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{{Youmay|the World cup|the [[Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup|video game]]''' or '''the [[International Quidditch Tournament]]}}
 
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{{Quote|A source of vehement disagreements, a security risk for all who attend it and a frequent focus for unrest and protest, the Quidditch World Cup is simultaneously the most exhilarating sporting event on earth and a logistical nightmare for the host nation.|Description of the Quidditch World Cup|Pottermore}}
 
{{Quote|A source of vehement disagreements, a security risk for all who attend it and a frequent focus for unrest and protest, the Quidditch World Cup is simultaneously the most exhilarating sporting event on earth and a logistical nightmare for the host nation.|Description of the Quidditch World Cup|Pottermore}}
   
The '''Quidditch World Cup''' (also called the '''World Cup''' or '''World Championship''')<ref>{{POA|B|13}}</ref> has been held every four years since [[1473 Quidditch World Cup|1473]]. The competition sees [[Quidditch]] teams representing countries around the world compete for the World Cup, while the [[International Quidditch Tournament]] is between regional teams.
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The '''Quidditch World Cup''' (also called the '''World Cup''' or '''World Championship''')<ref>{{POA|B|13}}</ref> has been held every four years since [[1473 Quidditch World Cup|1473]]. The competition sees [[Quidditch]] [[Quidditch team|teams]] representing countries around the world to compete for the World Cup, while the [[International Quidditch Tournament]] is between regional teams.
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
[[File:The-official-guide-to-the-quidditch-world-cup-lrg.png|200x200px|thumb|left|''[[The Official Guide to the Quidditch World Cup]]'']]
 
[[File:The-official-guide-to-the-quidditch-world-cup-lrg.png|200x200px|thumb|left|''[[The Official Guide to the Quidditch World Cup]]'']]
''The Official Guide to the Quidditch World Cup'' was the official guidebook to the Quidditch World Cup, written and published by the [[International Confederation of Wizards' Quidditch Committee]], providing information on the rules and history of the Quidditch World Cup. Sold in most reputable bookstores, this tome costs thirty-nine [[Galleon]]s, leading most wizards and witches to call it overpriced.<ref name="PM">{{PM|history-of-the-quidditch-world-cup}}</ref>
 
   
 
''The Official Guide to the Quidditch World Cup'' was the official guidebook to the Quidditch World Cup, written and published by the [[International Confederation of Wizards' Quidditch Committee]], providing information on the rules and history of the Quidditch World Cup. Sold in most reputable bookstores, this tome costs thirty-nine [[Galleon]]s, leading most wizards and witches to call it overpriced.<ref name="PM">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307004515/https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/history-of-the-quidditch-world-cup History of the Quidditch World Cup] from {{PM}} (via The Internet Archive)</ref>
The tournament has been held every four years since [[1473]]. As with so much else about the wizarding world’s most important sporting competition, many query the accuracy of this statement. As only European teams competed during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, purists prefer to date the Quidditch World Cup’s inception from the seventeenth century when it became open to all continents. There is also heated debate about the accuracy of some historical accounts of tournaments. A substantial amount of all post-game analysis centres on whether magical interference took place and whether it made, or ought to have made, the final result moot.<ref name="PM"/>
 
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The tournament has been held every four years since [[1473]]. As with so much else about the wizarding world’s most important sporting competition, many query the accuracy of this statement. As only European teams competed during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, purists prefer to date the Quidditch World Cup’s inception from the seventeenth century when it became open to all continents.
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There is also heated debate about the accuracy of some historical accounts of tournaments. A substantial amount of all post-game analysis centres on whether magical interference took place and whether it made, or ought to have made, the final result moot.<ref name="PM" />
   
 
==Regulations==
 
==Regulations==
 
{{Quote|The ICWQC has the unlucky job of regulating this contentious and anarchic competition.|Description of the ICWQC |Pottermore}}
 
{{Quote|The ICWQC has the unlucky job of regulating this contentious and anarchic competition.|Description of the ICWQC |Pottermore}}
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[[File:Quidditch rulebook.jpg|298x298px|thumb|Nineteen volume rulebook]]
[[File:Quidditch_rulebook.jpg|thumb|Rulebooks]]The [[International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee|ICWQC]] is an international regulatory body, subject to the [[International Confederation of Wizards]], that oversees international [[Quidditch]] competitions, such as the World Cup. Namely, it locates suitable venues, arranges transportation for spectators, and provides policing for the games themselves. It is also the ICWQC that chooses the referees for World Cup matches.<<ref name="PM"/>
 
   
 
The [[International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee|ICWQC]] is an international regulatory body, subject to the [[International Confederation of Wizards]], that oversees international [[Quidditch]] competitions, such as the World Cup. Namely, it locates suitable venues, arranges transportation for spectators, and provides policing for the games themselves. It is also the ICWQC that chooses the referees for World Cup matches.<<ref name="PM" />
The rulebook concerning both on- and off-pitch [[magic]] is alleged to stretch to nineteen volumes and to include such rules as ‘''no dragon is to be introduced into the stadium for any purpose including, but not limited to, team mascot, coach or cup warmer''’ and ‘''modification of any part of the referee’s body, whether or not he or she has requested such modification, will lead to a lifetime ban from the tournament and possibly imprisonment''.'<ref name="PM"/>
 
   
 
The rulebook concerning both on-and-off pitch [[magic]] is alleged to stretch to nineteen volumes and to include such rules as ‘''no dragon is to be introduced into the stadium for any purpose including, but not limited to, team mascot, coach or cup warmer''’ and ‘''modification of any part of the referee’s body, whether or not he or she has requested such modification, will lead to a lifetime ban from the tournament and possibly imprisonment''.'<ref name="PM" />
Mentor Metaxas, a Greek wizard, was the chairman of the International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee in 2014.<ref>[[2014 Quidditch World Cup final]] (Archived from {{PM}})</ref>
 
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Mentor Metaxas, a Greek wizard, was the chairman of the International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee in 2014.<ref>[[2014 Quidditch World Cup final]] (Archived from {{PM}})</ref>
   
 
==Statute of Secrecy==
 
==Statute of Secrecy==
A watershed moment for the Quidditch World Cup was the implementation of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1692, which was intended to conceal the existence of magic and wizards. The International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) saw the Quidditch World Cup as a security risk of the highest magnitude because of the mass movement and congregation of so many members of the international wizarding community.<ref name="PM"/>
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A watershed moment for the Quidditch World Cup was the implementation of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1692, which was intended to conceal the existence of magic and wizards. The International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) saw the Quidditch World Cup as a security risk of the highest magnitude because of the mass movement and congregation of so many members of the international wizarding community.<ref name="PM" />
   
However, following mass protests and threats to the ICW, it was agreed that the tournament could continue and a regulatory body — the ICWQC — was set up to locate suitable venues — usually remote moors, deserts and deserted islands — arrange transportation for spectators (as many as a hundred thousand routinely attend finals) and police the games themselves, a task generally agreed to be among the most thankless and difficult in the wizarding world.<ref name="PM"/>
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However, following mass protests and threats to the ICW, it was agreed that the tournament could continue and a regulatory body — the ICWQC — was set up to locate suitable venues — usually remote moors, deserts and deserted islands — arrange transportation for spectators (as many as a hundred thousand routinely attend finals) and police the games themselves, a task generally agreed to be among the most thankless and difficult in the wizarding world.<ref name="PM" />
   
 
==Format and Qualifying==
 
==Format and Qualifying==
The number of participating countries varies from tournament to tournament. Any country may enter a team within twelve months of the previous final.<ref name="PM"/>
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The number of participating countries varies from tournament to tournament. Any country may enter a team within twelve months of the previous final.<ref name="PM" />
   
 
===Quidditch World Cup Qualifying===
 
===Quidditch World Cup Qualifying===
Sixteen separate groups of teams are formed. Each team plays all of the other teams in their group over a two year period. During the group phase there is a cap of four hours on every game to avoid player exhaustion. On the occasion that the game ends after four hours of play and the Snitch isn't caught, the result is decided on goals. A win earns two points. In addition to these two points a win by 150 points earns five points, by 100 points an extra three points and by 50 points an extra one point. If two teams are level on points, they are separated by whichever team captured the Snitch most often, or most quickly during their matches. The sixteen teams who have finished top of the sixteen groups qualify for the World Cup.<ref name="PM" />
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Sixteen separate groups of teams are formed. Each team plays all of the other teams in their group over a two year period. During the group phase, there is a cap of four hours on every game to avoid player exhaustion. On the occasion that the game ends after four hours of play and the Snitch isn't caught, the result is decided on goals. A win earns two points. In addition to these two points a win by 150 points earns five points, by 100 points an extra three points and by 50 points an extra one point. If two teams are level on points, they are separated by whichever team captured the Snitch most often, or most quickly during their matches. The sixteen teams who have finished top of the sixteen groups qualify for the World Cup.<ref name="PM" />
   
 
===The Quidditch World Cup===
 
===The Quidditch World Cup===
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===15th-18th century===
 
===15th-18th century===
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|[[1473 Quidditch World Cup|1473]]
 
|[[1473 Quidditch World Cup|1473]]
|This was the first ever Quidditch World Cup. Only European teams participated. The final was contested between [[Flemish National Quidditch team|Flanders]] and [[Transylvanian National Quidditch team|Transylvania]]. During the match, all 700 known fouls were committed (and several new ones subsequently created), including the [[Transfiguration]] of a [[Chaser]] into a polecat, the attempted decapitation of a [[Keeper]] with a broadsword, and the release of a hundred [[vampire]] [[bat]]s from underneath the robes of the Transylvanian Captain of a hundred blood-sucking vampire bats.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{QTA|R|8}}</ref> The [[Transylvanian Tackle]] was also first performed in the 1473 World Cup.<ref>{{QTA|R|10}}</ref>
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|This was the first ever Quidditch World Cup. Only European teams participated. The final was contested between [[Flemish National Quidditch team|Flanders]] and [[Transylvanian National Quidditch team|Transylvania]]. During the match, all 700 known fouls were committed (and several new ones subsequently created), including the [[Transfiguration]] of a [[Chaser]] into a polecat, the attempted decapitation of a [[Keeper]] with a broadsword, and the release of a hundred [[vampire]] [[bat]]s from underneath the robes of the Transylvanian Captain<ref name="ReferenceA">{{QTA|R|8}}</ref>. The [[Transylvanian Tackle]] was also first performed in the 1473 World Cup.<ref>{{QTA|R|10}}</ref>
 
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|[[17th century]]
 
|[[17th century]]
 
|Non-European teams compete in the tournament for the first time.<ref name="ReferenceA" />
 
|Non-European teams compete in the tournament for the first time.<ref name="ReferenceA" />
 
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|[[1801]] or [[1805]]
 
|[[1801]] or [[1805]]
|The Cup is held in [[Great Britain]] as a result of lobbying by [[Minister for Magic|British Minister for Magic]] [[Artemisia Lufkin]].<ref>{{PM|ministers-for-magic}}</ref>
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|The Cup is held in [[Great Britain]] as a result of lobbying by [[Minister for Magic|British Minister for Magic]] [[Artemisia Lufkin]].<ref>{{WW|ministers-for-magic}}</ref>
 
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|[[1809 Quidditch World Cup|1809]]
 
|[[1809 Quidditch World Cup|1809]]
 
''[[Attack of the Killer Forest]]''
 
''[[Attack of the Killer Forest]]''
|The 1809 Quidditch world Cup was a major catastrophe and one of the most notorious controversies in the history of the World Cup, as well as the worst exhibition of temper ever given by a player.<ref name="PM"/> It resulted in several injuries and even death.
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|The 1809 Quidditch World Cup was a major catastrophe and one of the most notorious controversies in the history of the World Cup, as well as the worst exhibition of temper ever given by a player.<ref name="PM" /> It resulted in several injuries and even death.
 
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|[[1877 Quidditch World Cup|1877]]
 
|[[1877 Quidditch World Cup|1877]]
 
''[[1877 Quidditch World Cup|Tournament that Nobody Remembers]]''
 
''[[1877 Quidditch World Cup|Tournament that Nobody Remembers]]''
|The 1878 Cup was a restaging of the 1877 Cup (dubbed 'The Tournament That No One Remembers').<ref name="PM" /> The tournament has been held every four years since the recall. A tournament was arranged for [[1877]], with a venue chosen, tickets sold and merchandise produced, but nobody, player or supporter, could remember having attended any matches.<ref name="PM"/>
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|The 1878 Cup was a restaging of the 1877 Cup (dubbed 'The Tournament That No One Remembers').<ref name="PM" /> The tournament has been held every four years since the recall. A tournament was arranged for [[1877]], with a venue chosen, tickets sold and merchandise produced, but nobody, player or supporter, could remember having attended any matches.<ref name="PM" />
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|[[1878 Quidditch World Cup|1878]]
 
|[[Argentinian National Quidditch team|Argentina]] and [[Brazilian National Quidditch team|Brazil]] reached the quarter finals.<ref name="ReferenceA" />
 
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===20th Century===
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|[[1878 Quidditch World Cup|1878]]
 
|[[Argentinian National Quidditch team|Argentina]] and [[Brazilian National Quidditch team|Brazil]] reached the quarter finals.<ref name="ReferenceA" />
 
 
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|c.[[1964]]
 
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|Britain hosted the World Cup.<ref>{{GOF|B|3}} - Molly mentioned ''"Britain hasn’t hosted the Cup for thirty years"'' in [[Molly Weasley's letter to Vernon and Petunia Dursley (1994)|her letter]] in 1994; 1994-30=1964, though 1964 was not a year the World Cup was held in.</ref>
|Britain hosted the World Cup.<ref>{{GOF|B|3}}</ref>
 
 
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|[[1966 Quidditch World Cup|1966]]
 
|[[1966 Quidditch World Cup|1966]]
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|[[1974 Quidditch World Cup|1974]]
 
|[[1974 Quidditch World Cup|1974]]
 
''[[1974 Quidditch World Cup|Royston Idlewind and the Dissimulators]]''
 
''[[1974 Quidditch World Cup|Royston Idlewind and the Dissimulators]]''
|The 1974 Quidditch World Cup was an international [[Quidditch]] sporting event that took place in the summer of [[1974]]. It was the 417th edition of the World Cup.<ref name="GF82">{{GOF|B|8}}</ref><ref name="PM"/> It was won by the [[Syrian National Quidditch team|Syrian Quidditch team]].<ref name="PM"/>
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|The 1974 Quidditch World Cup was an international [[Quidditch]] sporting event that took place in the summer of [[1974]]. It was the 417th edition of the World Cup.<ref name="GF82">{{GOF|B|8}}</ref><ref name="PM" /> It was won by the [[Syrian National Quidditch team|Syrian Quidditch team]].<ref name="PM" />
 
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|[[1982 Quidditch World Cup|1982]]
 
|[[1982 Quidditch World Cup|1982]]
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|[[1994 Quidditch World Cup|1994]]
 
|[[1994 Quidditch World Cup|1994]]
 
''[[Reappearance of the Dark Mark]]''
 
''[[Reappearance of the Dark Mark]]''
|{{Quote|Granger, they're after ''Muggles''. D'you want to be showing off your knickers in midair? Because if you do, hang around... they're moving this way, and it would give us all a laugh.|[[Draco Malfoy]] regarding the targets of the Riot|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}[[File:Riot.gif|thumb|245x245px]]This was one of the most notable controversies in the history of the Quidditch World Cup<ref name="PM" />, occurring on [[25 August]], 1994 in [[Dartmoor]], [[England]].<ref name="PM" /> A riot broke out when a large group of [[Death Eaters]] stormed Mr Roberts's campsite, destroying everything in their wake, torturing [[Muggle]]s and [[Muggle-borns]] alike. The Death Eaters were fought by [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] employees. It ended when [[Bartemius Crouch Junior|Barty Crouch Jr]] fired the [[Dark Mark]] into the sky causing most of the Death Eaters to [[Apparition|Disapparate]]. Afterward, [[Bartemius Crouch Senior|Bartemius Crouch Snr]]'s [[house-elf]] [[Winky]] was fired when she was found in possession of [[Harry Potter's wand|the wand]] that made the Mark, and [[Rita Skeeter]] wrote a scathing report about the raid criticising the Ministry's security at the Cup. The results of the Cup were:
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|{{Quote|Granger, they're after ''Muggles''. D'you want to be showing off your knickers in midair? Because if you do, hang around... they're moving this way, and it would give us all a laugh.|[[Draco Malfoy]] regarding the targets of the Riot|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}[[File:Riot.gif|thumb|250px]]This was one of the most notable controversies in the history of the Quidditch World Cup<ref name="PM" />, occurring on [[:en:18_August|18 August]], 1994 in [[Dartmoor]], [[England]].<ref name="PM" /> A riot broke out when a large group of [[Death Eaters]] stormed Mr Roberts's campsite, destroying everything in their wake, torturing [[Non-magic people|Muggles]] and [[Muggle-borns]] alike. The Death Eaters were fought by [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] employees. It ended when [[Bartemius Crouch Junior|Barty Crouch Jnr]] fired the [[Dark Mark]] into the sky causing most of the Death Eaters to [[Apparition|Disapparate]]. Afterward, [[Bartemius Crouch Senior|Bartemius Crouch Snr]]'s [[house-elf]] [[Winky]] was fired when she was found in possession of [[Harry Potter's wand|the wand]] that made the Mark, and [[Rita Skeeter]] wrote a scathing report about the raid criticising the Ministry's security at the Cup. The results of the Cup were:
 
*Transylvania defeated England, 390-10
 
*Transylvania defeated England, 390-10
 
*Luxembourg defeated Scotland
 
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|[[1998 Quidditch World Cup|1998]]
 
|[[1998 Quidditch World Cup|1998]]
 
|{{Quote|YOU-KNOW-WHO CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM: QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP CANCELLED AMID DEATH THREATS.|''[[The Quibbler]]'' headline|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1}}[[File:QuibblerQWC.jpg|thumb|180px]]During the [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|regime]] over Britain in [[1997]]-[[1998]], the Quidditch World Cup was reportedly cancelled. This resulted in a number of death threats directed to the [[British Ministry of Magic]].<ref name="DHpt1_script">[http://www.oclumencia.com.br/2011/01/divulgado-roteiro-completo-de-reliquias-da-morte-parte-1/ "Divulgado roteiro COMPLETO de ''Relíquias da Morte: Parte 1'' - FULL ''Deathly Hallows: Part 1'' script released″] on [http://www.oclumencia.com.br/ Oclumencia.com.br.] (translation [http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oclumencia.com.br%2F2011%2F01%2Fdivulgado-roteiro-completo-de-reliquias-da-morte-parte-1%2F&lp=pt_en&btnTrUrl=Translate here])</ref> After the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], the de-corrupted Ministry (now led by [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]]) still managed to organise the World Cup, in which Malawi won over Senegal in the finals.
 
|{{Quote|YOU-KNOW-WHO CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM: QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP CANCELLED AMID DEATH THREATS.|''[[The Quibbler]]'' headline|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1}}[[File:QuibblerQWC.jpg|thumb|180px]]During the [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|regime]] over Britain in [[1997]]-[[1998]], the Quidditch World Cup was reportedly cancelled. This resulted in a number of death threats directed to the [[British Ministry of Magic]].<ref name="DHpt1_script">[http://www.oclumencia.com.br/2011/01/divulgado-roteiro-completo-de-reliquias-da-morte-parte-1/ "Divulgado roteiro COMPLETO de ''Relíquias da Morte: Parte 1'' - FULL ''Deathly Hallows: Part 1'' script released″] on [http://www.oclumencia.com.br/ Oclumencia.com.br.] (translation [http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oclumencia.com.br%2F2011%2F01%2Fdivulgado-roteiro-completo-de-reliquias-da-morte-parte-1%2F&lp=pt_en&btnTrUrl=Translate here])</ref> After the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], the de-corrupted Ministry (now led by [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]]) still managed to organise the World Cup, in which Malawi won over Senegal in the finals.
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|[[2002 Quidditch World Cup|2002]]
 
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|[[2006 Quidditch World Cup|2006]]
 
|[[2006 Quidditch World Cup|2006]]
|[[Burkinabé National Quidditch team|Burkina Faso]] won against [[French National Quidditch team|France]]. The Burkinabé [[Seeker]] [[Joshua Sankara]], became the Minister of Magic in his country for 2 days before he resigned to continue playing Quidditch.
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|[[Burkinabé National Quidditch team|Burkina Faso]] won against [[French National Quidditch team|France]]. The Burkinabé [[Seeker]] [[Joshua Sankara]], became the Minister of Magic in his country for 2 days before he resigned to continue playing Quidditch.
 
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|[[2010 Quidditch World Cup|2010]]
 
|[[2010 Quidditch World Cup|2010]]
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| RD1-team14 = [[Haitian National Quidditch team|Haiti]]
 
| RD1-team14 = [[Haitian National Quidditch team|Haiti]]
 
| RD1-score14 = DQ*
 
| RD1-score14 = DQ*
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| RD1-team15 = [[German National Quidditch team|Germany]]
 
| RD1-team15 = [[German National Quidditch team|Germany]]
 
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:<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>Disqualified (90 points + [[Snitchnip|illegal capture of the Snitch]]).</small>
 
:<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>Disqualified (90 points + [[Snitchnip|illegal capture of the Snitch]]).</small>
 
:<small>NB: There was a play-off between the semifinals losers to determine third place; Japan beat the USA 330 to 120.</small>
 
:<small>NB: There was a play-off between the semifinals losers to determine third place; Japan beat the USA 330 to 120.</small>
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{{Clear}}
 
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==Winners==
 
==Winners==
 
[[File:Quidditch World Cup Trophy.png|200x200px|thumb|right|The Quidditch World Cup trophy]]
 
[[File:Quidditch World Cup Trophy.png|200x200px|thumb|right|The Quidditch World Cup trophy]]
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[[File:QuidditchWorldCupTrophyWU.png|120px|thumb|The Quidditch World Cup trophy as seen on {{WU}}]]
 
*[[1473]] - [[Transylvanian National Quidditch team|Transylvania]] or [[Flemish National Quidditch team|Flanders]]
 
*[[1473]] - [[Transylvanian National Quidditch team|Transylvania]] or [[Flemish National Quidditch team|Flanders]]
 
*[[1966 Quidditch World Cup|1966]] - [[File:Australian.png|10px]] [[Australian National Quidditch team|Australia]]
 
*[[1966 Quidditch World Cup|1966]] - [[File:Australian.png|10px]] [[Australian National Quidditch team|Australia]]
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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
[[File:Stadium.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The [[Quidditch Trillenium Stadium|Quidditch World Cup Stadium]] in [[1994]]]]
 
[[File:Stadium.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The [[Quidditch Trillenium Stadium|Quidditch World Cup Stadium]] in [[1994]]]]
*The cup was held every four years until the Tournament that Nobody Remembers, at which point it was held two years in a row because nobody recalled it. Then it was held every four years again from 1878 onwards.
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*The cup was held every four years until the [[1877 Quidditch World Cup|Tournament that Nobody Remembers]], at which point it was held two years in a row because nobody recalled it. Then it was held every four years again from 1878 onwards.
*The mathematics relating to the World Cup are contradictory, as if 1994 cup was the 422nd, the tournament should have begun in [[First millennium A.D.|309]] rather than 1473, as it is a proud boast of the [[International Confederation of Wizards' Quidditch Committee]] that the competition has been held only every four years, not more or less, since 1473.
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*The mathematics surrounding the dates of the World Cup are contradictory; if 1994 was the 422nd, the tournament should have begun in [[First millennium A.D.|306]] rather than 1473, as it is a proud boast of the [[International Confederation of Wizards' Quidditch Committee]] that the competition has been held only every four years, not more or less, since 1473.
*In chapter 3 of {{GOF}}, Mrs Weasley mentions in her letter to Harry that "''Britain hasn't hosted the Cup for thirty years''"; thirty, however, is not a multiple of four, and so it could be assumed that she was simply rounding.
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**In chapter 3 of {{GOF}}, [[Molly Weasley]] mentions in [[Molly Weasley's letter to Vernon and Petunia Dursley (1994)|her letter]] to Vernon and Petunia Dursley that "''Britain hasn't hosted the Cup for thirty years''"; thirty, however, is not a multiple of four, and so it could be assumed that she was simply rounding.
*The Quidditch World Cup seems to corresponds to the Muggle [[Wikipedia:FIFA World Cup|Football World Cup]], which takes place every four years, is hosted by a different nation at each occurrence, and has the best players from many countries participating in it. Furthermore, British nations frequently disappoint at this tournament, despite characteristic high hopes.
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"A source of vehement disagreements, a security risk for all who attend it and a frequent focus for unrest and protest, the Quidditch World Cup is simultaneously the most exhilarating sporting event on earth and a logistical nightmare for the host nation."
— Description of the Quidditch World Cup[src]

The Quidditch World Cup (also called the World Cup or World Championship)[1] has been held every four years since 1473. The competition sees Quidditch teams representing countries around the world to compete for the World Cup, while the International Quidditch Tournament is between regional teams.

History

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The Official Guide to the Quidditch World Cup

The Official Guide to the Quidditch World Cup was the official guidebook to the Quidditch World Cup, written and published by the International Confederation of Wizards' Quidditch Committee, providing information on the rules and history of the Quidditch World Cup. Sold in most reputable bookstores, this tome costs thirty-nine Galleons, leading most wizards and witches to call it overpriced.[2]

The tournament has been held every four years since 1473. As with so much else about the wizarding world’s most important sporting competition, many query the accuracy of this statement. As only European teams competed during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, purists prefer to date the Quidditch World Cup’s inception from the seventeenth century when it became open to all continents.

There is also heated debate about the accuracy of some historical accounts of tournaments. A substantial amount of all post-game analysis centres on whether magical interference took place and whether it made, or ought to have made, the final result moot.[2]

Regulations

"The ICWQC has the unlucky job of regulating this contentious and anarchic competition."
— Description of the ICWQC [src]
Quidditch rulebook

Nineteen volume rulebook

The ICWQC is an international regulatory body, subject to the International Confederation of Wizards, that oversees international Quidditch competitions, such as the World Cup. Namely, it locates suitable venues, arranges transportation for spectators, and provides policing for the games themselves. It is also the ICWQC that chooses the referees for World Cup matches.<[2]

The rulebook concerning both on-and-off pitch magic is alleged to stretch to nineteen volumes and to include such rules as ‘no dragon is to be introduced into the stadium for any purpose including, but not limited to, team mascot, coach or cup warmer’ and ‘modification of any part of the referee’s body, whether or not he or she has requested such modification, will lead to a lifetime ban from the tournament and possibly imprisonment.'[2]

Mentor Metaxas, a Greek wizard, was the chairman of the International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee in 2014.[3]

Statute of Secrecy

A watershed moment for the Quidditch World Cup was the implementation of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1692, which was intended to conceal the existence of magic and wizards. The International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) saw the Quidditch World Cup as a security risk of the highest magnitude because of the mass movement and congregation of so many members of the international wizarding community.[2]

However, following mass protests and threats to the ICW, it was agreed that the tournament could continue and a regulatory body — the ICWQC — was set up to locate suitable venues — usually remote moors, deserts and deserted islands — arrange transportation for spectators (as many as a hundred thousand routinely attend finals) and police the games themselves, a task generally agreed to be among the most thankless and difficult in the wizarding world.[2]

Format and Qualifying

The number of participating countries varies from tournament to tournament. Any country may enter a team within twelve months of the previous final.[2]

Quidditch World Cup Qualifying

Sixteen separate groups of teams are formed. Each team plays all of the other teams in their group over a two year period. During the group phase, there is a cap of four hours on every game to avoid player exhaustion. On the occasion that the game ends after four hours of play and the Snitch isn't caught, the result is decided on goals. A win earns two points. In addition to these two points a win by 150 points earns five points, by 100 points an extra three points and by 50 points an extra one point. If two teams are level on points, they are separated by whichever team captured the Snitch most often, or most quickly during their matches. The sixteen teams who have finished top of the sixteen groups qualify for the World Cup.[2]

The Quidditch World Cup

The tournament proper is straight knockout. The sixteen qualified countries are ranked according to how many points they obtained in the qualifying groups. The team who won the most points play the team who earned the least, the team who earned the second most play the team who earned the second least, and so on. This theoretically allows the two best teams from the qualifying phase to meet in the final.[2] For the 2014 Quidditch World Cup though, Nigeria and Norway were the top seeded teams and could face each other as early as the semi-finals.

Recorded World Cups

15th-18th century

Date Notes
1473 This was the first ever Quidditch World Cup. Only European teams participated. The final was contested between Flanders and Transylvania. During the match, all 700 known fouls were committed (and several new ones subsequently created), including the Transfiguration of a Chaser into a polecat, the attempted decapitation of a Keeper with a broadsword, and the release of a hundred vampire bats from underneath the robes of the Transylvanian Captain[4]. The Transylvanian Tackle was also first performed in the 1473 World Cup.[5]
17th century Non-European teams compete in the tournament for the first time.[4]

19th century

Date Notes
1801 or 1805 The Cup is held in Great Britain as a result of lobbying by British Minister for Magic Artemisia Lufkin.[6]
1809

Attack of the Killer Forest

The 1809 Quidditch World Cup was a major catastrophe and one of the most notorious controversies in the history of the World Cup, as well as the worst exhibition of temper ever given by a player.[2] It resulted in several injuries and even death.
1877

Tournament that Nobody Remembers

The 1878 Cup was a restaging of the 1877 Cup (dubbed 'The Tournament That No One Remembers').[2] The tournament has been held every four years since the recall. A tournament was arranged for 1877, with a venue chosen, tickets sold and merchandise produced, but nobody, player or supporter, could remember having attended any matches.[2]
1878 Argentina and Brazil reached the quarter finals.[4]

20th Century

Date Notes
c.1964 Britain hosted the World Cup.[7]
1966 Australia won this tournament, with Chaser Royston Idlewind.[2]
1974

Royston Idlewind and the Dissimulators

The 1974 Quidditch World Cup was an international Quidditch sporting event that took place in the summer of 1974. It was the 417th edition of the World Cup.[8][2] It was won by the Syrian Quidditch team.[2]
1982 The Brazilian National Quidditch team participated in the Quidditch World Cup. The team made it to the finals.
1986 The American National Quidditch team participated in the Quidditch World Cup. Maximus Brankovitch III was their captain and Seeker.
1990 The U.S.A. participated in this year's World Cup. Brankovitch III was their captain again.[9] The final went on for five days, in which Scotland suffered a bitter defeat against Canada.[10]
1994

Reappearance of the Dark Mark

"Granger, they're after Muggles. D'you want to be showing off your knickers in midair? Because if you do, hang around... they're moving this way, and it would give us all a laugh."
Draco Malfoy regarding the targets of the Riot[src]
Riot
This was one of the most notable controversies in the history of the Quidditch World Cup[2], occurring on 18 August, 1994 in Dartmoor, England.[2] A riot broke out when a large group of Death Eaters stormed Mr Roberts's campsite, destroying everything in their wake, torturing Muggles and Muggle-borns alike. The Death Eaters were fought by Ministry of Magic employees. It ended when Barty Crouch Jnr fired the Dark Mark into the sky causing most of the Death Eaters to Disapparate. Afterward, Bartemius Crouch Snr's house-elf Winky was fired when she was found in possession of the wand that made the Mark, and Rita Skeeter wrote a scathing report about the raid criticising the Ministry's security at the Cup. The results of the Cup were:
  • Transylvania defeated England, 390-10
  • Luxembourg defeated Scotland
  • Uganda defeated Wales
  • Semi-final: Ireland defeated Peru
  • Final: Ireland defeated Bulgaria, 170-160
1998
"YOU-KNOW-WHO CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM: QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP CANCELLED AMID DEATH THREATS."
The Quibbler headline[src]
QuibblerQWC
During the Death Eater regime over Britain in 1997-1998, the Quidditch World Cup was reportedly cancelled. This resulted in a number of death threats directed to the British Ministry of Magic.[11] After the Battle of Hogwarts, the de-corrupted Ministry (now led by Kingsley Shacklebolt) still managed to organise the World Cup, in which Malawi won over Senegal in the finals.

21st century

Date Notes
2002 Egypt won against Bulgaria when Rawya Zaghloul caught the Snitch right before Viktor Krum. It was such a loss that Viktor Krum then tearfully resigned.
2006 Burkina Faso won against France. The Burkinabé Seeker Joshua Sankara, became the Minister of Magic in his country for 2 days before he resigned to continue playing Quidditch.
2010 Moldova won against China. The match lasted 3 days, and contained some of the finest Quidditch ever seen.
2014
  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                     
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire  Ivory Coast 100  
Flag of Norway  Norway 340  
  Flag of Norway  Norway 20  
  Flag of Bulgaria  Bulgaria 170  
Flag of Bulgaria  Bulgaria 410
New Zealand Flag  New Zealand 170  
  Flag of Bulgaria  Bulgaria 610  
  800px-Flag of Japan  Japan 460  
800px-Flag of Japan  Japan 350  
Flag of Poland  Poland 140  
  800px-Flag of Japan  Japan 270
  Flag of Nigeria  Nigeria 100  
800px-Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 160
Flag of Nigeria  Nigeria 400  
  Flag of Bulgaria  Bulgaria 170
  720px-Flag of Brazil  Brazil 60
Flag of Jamaica  Jamaica 230  
American Flag  USA 240  
  American Flag  USA 450
  Flag of Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 290  
Flag of Chad  Chad 330
Flag of Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 470  
  American Flag  USA 310
  720px-Flag of Brazil  Brazil 420  
720px-Flag of Brazil  Brazil 100  
Flag of Haiti  Haiti DQ*  
  720px-Flag of Brazil  Brazil 460
  Flag of Wales 2  Wales 300  
Flag of Germany  Germany 100
Flag of Wales 2  Wales 330  
*Disqualified (90 points + illegal capture of the Snitch).
NB: There was a play-off between the semifinals losers to determine third place; Japan beat the USA 330 to 120.

Winners

Quidditch World Cup Trophy

The Quidditch World Cup trophy

QuidditchWorldCupTrophyWU

The Quidditch World Cup trophy as seen on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

Behind the scenes

Stadium

The Quidditch World Cup Stadium in 1994

  • The cup was held every four years until the Tournament that Nobody Remembers, at which point it was held two years in a row because nobody recalled it. Then it was held every four years again from 1878 onwards.
  • The mathematics surrounding the dates of the World Cup are contradictory; if 1994 was the 422nd, the tournament should have begun in 306 rather than 1473, as it is a proud boast of the International Confederation of Wizards' Quidditch Committee that the competition has been held only every four years, not more or less, since 1473.
  • The Quidditch World Cup seems to correspond to the Muggle Football World Cup, which takes place every four years, is hosted by a different nation at each occurrence, and has the best players from many countries participating in it. Furthermore, British nations frequently disappoint at this tournament, despite characteristic high hopes. It also takes place in the same year as its football counterpart.

Appearances

See also

Notes and references

  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 13 (Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw)
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 History of the Quidditch World Cup from Pottermore (via The Internet Archive)
  3. 2014 Quidditch World Cup final (Archived from Pottermore)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 8 (The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide)
  5. Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 10 (Quidditch Today)
  6. Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic" at Wizarding World
  7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 3 (The Invitation) - Molly mentioned "Britain hasn’t hosted the Cup for thirty years" in her letter in 1994; 1994-30=1964, though 1964 was not a year the World Cup was held in.
  8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 8 (The Quidditch World Cup)
  9. Quidditch Through the Ages (real)
  10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 5 (Weasley's Wizard Wheezes)
  11. "Divulgado roteiro COMPLETO de Relíquias da Morte: Parte 1 - FULL Deathly Hallows: Part 1 script released″ on Oclumencia.com.br. (translation here)