2016 IQA World Cup

The 2016 IQA World Cup is the third edition of the IQA World Cup, the international quidditch championship organized by the International Quidditch Association. It was held in Frankfurt, Germany on 23–24 July 2016.^[1] Australia won the cup 150*–130 against the United States; the latter team had won all the previous editions. 21 nations competed, including Australia,^[2] Canada,^[3][4] Ireland,^[5] and the United Kingdom.^[6] A crowdfunding campaign aimed to send the Ugandan team as the first-ever African nation to compete internationally.^[7] However, the team members failed to obtain a German visa and withdrew from the competition.^[8] The Peruvian team also withdrew before the competition due to a lack of funds.^[9] A documentary entitled Fly the Movie: Journey to Frankfurt followed the British team in their preparation before the cup.^[10][11]

IQA World Cup

2016
Tournament information
Sport	Quidditch
Location	Frankfurt, Germany
Dates	23–24 July 2016
Administrator	International Quidditch Association
Tournament format(s)	Pool Play+Knockout
Host(s)	Deutscher Quidditchbund
Venue(s)	Rebstockanlage
Teams	21 (of 4 continents)
Final positions
Champion	Australia
1st runner-up	United States
2nd runner-up	United Kingdom
Tournament statistics
Matches played	71
Points scored	12450 (175.35 per match)
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Participating teams

     Runner-up      Third place      Participant      Withdrawn 24 teams were expected to participate to the Cup:^[12]

Team	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Australia	2 (2012, 2014)
Austria
Belgium	2 (2014, 2015)
Brazil
Canada	2 (2012, 2014)
Catalonia	1 (2015)
France	3 (2012, 2014, 2015)
Germany (host)	1 (2015)
Ireland	1 (2015)
Italy	1 (2015)
Mexico	1 (2014)
Netherlands	1 (2015)
Norway	1 (2015)
Peru	withdrawn
Poland	1 (2015)
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain	1 (2015)
Turkey	1 (2015)
Uganda	withdrawn
United Kingdom	3 (2012, 2014, 2015)
United States	2 (2012, 2014)

Draw

The 2014 world medalists and the 2015 European finalists were placed in pod 1. Other teams who have participated in international tournaments filled up pods 2 through 4 based on their finishing rank. Teams participating for the first time were placed randomly in pods 4 and 5.^[12]

Pod 1 Team Rank  United States W1  Australia W2  Canada W3  France E1  United Kingdom E2

Pod 2 Team Rank  Mexico W5  Norway E3  Belgium E4  Italy E5  Turkey E6

Pod 3 Team Rank  Catalonia E7  Germany E8  Spain E9  Netherlands E10  Ireland E11

Pod 4 Team Rank  Poland E12  Uganda –  South Korea –  Brazil –  Slovakia –

Pod 5 Team Rank  Austria –  Peru –  Slovenia –

The teams were drawn into five groups of four or five teams, with one team per pod in each group, and Pod 5 teams assigned to three randomly chosen groups. Every group was guaranteed at least one non-European team.^[13] However, with Peru^[14][9] and Uganda^[8] withdrawing, only one five-team pool was left, and Pool 1 consisted of European teams only.

Pool 1 Team Pod  France 1  Italy 2  Netherlands 3  Uganda (withdrawn) 4  Slovenia 5

Pool 2 Team Pod  Australia 1  Belgium 2  Ireland 3  Slovakia 4

Pool 3 Team Pod  United Kingdom 1  Turkey 2  Spain 3  South Korea 4  Austria 5

Pool 4 Team Pod  Canada 1  Mexico 2  Catalonia 3  Poland 4  Peru (withdrawn) 5

Pool 5 Team Pod  United States 1  Norway 2  Germany 3  Brazil 4

Structure

After the pool play, all teams were seeded and moved on to the bracket phase. Teams were seeded according to the following criteria:

1. Rank in pool;
2. Number of losses;
3. Head-to-head result;
4. Average point differential (With a cap of 120, includes snitch catches);
5. Snitch catch percentage;
6. Coin flip.

Since all teams would participate to the bracket phase, seeds 12 to 21 started with play-in games whereas seeds 1 to 11 got a bye to the round of 16. During bracket play, each round beginning with the round of 16 generated a consolation bracket. The bracket phase determined the final ranking for teams 1 to 16.^[15]

Results

Asterisks* indicate the team that ended the game by catching the snitch.

Pool play

Bracket seeding

Category	Seed	Team
Pool winners	1	Canada
	2	United States
	3	United Kingdom
	4	France
	5	Australia
Pool runners-up	6	Turkey
	7	Belgium
	8	Mexico
	9	Norway
	10	Italy
Pool 3rd place	11	Austria
	Play-in cutoff
	12	Germany
	13	Slovakia
	14	Slovenia
	15	Catalonia
Pool 4th place	16	Spain
	17	Netherlands
	18	Poland
	19	Ireland
	20	Brazil
Pool 5th place	21	South Korea

Pool 1

Pos	Team	W	L	APD	S%	Seed
1	France	3	0	116.7	100%	4
2	Italy	2	1	13.3	33%	10
3	Slovenia	1	2	−53.3	67%	14
4	Netherlands	0	3	−76.7	0%	17

Italy

140*

–

40

Netherlands

France

240*

–

50

Slovenia

Italy

130

–

80*

Slovenia

France

240*

–

0

Netherlands

France

160*

–

50

Italy

Netherlands

90

–

100*

Slovenia

Pool 2

Pos	Team	W	L	APD	S%	Seed
1	Australia	3	0	100	67%	5
2	Belgium	2	1	53.3	67%	7
3	Slovakia	1	2	−50	67%	13
4	Ireland	0	3	−103.3	0%	19

Ireland

50

–

120*

Slovakia

Australia

130

–

70*

Belgium

Belgium

250*

–

20

Ireland

Australia

230*

–

10

Slovakia

Australia

260*

–

0

Ireland

Belgium

160

–

60*

Slovakia

Pool 3

Pos	Team	W	L	APD	S%	Seed
1	United Kingdom	4	0	117.5	75%	3
2	Turkey	3	1	55	50%	6
3	Austria	2	2	−22.5	75%	11
4	Spain	1	3	−37.5	25%	16
5	South Korea	0	4	−112.5	25%	21

United Kingdom

170*

–

40

Turkey

Spain

110*

–

10

South Korea

United Kingdom

170*

–

0

Austria

Turkey

200*

–

40

South Korea

Spain

70

–

80*

Austria

United Kingdom

150

–

40*

South Korea

Turkey

180*

–

50

Spain

Turkey

160

–

60*

Austria

United Kingdom

220*

–

0

Spain

South Korea

Forfeit (0

–

150*)

Austria

Pool 4

Pos	Team	W	L	APD	S%	Seed
1	Canada	3	0	120	100%	1
2	Mexico	2	1	40	67%	8
3	Catalonia	1	2	−66.7	0%	15
4	Poland	0	3	−93.3	33%	18

Canada

180*

–

20

Catalonia

Mexico

200*

–

20

Poland

Catalonia

110

–

70*

Poland

Canada

180*

–

20

Mexico

Mexico

260*

–

130

Catalonia

Canada

240*

–

0

Poland

Pool 5

Pos	Team	W	L	APD	S%	Seed
1	United States	3	0	120	67%	2
2	Norway	2	1	13.3	67%	9
3	Germany	1	2	−26.7	67%	12
4	Brazil	0	3	−106.7	0%	20

Norway

140*

–

60

Germany

United States

210*

–

0

Brazil

United States

170

–

40*

Germany

Norway

150*

–

70

Brazil

United States

230*

–

10

Norway

Germany

200*

–

50

Brazil

Championship bracket

Play-in games

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

9:30

Canada

170*

8:00

Spain

30

Spain

130

12:15

Netherlands

60*

Canada

140*

Mexico

30

10:15

Mexico

100*

Norway

80

15:45

Canada

40

Australia

80*

9:30

France

190

8:00

Brazil

50*

Slovakia

40

12:15

Brazil

150*

France

60

Australia

110*

10:15

Australia

150*

Forfeit

Germany

20

Germany

150*

18:30

South Korea

0

Australia

150*

United States

130

9:30

United States

270*

8:00

Catalonia

10

Catalonia

90

12:15

Poland

40*

United States

130*

Belgium

50

10:15

Belgium

210*

Italy

130

15:45

United States

140*

United Kingdom

40

Third place

9:30

17:30

United Kingdom

220*

United Kingdom

190*

8:00

Slovenia

20

Canada

60

Slovenia

150*

12:15

Ireland

70

United Kingdom

180*

Turkey

40

10:15

Turkey

100

Austria

50*

Quarter-final consolation

	First round				Fifth place
	13:45
	Mexico	10
					16:30
	France	160*
					France	140*
	13:45
					Turkey	50
	Belgium	140
	Turkey	150*
					Seventh place
					16:30
					Mexico	30
					Belgium	150*

Round of 16 consolation

First round Second round Ninth place                         11:30      Norway 180*   13:45    Brazil 40    Norway 80*   11:30    Germany 60    Slovenia 30   15:00    Germany 140*    Norway 170*   11:30    Spain 30    Italy 50   13:45    Spain 110*    Spain 130*   13:45    Catalonia 80 Eleventh place    Catalonia 130*   16:30    Austria 70    Germany 250*      Catalonia 60

Second round Thirteenth place                 13:00      Italy 200*   15:00    Brazil 60    Italy 140*   13:00    Austria 40    Slovenia 110      Austria 120*   Fifteenth place     15:00      Slovenia 170*      Brazil 120