shelved due to it being deemed unsafe and impractical.[12] The seventh tournament took place on 9–10 April 2022 at the Sheffield Hallam Sports Centre in Sheffield.[13] This tournament was the first to use a new format and reduced total number of teams of 24 (down from 32). The new format saw university and community teams competing separately, as such 12 of the slots for the tournament were available for community teams and the other 12 slots were available for university teams. 8 of the university slots were available to teams in the Northern region, with the other 4 for teams in the Southern region. The tournament was an opt-in tournament for community teams, whereas for university teams qualification was determined via the final rankings in each region after all Northern and Southern fixtures.

During the actual tournament, 22 teams competed (11 university teams and 11 community teams). In each competition the teams were competed within 3 groups, two of four teams each and one of three teams, before proceeding to a knockout tournament. The structure was set-up such that each team was guaranteed at least two games each day and at least five across the whole tournament. This was done by having a three-team round robin for losing teams from the round of 16 knockout stage and a consolation bracket for losing teams from the quarter final stage on top of a 3rd place play-off.[14]

The winner of the university tournament was Southampton QC and the winner of the community tournament was Werewolves of London Firsts, with the results of the tournament as follows.[15][16][10]

University tournament

11 university teams competed across 3 groups before going into a knockout tournament. The university final was won by Southamptom QC against Exeter Eagles, coming down to both teams being one goal away from the set score of 130 before Southampton scored.

Group stage results

Group 1
Team 1 Score Team 2 Game Length
Sheffield Quidditch Club 50 - 80* York Horntails 19:09
Southampton QC 140 - 70* Manchester Universities QC 22:53
Southampton QC 60 - 40* Sheffield Quidditch Club 18:25
Manchester Universities QC 100* - 80 York Horntails 22:44
Manchester Universities QC 160 - 110* Sheffield Quidditch Club 44:30 (OT)
Southampton QC 150* - 30 York Horntails 19:47
Group 2
Team 1 Score Team 2 Game Length
Leicester Thestrals 130 - 60* Leeds Griffins 24:39
Stirling Dumyat Dragons 50* - 150 Oxford Universities QC 26:48 (OT)
Leicester Thestrals 180 - 40* Stirling Dumyat Dragons 19:34 (OT)
Leeds Griffins 70 - 110* Oxford Universities QC 18:00
Leicester Thestrals 120 - 70* Oxford Universities QC 19:48
Leeds Griffins 140* - 40 Stirling Dumyat Dragons 22:46
Group 3
Team 1 Score Team 2 Game Length
Liverpool Quidditch Club 90 - 140* Exeter Eagles 28:13
Liverpool Quidditch Club 50 - 100* Warwick Quidditch Club 18:48
Exeter Eagles 50 - 70* Warwick Quidditch Club 18:14

Knockout stage results

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Warwick Quidditch Club90*
 
 
 
Oxford Universities Quidditch Club60
 
Oxford Universities Quidditch Club100
 
 
 
Stirling Dumyat Dragons60*
 
Southampton Quidditch Club110*
 
 
Warwick Quidditch Club60
 
 
 
 
 
Southampton Quidditch Club130*
 
 
Sheffield Quidditch Club10
 
 
 
 
 
Southampton Quidditch Club130*
 
 
 
Exeter Eagles120
 
Leeds Griffins30
 
 
 
Sheffield Quidditch Club90*
 
Exeter Eagles180*
 
 
Manchester Universities QC10
 
 
 
 
 
Exeter Eagles70*
 
 
 
Leicester Thestrals20 Third place
 
York Horntails100
 
  
 
Liverpool Quidditch Club130*
 
Leicester Thestrals100Warwick Quidditch Club50*
 
 
Liverpool Quidditch Club80* Leicester Thestrals100
 
 
 
 
 
Consolation Semi-final5th place play-off
 
      
 
 
 
 
Sheffield Quidditch Club50
 
 
 
Oxford Universities Quidditch Club110*
 
N/A - Liverpool forfeited the match
 
 
 
 
 
Manchester Universities QC130
 
 
Liverpool Quidditch Club140*
 
7th place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
Manchester Universities QC10
 
 
Sheffield Quidditch Club120*
9th/10th/11th place round-robin
Team 1 Score Team 2
York Horntails 140* - 80 Stirling Dumyat Dragons
Leeds Griffins 160 - 70* Stirling Dumyat Dragons
York Horntails 140* - 70 Leeds Griffins

Final standings

Position Team Stage
1st Southampton Quidditch Club Final
2nd Exeter Eagles Final
3rd Leicester Thestrals Semis
4th Warwick Quidditch Club Semis
5th Oxford Universities QC Quarters
6th Liverpool Quidditch Club Quarters
7th Sheffield Quidditch Club Quarters
8th Manchester Universities QC Quarters
9th York Horntails Round of 16
10th Leeds Griffins Round of 16
11th Stirling Dumyat Dragons Round of 16

Community tournament

Werewolves of London Firsts won the community tournament, defeating London Quidditch Club in the final. After the full 45 minutes of game time in the final the teams were tied with 160 points each, both a single goal away from the winning overtime set score of 170 (Werewolves had caught the snitch earlier in the match). Under concern that the venue was already starting to kick the tournament out with the university final still yet to be played (and in an attempt to avoid going to tiebreakers for a final), it was decided to play two more minutes of golden goal during which Werewolves scored and won the tournament.[17]

Group stage results

Group 1
Team 1 Score Team 2 Game Length
Werewolves of London Firsts 130* - 10 London Unspeakables 19:21
East Midlands Vipers 60 - 90* Kelpies Quidditch Club 19:26
London Unspeakables 150* - 20 Kelpies Quidditch Club 18:43
Werewolves of London Firsts 220* - 10 East Midlands Vipers 18:22
London Unspeakables 200* - 30 East Midlands Vipers 20:57
Werewolves of London Firsts 220* - 20 Kelpies Quidditch Club 21:54
Group 2
Team 1 Score Team 2 Game Length
Velociraptors QC 200* - 40 Oxford Mammoths 18:22
Werewolves of London Seconds 100 - 50* West Country Rebels 33:04
Oxford Mammoths 130 - 90* West Country Rebels 28:22 (OT)
Velociraptors QC 180* - 20 Werewolves of London Seconds 20:37
Oxford Mammoths 90* - 40 Werewolves of London Seconds 18:13
Velociraptors QC 140 - 30* West Country Rebels 18:50
Group 3
Team 1 Score Team 2 Game Length
Olympians Quidditch Club 150* - 30 Southsea Quidditch 27:26
London Quidditch Club 180* - 40 Southsea Quidditch 18:25
London Quidditch Club 160* - 40 Olympians Quidditch Club 18:11

Knockout stage results

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
London Quidditch Club140
 
 
 
Kelpies Quidditch Club50*
 
Kelpies Quidditch Club120*
 
 
 
East Midlands Vipers80
 
London Quidditch Club150*
 
 
Olympians Quidditch Club0
 
 
 
 
 
London Unspeakables60
 
 
Olympians Quidditch Club120*
 
 
 
 
 
London Quidditch Club160
 
 
 
Werewolves of London Firsts170*
 
Oxford Mammoths40
 
 
 
Southsea Quidditch100*
 
Velociraptors QC190
 
 
Southsea Quidditch60*
 
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London Firsts140
 
 
 
Velociraptors QC180* Third place
 
Werewolves of London Seconds70*
 
  
 
West Country Rebels0
 
Werewolves of London Firsts150*Olympians Quidditch Club40
 
 
Werewolves of London Seconds50 Velociraptors QC150*
 
 
 
 
 
Consolation Semi-final5th place play-off
 
      
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London Seconds70*
 
 
 
Southsea Quidditch90
 
London Unspeakables130*
 
 
 
Southsea Quidditch10
 
Kelpies Quidditch Club40
 
 
London Unspeakables150*
 
7th place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
Werewolves of London Seconds150*
 
 
Kelpies Quidditch Club0
9th/10th/11th place round-robin
Team 1 Score Team 2
East Midlands Vipers 80* - 20 West Country Rebels
Oxford Mammoths 130* - 20 East Midlands Vipers
Oxford Mammoths 190* - 40 West Country Rebels

Final standings

Position Team Stage
1st Werewolves of London Firsts Final
2nd London Quidditch Club Final
3rd Velociraptors QC Semis
4th Olympians Quidditch Club Semis
5th London Unspeakables Quarters
6th Southsea Quidditch Quarters
7th Werewolves of London Seconds Quarters
8th Kelpies Quidditch Club Quarters
9th Oxford Mammoths Round of 16
10th East Midlands Vipers Round of 16
11th West Country Rebels Round of 16

Eighth Tournament, April 2023

The eighth tournament took place on 1–2 April 2023 and was again held in Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park. This was the first tournament held under the 'Quadball' name.[18] It was planned that 24 teams would compete,[19] however only 22 actually competed (10 university and 12 community teams).[20] The university flight was won by Warwick Quadball Club and the community flight was won by London Quadball Club.

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