European Games (quadball)

European Games
Tournament information
SportQuadball
Month playedJune / July
Established2015
AdministratorInternational Quadball Association[1]
Quidditch Europe
ParticipantsVaries
Current champion
 Germany

The IQA European Games (EG) are the biennial games for the sport of Quadball held in Europe where national governing bodies send national teams to compete.[2] The European Games were created in response to the IQA World Cup,[3] the biennial tournament wherein nations from around the world compete in a similar style to the FIFA World Cup.[4] Both Games alternate years so in the off years regional tournaments such as the European Games or the Asian Quidditch Cup[5] can occur. These games are the highest level of championships in quidditch aside from Global Games. The 2015 champions were Team France, narrowly beating Team UK.[6]

History

Locations of the European Games

The 2015 European Games were the inaugural championships of this tournament. Bid on by European cities,[7] the organizational body Quidditch Europe decided on Sarteano, Italy to host the games.[8] Sarteano proceeded to host an aggressive advertising campaign across the country[9] as well as locally which included the sale of specially made artisanal crafts, wine and cheese.[10] The 2019 edition was held in Bamberg, Germany.[11]

Format

The twelve teams competing in the 2015 games were separated into two groups of six teams.[12] The group stage began on 25 July 2015 and ended the morning of the 26th. The groups themselves were split into pots based on EQC rankings[13] and seasonal performance matched up.[14] The top four teams from each group qualified for the bracket stage, where brackets were determined using the following criteria: games won, head-to-head, QPD[note 1] and SWIM catches.[note 2] Finally, the tournament ended with semi-finals, a third place final and the gold medal match.[14]

Notes
  1. ^ QPD stands for "quaffle point differential" where the final score is tallied ignoring the 30 points given when the snitch is caught.
  2. ^ SWIM stands for "snitch when it matters" coming into play when a team wins when within snitch range, i.e. ± 30 pts.

Results

Year Host Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2015
Details 		Italy
Sarteano
France		 90*–50
United Kingdom
Norway		 150*–80
Belgium 		12
2017
Details 		Norway
Oslo
United Kingdom		 90*–70
France
Norway		 140*–80
Belgium 		15
2019
Details 		Germany
Bamberg[15]
France		 150*–120°
Belgium
United Kingdom		 110*–90°
Germany 		20
2022
Details 		Republic of Ireland
Limerick
England		 160*–140°
Germany
Australia[a] 		140-120*°
Norway 		20
2024
Details 		England
London
Germany		 90*–40
England
Belgium		 110*-50
France		 15

Medals summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France2103
2 United Kingdom1113
3 England1102
 Germany1102
5 Belgium0112
6 Norway0022
7 Australia0011
Totals (7 entries)55515

Appearance

Team Italy
2015
(12) 		Norway
2017
(15) 		Germany
2019
(20) 		Republic of Ireland
2022
(20) 		England
2024
(15) 		Total
 Australia • • • 3rd[a] • 1
 Austria • 7th 7th 6th 8th 4
 Belgium 4th 4th 2nd 7th 3rd 5
 Catalonia 7th 10th 9th 11th 13th 5
 Czech Republic • • 19th 17th • 2
 Denmark • • 16th • • 1
 England • • • 1st 2nd 2
 Finland • • 20th • • 1
 France 1st 2nd 1st 5th 4th 5
 Germany 8th 5th 4th 2nd 1st 5
 Hong Kong • • • 19th[a] • 1
 Ireland 11th 14th 18th 13th 12th 5
 Italy 5th 8th 5th 9th 7th 5
 Netherlands 10th 13th 13th 12th • 4
 Norway 3rd 3rd 6th 4th 6th 5
 Poland 12th 11th 11th 10th 10th 5
 Scotland • • 14th 15th 14th 3
 Slovakia • 12th 12th 14th • 3
 Slovenia • • 15th • • 1
 Spain 9th 9th 10th 8th 5th 5
 Sweden • 15th • 20th • 2
 Switzerland • • 17th 18th 15th 3
 Turkey 6th 6th 8th • 9th 4
 United Kingdom 2nd 1st 3rd • • 3
 Wales • • • 16th 11th 2

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  •  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
  •     – Hosts
  • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Allowed to compete in the 2022 European Games after the Oceania-Asian Games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Appearance maps
  • Sarteano 2015
    Sarteano 2015
  • Oslo 2017
    Oslo 2017
  • Bamberg 2019
    Bamberg 2019
  • Limerick 2022
    Limerick 2022
  • London 2024
    London 2024

See also

References

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