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- "Level seven, Department of Magical Games and Sports, incorporating the British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarters, Official Gobstones Club, and Ludicrous Patents Office."
- — Voice of lift at the Ministry of Magic[src]
The Department of Magical Games and Sports was a department of the British Ministry of Magic. It was charged with the regulation of all sport-related events in the wizarding world.[citation needed]
Location[]
Level Seven of the Ministry of Magic housed the Department of Magical Games and Sports, which was somewhat "untidy-looking" in comparison to the other Ministerial Departments.[citation needed]
The department had a very relaxed ambience and various posters of Quidditch teams tacked lopsidedly on the walls.[citation needed]
Function[]
The International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy was signed in 1692, and it made each individual Ministry of Magic responsible for the consequences of all magical sports played within their countries.[citation needed]
The Ministry started passing legislation pertaining to Quidditch in 1750 (including the first official set of rules of the game).[2]
The Department of Magical Games and Sports tried placing invisibility spells on Quidditch stadiums[3] and arranged with the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to confiscate wands from fans attending matches when emotions were running high.[4]
History[]
- "As Harry might have told you, the final of the Quidditch World Cup takes place this Monday night, and my husband, Arthur, has just managed to get prime tickets through his connections at the Department of Magical Games and Sports."
- — Mrs Weasley mentioning the department[src]
The department itself was only established under Minister Grogan Stump, sometime between 1811 and 1819.[1]
During the 1890–1891 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Flying Instructor Madam Chiyo Kogawa told who she believed to be Headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black (actually the new fifth-year student in disguise using Polyjuice Potion) that she had a good mind to write to the Department of Magical Games and Sports regarding his decision of banning Quidditch throughout the school year.[5]
In 1894, the Department of Magical Games and Sports banned the tradition of shooting arrows into the air to celebrate an Appleby Arrows goal after referee Nugent Potts was pierced through the nose by an arrow.[6]
The affairs of the department had to do with such sport-related pastimes as organising Quidditch World Cups and the Triwizard Tournaments.[citation needed]
Hamish MacFarlan was a Quidditch player for the Montrose Magpies, captaining the side from 1957 to 1968. After retiring from the game, MacFarlan became the head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports.[citation needed]
Ludovic Bagman used to be the Head of Department here, but his gambling problem forced him to flee from goblin creditors. It is unknown who succeeded Bagman as the next head of the department.[citation needed]
Divisions[]
British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarters[]
The British and Irish Quidditch League fell under the authority of the division. In 1995, the division seemed untidy and laid back, with posters of the favourite Quidditch teams of employees displayed on the wall.[citation needed]
The division organised the annual competition, arranging the matches and the players who participated. The division banned Appleby Arrows supporters from firing arrows into the air with their wands in 1894 after referee Nugent Potts was pierced through the nose with one.[citation needed]
Official Gobstones Club[]
It is presumed that the official Gobstones Club was the official club of Gobstones, a game that wizards and witches played. It is also presumed that it had its own tournaments, and the employees of this office prepared and planned said tournaments.[citation needed]
Ludicrous Patents Office[]
The Ludicrous Patents Office presumably dealt with the licencing of "ludicrous" patents, though the exact meaning of this is unclear.[citation needed]
Personnel[]
Job | Wizard(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|
Heads of department | Hamish MacFarlan | Became Head in 1968.[citation needed] |
Ludovic "Ludo" Bagman | Left his position in 1995.[citation needed] | |
Employees | Bertha Jorkins | Murdered by Voldemort in 1994.[citation needed] |
Unidentified representative | Employee of this department in the 1880s.[citation needed] |
Behind the scenes[]
- Safety Warning signs for rides in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter were posted by this department.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Mentioned on a sign)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
- Wizarding World (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)
- Hogwarts Legacy (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic" at Wizarding World
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 6 (Changes in Quidditch since the Fourteenth Century)
- ↑ Daily Prophet Newsletters, Issue 2
- ↑ Daily Prophet Newsletters, Issue 4
- ↑ Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "The Polyjuice Plot"
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 7 (Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland)