Northern and Southern Cups

The Northern and Southern Cups are the two major regional quidditch tournaments of the United Kingdom. Organised by QuadballUK, the tournaments serve both as qualification prerequisites for other tournaments, such as the European Quidditch Cup^[1] and the British Quidditch Cup alongside being their own stand alone tournaments. Regionals are often considered the most important tournaments of the year after the British Quidditch Cup and they serve as qualifiers for the latter tournament. Those teams that fail to qualify for BQC each season compete in the Development Cup instead. From 2021 onwards the tournaments have been held as a series of one-day fixtures exclusively for university teams with the equivalent Community League tournament held for community teams.

Northern Cup

Tournament information
Month played	November / February
Established	2014
Administrator	QuidditchUK
Format	Round-Robin
Participants	10 (in 2021)
Number of events	2
Website	QuidditchUK website
Current champion
Holyrood Hippogriffs

Southern Cup

Tournament information
Month played	November / February
Established	2014
Administrator	QuidditchUK
Format	Round-Robin
Participants	5 (in 2021)
Number of events	2
Website	QuidditchUK website
Current champion
Southampton Quidditch Club

History

Keele

Belmont

Sheffield

Salford

Southampton

Oxford

Kent

London

Cardiff

Locations of the Northern (blue) and Southern (red) Cups

The idea for a regional tournament originally came from Southampton Quidditch Club, who devised an independently organised Southern Cup, which was due to take place in February 2014. Inspired by this, Keele Quidditch Club created a counterpart "Northern Squirrel Cup" open to all the teams who were not invited to the Southern Cup (on the basis of geographical location). Due to adverse weather conditions, the Southern Cup's expected debut was cancelled, but the Northern Cup went ahead as planned in March. Eight teams competed, with Bangor Broken Broomsticks winning the tournament after beating Nottingham in the final. The Southern Cup eventually went ahead in November of that year—the next quidditch season—where another eight teams competed. Southampton, the hosts, were defeated in the final by Radcliffe Chimeras.

Seeing the initial success of these tournaments, QuadballUK, the United Kingdom's governing body for quidditch, took both tournaments under their control, in time for the 2015–16 season. These tournaments were organised by QuadballUK and a committee selected by them, rather than by any specific club. Similarly, no club officially hosted either tournament, though both locations were situated nearby to established QuadballUK teams. The Northern Cup was hosted at Belmont Community School in Durham on 31 October–1 November, while the Southern Cup took place at Horspath Athletics Ground in Oxford, on 14–15 November. The latter had played host to several tournaments in the past, including the 2015 European Quidditch Cup.

From 2016 onwards as there were now more teams in the United Kingdom than the British Quidditch Cup could support both the Northern and Southern Cups were used as qualifiers for it. From 2016 to 2019, the top 16 teams from each tournament moved on to BQC, with any teams who did not qualify eligible to compete instead at the Development Cup.

In 2021 following the Quidditch UK university-community split the format of both cups was changed. Instead of being single two-day knockout tournaments Northern and Southern now take place as series of two single day round-robin fixtures with only university teams competing. The new equivalent Community League following the same format but with three single day fixtures per season was set-up for community teams. The top 12 teams across both Northern and Southern qualify for the university tournament at the British Quidditch Cup, with the top 12 community teams across the Community League qualifying for the community BQC tournament. Development Cup is still held for any teams who do not qualify for BQC.

Qualification

Qualification for either tournament is based solely on the geographical location of the team, with no regard to experience or skill level. A theoretical horizontal line is drawn at latitude 52.632000 (52°37′55.2″), dictating that any teams based south of that line compete at the Southern Cup, and all north at the Northern Cup.^[1] Up until 2021 there was no additional criteria and any team registered with QuadballUK was eligible to play. From the 2021/2022 season onwards, only teams affiliated with a university could compete at the Northern and Southern Cups and a separate UK-wide Community League was created for community teams.

Format

Traditionally, the tournaments have consisted of pool play, followed by bracket play, in a standard knockout tournament structure. The exact format however is flexible, due to the varying number of teams competing in each iteration of the cups. The top two teams from each group move through to the upper bracket while the rest play in the consolation bracket. In order to balance group play and allow for more representative bracket play a seeding system is used.

Seeding

All teams are split into three categories: first seeds, second seeds and unseeded teams. How teams are seeded depends on where they came at last years nationals and how many groups there are in the competition. Each group is randomly allocated a first and second seeded team, then the unseeded teams are randomly allocated a group.

The teams final standing in tournaments affects their seeding for the upcoming British Quidditch Cup. The top four teams are placed in the first seed, the fifth to eighth teams are second seeded, and any other qualifying teams are unseeded.

University/community team split and new format

For the 2021/2022 season and onwards, the format of the Northern and Southern Cups was changed. University and community teams would no longer compete together with there now being a separate Community League for teams not affiliated with a university. This meant that only university teams would now compete at Northern and Southern. In addition, the format of both tournaments was changed. Teams now compete in either two or three (depending on the number of teams attending) divisions within their region, with each division having 4-6 teams in it. Each cup is now split across two different 1 day events instead of being a singular 2 day tournament. Teams play a round-robin event within their division during each fixture and are ranked accordingly. Teams who place last in their division are relegated to the division below and teams who place first in their division are promoted to the division above for the next fixture. The final rankings after all fixtures are used to determine seedings and qualification for the British Quidditch Cup and European Qualifier Tournament.^[2][3]

Past champions

Northern champions

Year	Host		Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of teams
2014	Keele Quidditch Club		Bangor Broken Broomsticks	80-60*	Nottingham Nightmares		Keele Squirrels	90^–60*	Loughborough Longshots		8
2015[4]	Belmont Community School, Durham		Nottingham Nightmares	150*-50	Durhamstrang		Loughborough Longshots	100*–70	Keele Squirrels		14
2016	Belmont Community School, Durham		Velociraptors QC	150*-30	Durhamstrang		Tornadoes QC	120-110^	Loughborough Longshots		20
2017	Sheffield Hallam Sports Park, Sheffield		Velociraptors QC	180*-20	York Horntails		Holyrood Hippogrifs Firsts	90-70*	Tornadoes QC		25
2018	Sheffield Hallam Sports Park, Sheffield		Velociraptors QC	270*-50	Megalodons		Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	150*-100	Glasgow Grim Reapers		22
2019	Sheffield Hallam Sports Park, Sheffield		Velociraptors QC	120-60*	Olympians Quidditch Club		Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	110*-80	Megalodons		20

Updated format

Season	Fixture	Host		Division 1				Division 2
				Winner	Runner-up	Number of teams		Winner	Runner-up	Number of teams
2021/2022	Northern 1	Salford Sports Village, Manchester		Holyrood Hippogriffs	Leicester Thestrals	5		Manchester Manticores	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	5
	Northern 2	Edinburgh		Cancelled due to poor pitch conditions

Southern champions

Year	Host		Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of teams
2014	Southampton Quidditch Club		Radcliffe Chimeras	140* - 30	Southampton QC		London Unspeakables	50* - 40	Falmouth Falcons		8
2015[4][5]	Horspath Athletics Ground (Oxford)		Radcliffe Chimeras	130* - 90	Warwick QC		Southampton QC Firsts	100* - 0	Brizzlebears		17
2016	Millbrook Rugby Club (Southampton)		Warwick QC	40* -20	Werewolves of London		BrizzleBears	110* - 30	London Unspeakables		17
2017	Millbrook Rugby Club (Southampton)		Southampton QC Firsts	140* - 90	Werewolves of London		Warwick QC	120* - 30	Bristol Bears		21
2018	Knole Academy (Sevenoaks, Kent)		Werewolves of London	70* - 60 [6]	London Quidditch Club		London Unspeakables	120* - 90	Southampton QC Firsts		18
2019	Oxford Brooks University		Werewolves of London Firsts	160°° - 120*°	London Unspeakables		London Quidditch Club A	160* - 10	Oxford Mammoths		16

Updated Format

Season	Fixture	Host		Division 1
				Winner	Runner-up	Number of teams
2021/2022	Southern 1	King's House Sports Ground, London		Southampton Quidditch Club	Warwick Quidditch Club	5
	Southern 2	Cardiff City House of Sport, Cardiff		Southampton Quidditch Club	Exeter Eagles	5

Northern Cup

2014

The first Northern Cup was held at Keele University in March 2014. Eight teams competed over the weekend with Bangor Broken Broomsticks being the eventual winners. The final standings were as follows:

Final standings

Position	Team
1st	Bangor Broken Broomsticks
2nd	Nottingham Nightmares
3rd	Keele Squirrels
4th	Loughborough
5th	Chester
6th	Leeds Griffins
7th	Derby QC
8th	HogYork Horntails

2015

The second Northern Cup was held on 31 October 2015 in Belmont. Fourteen teams competed after the withdrawal of the Preston Poltergeists. After two days of competitive games, composed of pool play and both upper and Consolation brackets,^[7] the final standings were as follows:^[8]

Upper bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Loughborough Longshots	90*
	Holyrood Hippogriffs	10
					Loughborough Longshots	30
					Durhamstrang	70*
	Durhamstrang	110
	Leicester Thestrals	70*
									Durhamstrang	50
									Nottingham Nightmares	150*
	Keele Squirrels	150*
	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	50
					Keele Squirrels	40
					Nottingham Nightmares	130*			Third place
	Nottingham Nightmares	180
	Leeds Griffins	40*
									Loughborough Longshots	130*
									Keele Squirrels	70

Consolation bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Derby Union	100*
	HogYork Horntails	40
					Derby Union	100*
					Chester Centurions	40
	St Andrews Snidgets	0
	Chester Centurions	60*

Final standings

Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage
1st	Nottingham Nightmares	Final		8th	Leeds Griffins	Quarters
2nd	Durhamstrang	Final		9th	Derby Union QC	LB final
3rd	Loughborough Longshots	Semis		10th	Chester Centurions	LB final
4th	Keele Squirrels	Semis		11th	St Andrews Snidgets	LB semi Finals
5th	Leicester Thestrals	Quarters		12th	HogYork Horntails	LB semi Finals
6th	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	Quarters		13th	Durham Direwolves	Group stages
7th	Holyrood Hippogriffs	Quarters		14th	Manchester Manticores	Group stages

2016

The third Northern Cup returned to Belmont on 12 November 2016. Twenty teams competed over the weekend. On the first day, five groups of four played each other, with the two highest ranked teams from each group moving into the upper bracket while the rest competed in the Consolation bracket. This was the first tournament to be used to qualify teams for nationals, with the top 16 teams invited to compete in the coming British Quidditch Cup. The results of the tournament were as follows:

Upper bracket

Play-in games

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Loughborough Longshots

90*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts

30

Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts

100*

Nottingham Nightmares

90

Loughborough Longshots

90

Durhamstrang

110*

Leeds Griffins

50

Durhamstrang

170*

Durhamstrang

30

Velociraptors QC

160*

Velociraptors QC

180*

Leicester Thestrals

0

Leicester Thestrals

140*

Manchester Manticores

70

Velociraptors QC

120*

Tornadoes QC

20

Third place

Bangor Broken Broomsticks

40

Loughborough Longshots

110^

Tornadoes QC

200*

Tornadoes QC

120

Consolation bracket

Play-in games

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

St Andrews Snidgets

90*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds

30

St Andrews Snidgets

10

Derby

50*

Derby

60

Sheffield

140*

Sheffield

130*

Chester

0

Sheffield

30

HogYork

220*

HogYork

170*

Liverpool

0

Liverpool

240*

Preston

0

HogYork

130*

Keele Squirrels

70

Durham Direwolves

40*

Keele Squirrels

110

After bracket play had finished, two more matches were played between the four quarter-finals losers in order to rank the 15th–18th places:

Chester	130*	20	St Andrews Snidgets
Direwolves	90*	10	Liverpool

Final standings

Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage
1st	Velociraptors QC	Final		9th	Nottingham Nightmares	UB play ins		17th	Liverpuddly Cannons	BQC playoffs
2nd	Durhamstrang	Final		10th	Manchester Manticores	UB play ins		18th	St Andrews Snidgets	BQC playoffs
3rd	Tornadoes QC	Semis		11th	York	LB Finals		19th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds	LB play ins
4th	Loughborough Longshots	Semis		12th	Sheffield QC	LB finals		20th	Preston	LB play ins
5th	Bangor	Quarters		13th	Derby QC	LB Semi Finals
6th	Leeds Griffins	Quarters		14th	Keele Squirrels	LB Semi Finals
7th	Leicester Thestrals	Quarters		15th	Durham Direwolves	LB Quarter Finals
8th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	Quarters		16th	Chester	LB quarter Finals

2017

The fourth Northern Cup was held at Sheffield Hallam Sports Park on 25–26 November 2017. Twenty-five teams competed over the weekend. Velociraptors Quidditch Club were the champions for the second time in a row.^[9]

Final standings

Position	Team		Position	Team		Position	Team
1st	Velociraptors		10th	Leicester Thestrals		19th	Glasgow Grim Reapers
2nd	York Horntails		11th	Manchester Manticores		20th	Liverpuddly Catapults
3rd	Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts		12th	Chester Centurions		21st	Derby Deamons
4th	Tornadoes QC		13th	Nottingham Nightmares		22nd	Preston Poltergeists
5th	Loughborough Longshots		14th	Liverpuddly Cannons		23rd	Northumbrian Ridgebacks
6th	Keele Squirrels		15th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds		24th	Manchester Minotaurs
7th	Leeds Griffins		16th	Sheffield Steelfins		25th	Sheffield Sealions
8th	Bangor Broken Broomsticks		17th	Durhamstrang
9th	Sheffield Squids		18th	St Andrews Snidgets

2018

The fifth Northern Cup was held at Sheffield Hallam Sports Park on 10–11 November 2018. Twenty-two teams competed over the weekend. On the first day, 2 groups of five and three groups of four played each other, with the top 12 ranked teams overall moving into the upper bracket, with 8 further teams playing play-in matches, with the losers joining the final two teams in the Consolation bracket. The top 16 teams were invited to compete in the upcoming British Quidditch Cup; the unsuccessful teams would have another opportunity to qualify via the Development Cup. The top 5 teams were invited to EQT, the nationwide qualifying tournament for the upcoming European Quidditch Cup.^[10] The results of the tournament were as follows:^[11][12]

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Qualified for Upper Bracket as a top 12 team
Qualified for Upper Bracket Play-ins

Placement	Team	Win	Lose	QPD-C[note 1]	QPD-T [note 2]	WSC [note 3]	TRT [note 4]
1st	Manchester Manticores	4	0	220	240	4	1:33:47
2nd	Nottingham Nightmares	3	1	280	450	3	1:45:51
3rd	Derby Daemons	2	2	-100	-130	3	1:14:24
4th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds	1	3	-40	-20	1	1:15:11[note 5]
5th	Manchester Minotaurs	0	4	-360	-540	0	1:00:09[note 5]

Nottingham Nightmares	210* - 10	Manchester Minotaurs
Manchester Manticores	110* - 10	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds
Nottingham Nightmares	200* - 40	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds
Manchester Manticores	120* - 20	Derby Daemons
Nottingham Nightmares	200* - 30	Derby Daemons
Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds	190* - 10	Manchester Minotaurs
Manchester Manticores	140* - 0	Manchester Minotaurs
Derby Daemons	100** - 70°°	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds
Nottingham Nightmares	110 - 130*	Manchester Manticores
Derby Daemons	160* - 20	Manchester Minotaurs

Placement	Team	W	L	QPD-C	QPD-T	WSC	TRT
1st	Megalodons	4	0	330	650	3	1:16:28
2nd	Sheffield Squids	3	1	160	250	2	1:16:44
3rd	York Horntails	2	2	40	60	1	1:16:50
4th	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	1	3	-170	-230	1	1:16:01
5th	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	0	4	-360	-730	0	1:18:16

York Horntails	40* - 110	Megalodons
Sheffield Squids	130 - 60*	Stirling Dumyat Dragons
York Horntails	90 - 40*	Stirling Dumyat Dragons
Sheffield Squids	200* - 0	Bangor Broken Broomsticks
York Horntails	200* - 50	Bangor Broken Broomsticks
Stirling Dumyat Dragons	10 - 200*	Megalodons
Sheffield Squids	30 - 120*	Megalodons
Bangor Broken Broomsticks	10 - 150*	Stirling Dumyat Dragons
York Horntails	50 - 120*	Sheffield Squids
Bangor Broken Broomsticks	0 - 360*	Megalodons

Placement	Team	W	L	QPD-C	QPD-T	WSC	TRT
1st	Liverpuddly Cannons	3	0	170	180	3	1:03:03
2nd	Leeds Griffins	2	1	120	160	2	0:57:44
3rd	Durhamstrang	1	2	-80	-90	1	1:05:14
4th	Loughborough Longshots	0	3	-210	-250	1	1:01:59

Loughborough Longshots	60*° - 100°*	Durhamstrang
Leeds Griffins	80 - 110*	Liverpuddly Cannons
Leeds Griffins	110* - 50	Durhamstrang
Loughborough Longshots	40 - 150*	Liverpuddly Cannons
Liverpuddly Cannons	170* - 40	Durhamstrang
Loughborough Longshots	20 - 180*	Leeds Griffins

Placement	Team	W	L	QPD-C	QPD-T	WSC	TRT
1st	Holyrood Hippogriffs	3	0	50	50	4	0:56:32
2nd	Glasgow Grim Reapers	2	1	220	220	2	0:57:57
3rd	Leicester Thestrals	1	2	-60	-60	2	1:01:14
4th	Chester Centurions	0	3	-210	-210	0	1:01:17

Holyrood Hippogriffs	120°* - 90*°	Leicester Thestrals
Chester Centurions	20 - 140*	Glasgow Grim Reapers
Chester Centurions	40 - 130*	Leicester Thestrals
Holyrood Hippogriffs	130** - 110°°	Glasgow Grim Reapers
Holyrood Hippogriffs	120* - 30	Chester Centurions
Glasgow Grim Reapers	150* - 30	Leicester Thestrals

Placement	Team	W	L	QPD-C	QPD-T	WSC	TRT
1st	Velociraptors QC	3	0	270	790	2	0:55:34
2nd	St Andrews Snidgets	2	1	20	-60	2	1:10:46
3rd	Tornadoes QC	1	2	-60	-180	1	1:01:26
4th	Sheffield Steelfins	0	3	-230	-550	0	1:04:04

Velociraptors QC	370* - 0	Sheffield Steelfins
Tornadoes QC	70 – 120*	St Andrews Snidgets
Velociraptors QC	250 - 40*	St Andrews Snidgets
Tornadoes QC	100* - 20	Sheffield Steelfins
Velociraptors QC	240* - 0	Tornadoes QC
St Andrews Snidgets	210* - 40	Sheffield Steelfins

Notes

1. Quaffle Point Difference - Capped
2. Quaffle Point Difference - Total
3. Winning Snitch Catches
4. Total Regulation Time (up until first snitch catch)
5. Regulation time between Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds and Manchester Minotaurs was not recorded.

Upper bracket

Play-in games

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Velociraptors QC

300*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds

10

Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds

100*

Chester Centurions

30

Velociraptors QC

240

Sheffield Squids

30*

Leeds Griffins

150

Sheffield Squids

220*

Velociraptors QC

200*

Holyrood Hippogriffs

80

Manchester Manticores

100*

Tornadoes QC

10

Tornadoes QC

80*

Stirling Dumyat Dragons

20

Manchester Manticores

30

Holyrood Hippogriffs

80*

Holyrood Hippogriffs

120*

Leicester Thestrals

20

Velociraptors QC

270*

Megalodons

50

Megalodons

220*

Derby Daemons

30*

Derby Daemons

70*

Loughborough Longshots

60

Megalodons

160*

Nottingham Nightmares

80

Nottingham Nightmares

140*

St Andrews Snidgets

40

Megalodons

100*

Glasgow Grim Reapers

40

Third place

Liverpuddly Cannons

110*

Holyrood Hippogriffs

150*

Durhamstrang

10

Glasgow Grim Reapers

100

Durhamstrang

140*

Sheffield Steelfins

20

Liverpuddly Cannons

40

Glasgow Grim Reapers

110*

Glasgow Grim Reapers

140°*

York Hortails

90*°

EQT/Fifth-place play-off

	Play-in games				EQT play-off
	Sheffield Squids	80
	Manchester Manticores	130*
					Manchester Manticores	70
					Liverpuddly Cannons	140*
	Nottingham Nightmares	20
	Liverpuddly Cannons	80*

Consolation bracket

	Play-in games				Semi-finals				Final
					Chester Centurions	120*
					Stirling Dumyat Dragons	10
	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	130*
	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	50
									Chester Centurions	110° [nb 1]
									Loughborough Longshots	120° [nb 1]
					Loughborough Longshots	110
					Manchester Minotaurs	30*
	Sheffield Steelfins	80
	Manchester Minotaurs	220*

Notes

1. The snitch survived for 45 minutes and thus the game was decided on quaffle points alone.

Final standings

Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage
1st	Velociraptors QC	Final		9th	Leeds Griffins	Round of 16		17th	Loughborough Longshots	Consolation Final
2nd	Megalodons	Final		10th	St Andrews Snidgets	Round of 16		18th	Chester Centurions	Consolation Final
3rd	Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	Semi-final		11th	Durhamstrang	Round of 16		19th	Manchester Minotaurs	Consolation Semi-final
4th	Glasgow Grim Reapers	Semi-final		12th	Tornadoes QC	Round of 16		20th	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	Consolation Semi-final
5th	Liverpuddly Cannons	EQT Final		13th	York Horntails	Round of 16		21st	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	Consolation Play-in
6th	Manchester Manticores	EQT Final		14th	Leicester Thestrals	Round of 16		22nd	Sheffield Steelfins	Consolation Play-in
7th	Nottingham Nightmares	EQT Semi-final		15th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds	Round of 16
8th	Sheffield Squids	EQT Semi-final		16th	Derby Daemons	Round of 16

2019

The sixth Northern Cup was held at Sheffield Hallam Sports Park on 23–24 November 2019, making it the third Northern in a row to be held at that venue. Twenty teams competed over the weekend. On the first day, 5 groups of four teams each played each other. At the end of this group stage, the teams were all ranked 1-20 based on their performance. The top 4 ranked teams then played against each other (the team ranked 1st played against the team ranked 4th, 2nd played against 3rd), with this process then continuing for teams 5-8 and so on. This 'ranking bracket' stage, which took place over the end of day 1 and start of day 2 and allowed for teams to move up or down the rankings for the final 'play-in bracket' stage on the second day. This final stage consisted of each team playing two more games, effectively a 'semi-final' and then either a 'final' or 'consolation' match within each group of 4 rankings (1-4, 5–8, etc.). The top 15 teams qualified for the British Quidditch Cup in April 2020, however this tournament was later cancelled due to COVID-19.^[13] The 2nd-to-7th ranked teams were invited to EQT, the nationwide qualifying tournament for the upcoming European Quidditch Cup.^[14] Due to weather conditions the grass pitches at the venue were unable to be used resulting in all matches being played on 3G which affected the planned play-in stage. The results of the tournament were as follows:^[15][9]

Group stage

Group A

Megalodons	80* - 10	Leicester Thestrals
Nottingham Nightmares	180* - 30	Manchester Minotaurs
Megalodons	190 - 30*	Nottingham Nightmares
Leicester Thestrals	200 - 40*	Manchester Minotaurs
Megalodons	230 - 30*	Manchester Minotaurs
Nottingham Nightmares	40 - 170*	Leicester Thestrals

Group B

Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	190* - 0	Durhamstrang
Olympians Quidditch Club	210* - 0	Stirling Dumyat Dragons
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	110* - 130	Olympians Quidditch Club
Durhamstrang	20 - 50*	Stirling Dumyat Dragons
Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	190* - 0	Stirling Dumyat Dragons
Olympians Quidditch Club	160* - 20	Durhamstrang

Group C

Velociraptors	270* - 0	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds
York Horntails	150* - 10	Sheffield Steelfins
Velociraptors	320* - 0	York Horntails
Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds	190* - 20	Sheffield Steelfins
Velociraptors	300* - 0	Sheffield Steelfins
York Horntails	40 - 160*	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds

Group D

Liverpuddly Cannons	90* - 80	Sheffield Squids
St Andrews Snidgets	70* - 30	Bangor Broken Broomsticks
Liverpuddly Cannons	200* - 40	St Andrews Snidgets
Sheffield Squids	130 - 80*	Bangor Broken Broomsticks
Liverpuddly Cannons	110 - 60*	Bangor Broken Broomsticks
St Andrews Snidgets	60 - 180*	Sheffield Squids

Group E

Leeds Griffins	30 - 120*	Loughborough Longshots
Glasgow Grim Reapers	20 - 100*	Chester Centurions
Glasgow Grim Reapers	120* - 40	Leeds Griffins
Chester Centurions	140* - 70	Loughborough Longshots
Glasgow Grim Reapers	60 - 90*	Loughborough Longshots
Leeds Griffins	10 - 140*	Chester Centurions

Ranking Stage

In each ranking bracket the participants of the second match would be the loser of a higher-ranked first match playing the winner of the next lower-ranked first match. For example, Chester Centurions lost against Velociraptors in their first match so they then played against Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts who won the next match down in the rankings. The exceptions to this are the winners of the highest-ranked first match (Velociraptors and Olympians Quidditch Club) and the losers of the lowest-ranked first match (Manchester Minotaurs and Sheffield Steelfins) in each ranking bracket who all did not play a second match.

Ranking Bracket 1

Round 1					Round 2
Match Number	Team Ranking	Team	Score		Match Number	Team	Score
1	1st	Velociraptors	220*		11	Chester Centurions	50
	4th	Chester Centurions	0			Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	190*
3	6th	Sheffield Squids	30		13	Sheffield Squids	140*
	7th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	210*			Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds	50
5	9th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds	150*		15	York Horntails	40
	12th	York Horntails	30			St Andrews Snidgets	130*
7	14th	St Andrews Snidgets	140*		17	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	30
	15th	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	20			Durhamstrang	180*
9	17th	Durhamstrang	80°°°[nb 1]
	20th	Manchester Minotaurs	70*°°[nb 1]

Ranking Bracket 2

Round 1					Round 2
Match Number	Team Ranking	Team	Score		Match Number	Team	Score
2	2nd	Megalodons	80		12	Megalodons	130*
	3rd	Olympians Quidditch Club	100*			Liverpuddly Cannons	40
4	5th	Liverpuddly Cannons	100*		14	Leicester Thestrals	170*
	8th	Leicester Thestrals	90			Loughborough Longshots	70
6	10th	Loughborough Longshots	100		16	Glasgow Grim Reapers	140*
	11th	Glasgow Grim Reapers	40*			Nottingham Nightmares	60
8	13th	Nottingham Nightmares	160*		18	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	60
	16th	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	40			Leeds Griffins	100*
10	18th	Leeds Griffins	120*
	19th	Sheffield Steelfins	50

Notes

1. The score was tied after the snitch catch resulting in the match going into overtime, however the score was still tied after the overtime period. This resulted in second overtime which ended immediately upon Durhamstrang scoring a goal.

Play-in Stage

As a result of the grass pitches not being used because of the weather, the play-in stage was significantly cut down. It was originally scheduled that all teams would compete in this stage to determine the final standings, however only half the planned number of matches were played and as a result some teams did not play any matches in this stage.

Final

	Play-in				Final
	Velociraptors	180*
	Megalodons	0
					Velociraptors	120
					Olympians Quidditch Club	60*
	Olympians Quidditch Club	90*
	Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	60
					Third place
					Megalodons	80
					Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	110*

7th place playoff

	Play-in				7th place playoff
	Chester Centurions	30
	Leicester Thestrals	140*
					Chester Centurions	110*
					Sheffield Squids	100
	Liverpuddly Cannons	150
	Sheffield Squids	70*

15th place playoff

Play-in			15th place playoff
Team	Score		Team	Score
York Horntails	90		York Horntails	150*
Leeds Griffins	180*		Durhamstrang	0FF[nb 1]
Nottingham Nightmares	150*
Durhamstrang	70

Notes

1. The match did not actually take place as Durhamstrang forfeited the match.

Final standings

Position	Team		Position	Team		Position	Team
1st	Velociraptors		9th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds		17th	Bangor Broken Broomsticks
2nd	Olympians Quidditch Club		10th	Loughborough Longshots		18th	Sheffield Steelfins
3rd	Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts		11th	St Andrews Snidgets		19th	Manchester Minotaurs
4th	Megalodons		12th	Glasgow Grim Reapers		20th	Stirling Dumyat Dragons
5th	Leicester Thestrals		13th	Nottingham Nightmares
6th	Liverpuddly Cannons		14th	Leeds Griffins
7th	Chester Centurions		15th	York Horntails
8th	Sheffield Squids		16th	Durhamstrang

2021/2022

Due to COVID-19, the planned Northern Cup that would have taken place in November 2020 for the 2020/2021 season was cancelled. For the 2021/2022 season, the new format came in with only university teams competing and the tournament split into two different 1 day round-robin fixtures.

Northern 1

The first fixture took place at the Salford Sports Village in Manchester on 8 November 2021. The tournament results were as follows:^[16]

Division 1

Final standings

Placement	Team	W	L	Total Points Scored	Points From Goals	Snitch Catches
1st	Holyrood Hippogriffs	4	0	460	340	4
2nd	Leicester Thestrals	3	1	480	390	3
3rd	Liverpuddly Cannons	2	2	410	350	2
4th	Leeds Griffins	1	3	70	40	1
5th	Sheffield Squids	0	4	120	120	0

Sheffield Squids moved down to Division 2 for the second fixture.

Full Scores

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Liverpuddly Cannons	120* - 10	Leeds Griffins	19:18
Holyrood Hippogriffs	100* - 30	Leicester Thestrals	20:31
Holyrood Hippogriffs	100* - 20	Sheffield Squids	20:07
Leicester Thestrals	140* - 0	Leeds Griffins	18:37
Liverpuddly Cannons	130* - 30	Sheffield Squids	18:20
Holyrood Hippogriffs	140* - 10	Leeds Griffins	18:58
Leicester Thestrals	150* - 40	Sheffield Squids	18:00
Liverpuddly Cannons	70 - 160*	Leicester Thestrals	18:00
Liverpuddly Cannons	90 - 120*	Holyrood Hippogriffs	26:36
Sheffield Squids	30 - 50*	Leeds Griffins	21:26

Division 2

Final standings

Placement	Team	W	L	Total Points Scored	Points From Goals	Snitch Catches
1st	Manchester Manticores	4	0	420	390	1
2nd	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	3	1	560	500	2
3rd	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	2	2	370	310	2
4th	York Horntails	1	3	190	130	2
5th	Durhamstrang	0	4	220	130	3

Manchester Manticores moved up to Division 1 for the second fixture.

Full Scores

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
York Horntails	50* - 200	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	24:30
Durhamstrang	110* - 150	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	29:46
York Horntails	50 - 90*	Manchester Manticores	18:00
Manchester Manticores	100 - 50*	Durhamstrang	18:00
Bangor Broken Broomsticks	160* - 70	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	29:08
Manchester Manticores	90 - 60*	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	30:14
York Horntails	70* - 20	Durhamstrang	21:23
Bangor Broken Broomsticks	120 - 40*	Durhamstrang	23:51
York Horntails	20 - 90*	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	18:00
Bangor Broken Broomsticks	80* - 140	Manchester Manticores	28:30

Northern 2

The second fixture was scheduled to take place in Edinburgh on 26 February 2022, however it was cancelled due to the venue deeming the pitches unplayable. Spots for the upcoming EQC and BQC tournaments would be based on the results of the Northern 1 fixture.^[17]

2022/2023

The first Northern fixture of the 2022/2023 season was on 12 November 2022 taking place in the North with the second fixture scheduled for 18 February 2023 taking place in either Scotland or the North East.^[18]

Southern Cup

2014

The first Southern Cup was hosted by Southampton Quidditch Club on 8–9 November. 8 teams competed over the weekend. The first day consisted of two groups of 4 teams each while the second day was a knockout. By the end of the weekend Oxfords Radcliffe Chimeras claimed gold, Southampton silver and London Unspeakables 3rd. The full brackets and final standings where as follows:

Bracket Play

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	340
	Norwich Nifflers	0
					Radcliffe Chimeras	210*
					Falmouth Falcons	10
	Reading Rocs	40
	Falmouth Falcons	170*
									Radcliffe Chimeras	140*
									Southampton QC	30
	Southampton QC	130*
	Bristol Brizzlepuffs	0
					Southampton QC	170*
					London Unspeakables	20			Third place
	London Unspeakables	70*
	Oxford Quidlings	60
									Falmouth Falcons	40
									London Unspeakables	50*

Final standings

Position	Team	Stage
1st	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	Final
2nd	Southampton Quidditch Club	Final
3rd	London Unspeakables	Semis
4th	Falmouth Falcons	Semis
5th-8th	Bristol Brizzlepuffs	Quarters
5th-8th	Oxford Quidlings	Quarters
5th-8th	Norwich Nifflers	Quarters
5th-8th	Reading Rocs	Quarters

2015

The second Southern Cup was held on 14 and 15 November at Horspath Athletics Track (oxford), was due to follow a similar structure to its northern counterpart.^[19] However, due to technical issues the Consolation bracket had to be cancelled. Seventeen teams competed over the weekend with Oxfords Radcliffe Chimeras eventually claiming Gold. the upper bracket results are as follows:

Bracket play

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	130
	Southampton QC 2	50*
					Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	90*
					Brizzlebears	20
	Brizzlebears	100*
	Falmouth	90
									Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	130*
									Warwick QC	90
	Taxes QC	40
	Warwick QC	130*
					Warwick QC	80*
					Southampton QC 1	30			Third place
	Southampton QC 1	110*
	Werewolves of London	10
									Southampton QC	100*
									Brizzlebears	0

Final standings

Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage
1st	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	Final		9th	Swansea Seven Swans	Groups		17th	Exeter Patronums	Groups
2nd	Warwick QC	Final		10th	Reading Rocs	Groups
3rd	Southampton QC firsts	Semis		11th	Cambridge University QC	Groups
4th	BrizzleBears	Semis		12th	Oxford Quidlings	Groups
5th	Falmouth Falcons	Quarters		13th	BrizzleBees	Groups
6th	Werewolves of London	Quarters		14th	Norwich Nifflers	Groups
7th	Southampton QC seconds	Quarters		15th	London Unspeakables	Groups
8th	Taxes Quidditch	Quarters		16th	Portsmouth Horntail Strikers	Groups

2016

The third Southern Cup took place on 29–30 October at Millbrook Rugby Club in Southampton. 17 teams competed over the weekend with the top 16 qualifying for the coming British Quidditch cup. The weekend followed a similar structure to last years with day one being group stage and day to single elimination knockout. Due to only 16 teams qualifying for BQC a play in match between the two lowest seed teams after day one was played to distinguish 16th and 17th place. by the end of the tournament Warwick QC had claimed gold, the full bracket results and final standings where as follows:

Upper bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Werewolves of London	180
	Portsmouth	30*
					Werewolves of London	130*
					BrizzleBears	40
	BrizzleBears	140*
	Swansea	40
									Warwick QC	40*
									Werewolves of London	20
	Warwick QC	110*
	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	30
					Warwick QC	110*
					London Unspeakables	0			Third place
	London Unspeakables	110*^
	Southampton QC Firsts	80
									BrizzleBears	110*
									London Unspeakables	30

Consolation bracket

Play-in games

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Oxford Quidlings

50

Southampton QC Seconds

130*

Oxford Quidlings

130*

The Flying Chaucers

60

Southampton QC Seconds

40

Exeter

110*

Exeter Eagles

50

Cambridge University QC

170*

Exeter Eagles

70*

Falmouth

120^

BrizzleBees

120*^

Reading Rocs

90

Falmouth

140

BrizzleBees

70*

Norwich

0

Falmouth

160*

Final standings

Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage
1st	Warwick QC	Final		9th	Falmouth Falcons	LB Final		17th	Flying Chaucers	LB play-ins
2nd	Werewolves of London	Final		10th	Exeter Eagles	LB Final
3rd	BrizzleBears	Semis		11th	Southampton QC Seconds	LB Semis
4th	London Unspeakables	Semis		12th	BrizzleBees	LB semis
5th	Southampton QC Firsts	Quarters		13th	Oxford Quidlings	LB Quarters
6th	Swansea Seven Swans	Quarters		14th	Cambridge University QC	LB Quarters
7th	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	Quarters		15th	Reading Rocs	LB Quarters
8th	Portsmouth	Quarters		16th	Norwich Nifflers	LB semis Quarters

2017

The fourth Southern Cup took place on 11–12 November at Millbrook Rugby Club in Southampton. 21 teams competed over the weekend with the Top 15 qualifying for the coming British Quidditch cup. The weekend followed a similar structure to the format of previous years, with day one having group stage matches and day two containing single elimination playoffs. Due to only 15 teams qualifying for BQC, play in matches took place between the lowest seeded teams in the Lower Bracket to determine the teams that qualify. The tournament was won by Southampton QC Firsts. The full bracket results are as follows:

Upper bracket

Play-in games

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Werewolves of London

150

Exeter Eagles

30*

Bristol Bees

20

Exeter Eagles

130*

Werewolves of London

90*

Warwick QC

50

Warwick QC

70*

London Unspeakables

40

Southampton QC Firsts

140*

Werewolves of London

90

Southampton QC Firsts

130

Portsmouth Strikers

30*

Reading Knights

50

Portsmouth Strikers

70*

Southampton QC Firsts

130*

Bristol Bears

10

Third place

Radcliffe Chimeras

40

Warwick QC

120*

Bristol Bears

70*

Bristol Bears

30

Consolation bracket

Play-in games

Quarter-finals (BQC qualification)

Semi-finals

Final

Falmouth Falcons

W

London Unbreakables

FF

London Unbreakables

120*

Norwich Nifflers

70

Falmouth Falcons

160*

Cambridge University QC

40

Bath QC

70*°

Cambridge University QC

90°°

Falmouth Falcons

70*

Southampton QC Seconds

60

Southampton QC Seconds

120

Oxford Quidlings

10

Oxford Quidlings

W

The Flying Chaucers

FF

Southampton QC Seconds

70*

Swansea Swans

20

Swansea Swans

130*

Bournemouth Banshees

30

Bournemouth Banshees

W

Winchester Wampus

FF

2018

The fifth Southern Cup took place on 24–25 November at Knole Academy in Sevenoaks, Kent. 18 teams competed over the weekend, with the top 14 qualifying for the upcoming British Quidditch Cup. Furthermore, the top 7 teams would qualify for EQT, the nationwide qualifying tournament for the European Quidditch Cup. On the first day, two groups of five and two groups of four played each other. Unlike Northern Cup, there was no consolation bracket. Instead, all 18 teams would compete in the upper bracket, with the bottom 4 teams participating in play-in games. The tournament was won by the Werewolves of London.

Upper bracket

Play-in games

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Werewolves of London

150*

Bristol Bears

0

Bristol Bears

190*

Cambridge Quidditch Club

70

Werewolves of London

160*

Werewolves of London Seconds

10

Portsmouth Strikers

70*

Werewolves of London Seconds

130

Werewolves of London

170*

London Unspeakables

20

London Unspeakables

190

Norwich Nifflers

70*

London Unspeakables

210*

Bath Quidditch Club

10

Exeter Eagles

120°°

Bath Quidditch Club

140**

Werewolves of London

70*

London Quidditch Club

60

London Quidditch Club

320*

Southampton Quidditch Club Seconds

0

London Unbreakables

140°[nb 1]

Southampton Quidditch Club Seconds

190°[nb 1]

London Quidditch Club

150

Oxford Mammoths

30*

Oxford Mammoths

140*

Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras

50

London Quidditch Club

220*

Southampton Quidditch Club

0

Third place

Warwick Quidditch Club

110*

London Unspeakables

120*

Swansea Swans

40

Southampton Quidditch Club

90

Warwick Quidditch Club

60

Southampton Quidditch Club

170*

Southampton Quidditch Club

170*

Bournemouth Banshees

0

Notes

1. The snitch survived for 45 minutes and thus the game was decided on quaffle points alone.

EQT play-offs

	EQT play-offs				Fifth Place
	Werewolves of London Seconds	160*
	Bath Quidditch Club	30
					Werewolves of London Seconds	30
					Oxford Mammoths	120*
	Oxford Mammoths	230*
	Warwick Quidditch Club	10
					Seventh Place/EQT play-off
					Bath Quidditch Club	110*
					Warwick Quidditch Club	100

BQC play-offs

Of the 8 Round of 16 losers, the bottom 4 were chosen to face off for the final two BQC spots.

Swansea Swans	230*	20	Southampton Quidditch Club Seconds
Norwich Nifflers	90	180*	Bristol Bears

2019

The sixth Southern Cup took place on 9–10 November at the Harcout Hill Campus at Oxford Brookes University. Sixteen teams competed over the weekend. On the first day, 4 groups of four teams each played each other. At the end of this group stage, each team would play a team from a different group that was ranked at the same level. For example, the top ranked team of group A (London Unspeakables) played against the top ranked team of group B (Werewolves of London Firsts). Teams that won this play-off played a team from the rank above them who lost their first match and vice versa. The exception were the losers of lowest-ranked play-off (Bournemouth Banshees and Bristol Bears) and the winners of the highest-ranked play-off (Werewolves of London Firsts and London Quidditch Club A) who did not play a second match in this stage. This 'ranking' stage took place over the end of day 1 and start of day 2. The final 'play-in' stage consisted of four team brackets, with the teams playing a 'semi-final' then either a 'final' or 'consolation' match within their bracket. Thus the top bracket of 4 teams was playing for 1st - 4th, the second bracket was playing for 5th–8th and so on. The teams that finished the tournament in the upper brackets qualified to compete at the British Quidditch Cup in April 2020, however this tournament was later cancelled due to COVID-19. In addition, the team that won the tournament, Werewolves of London Firsts, was immediately eligible to attend European Quidditch Cup Division 1. Any teams that finished in the lower brackets were eligible to play at the Development Cup which was held in Salford Sports Village on 7–8 March 2020.^[20] The results of the tournament were as follows:^[21]

Group stage

Group A

Placement	Team	W	L
1st	London Unspeakables	3	0
2nd	Warwick Quidditch Club	2	1
3rd	Southsea Quidditch Club	1	2
4th	Bristol Bears	0	3

London Unspeakables	180* - 40	Southsea Quidditch Club
Warwick Quidditch Club	130* - 20	Bristol Bears
London Unspeakables	160 - 50*	Warwick Quidditch Club
Southsea Quidditch Club	190* - 30	Bristol Bears
London Unspeakables	250* - 10	Bristol Bears
Southsea Quidditch Club	10 - 60*	Warwick Quidditch Club

Group B

Placement	Team	W	L
1st	Werewolves of London Firsts	3	0
2nd	Bath Quidditch Club	2	1
3rd	London Unbreakables	1	2
4th	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	0	3

Werewolves of London Firsts	210* - 0	Bath Quidditch Club
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	120 - 150*	London Unbreakables
Werewolves of London Firsts	240* - 0	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras
Bath Quidditch Club	170* - 40	London Unbreakables
Werewolves of London Firsts	290* - 10	London Unbreakables
Bath Quidditch Club	160* - 70	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras

Group C

Placement	Team	W	L
1st	London Quidditch Club A	3	0
2nd	Werewolves of London Seconds	2	1
3rd	London Unstoppables	1	2
4th	Swansea Swans	0	3

London Quidditch Club A	190 - 70*	Werewolves of London Seconds
London Unstoppables	70* - 30	Swansea Swans
London Quidditch Club A	180* - 20	London Unstoppables
Werewolves of London Seconds	130* - 10	Swansea Swans
London Quidditch Club A	230* - 0	Swansea Swans
Werewolves of London Seconds	130* - 30	London Unstoppables

Group D

Placement	Team	W	L
1st	Oxford Mammoths	3	0
2nd	Southampton Quidditch Club	2	1
3rd	London Quidditch Club B	1	2
4th	Bournemouth Banshees	0	3

Southampton Quidditch Club	150* - 70	London Quidditch Club B
Oxford Mammoths	200* - 20	Bournemouth Banshees
Southampton Quidditch Club	100* - 130	Oxford Mammoths
London Quidditch Club B	190* - 70	Bournemouth Banshees
Southampton Quidditch Club	120* - 0	Bournemouth Banshees
Oxford Mammoths	160* - 30	London Quidditch Club B

Ranking Stage

Ranking Bracket 1

Round 1				Round 2
Match Number	Team	Score		Match Number	Team	Score
1	London Unspeakables	20		9	London Unspeakables	140
	Werewolves of London Firsts	100*			Southampton Quidditch Club	70*
3	Werewolves of London Seconds	80		11	Werewolves of London Seconds	90
	Southampton Quidditch Club	90*			Southsea Quidditch Club	120*
5	Southsea Quidditch Club	170*		13	London Unbreakables	0
	London Unbreakables	20			Swansea Swans	90*
7	Swansea Swans	140*
	Bournemouth Banshees	10

Ranking Bracket 2

Round 1				Round 2
Match Number	Team	Score		Match Number	Team	Score
2	London Quidditch Club A	150		10	Oxford Mammoths	70*
	Oxford Mammoths	50*			Warwick Quidditch Club	20
4	Warwick Quidditch Club	60*		12	Bath Quidditch Club	0
	Bath Quidditch Club	20			London Quidditch Club B	100*
6	London Unstoppables	40		14	London Unstoppables	120*
	London Quidditch Club B	60*			Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	50
8	Bristol Bears	90
	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	200*

Play-in Stage

Bracket 1 (1st - 4th)

	Play-in				Final
	Werewolves of London Firsts	150*
	Oxford Mammoths	40
					Werewolves of London Firsts	160°°
					London Unspeakables	120*°
	London Quidditch Club A	70
	London Unspeakables	90*
					3rd-place play-off
					Oxford Mammoths	10
					London Quidditch Club A	160*

Bracket 2 (5th–8th)

	Play-in				5th-place play-off
	Southampton Quidditch Club	90°*
	London Quidditch Club B	60*°
					Southampton Quidditch Club	170*
					Southsea Quidditch Club	70
	Warwick Quidditch Club	30
	Southsea Quidditch Club	60*
					7th-place play-off
					London Quidditch Club B	140*
					Warwick Quidditch Club	80

Bracket 3 (9th–12th)

	Play-in				9th-place play-off
	Werewolves of London Seconds	160*
	London Unstoppables	60
					Werewolves of London Seconds	150*
					Swansea Swans	0
	Bath Quidditch Club	70
	Swansea Swans	130*
					11th-place play-off
					London Unstoppables	170*
					Bath Quidditch Club	50

Bracket 4 (13th–16th)

	Play-in				13th-place play-off
	London Unbreakables	70
	Bristol Bears	170*
					Bristol Bears	100
					Bournemouth Banshees	120*
	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	40
	Bournemouth Banshees	110*
					15th-place play-off
					London Unbreakables	80
					Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	170*

Final standings

Position	Team		Position	Team
1st	Werewolves of London Firsts		9th	Werewolves of London Seconds
2nd	London Unspeakables		10th	Swansea Swans
3rd	London Quidditch Club A		11th	London Unstoppables
4th	Oxford Mammoths		12th	Bath Quidditch Club
5th	Southampton Quidditch Club		13th	Bournemouth Banshees
6th	Southsea Quidditch Club		14th	Bristol Bears
7th	London Quidditch Club B		15th	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras
8th	Warwick Quidditch Club		16th	London Unbreakables

2021/2022

Due to COVID-19, the planned Southern Cup that would have taken place in November 2020 for the 2020/2021 season was cancelled. For the 2021/2022 season, the new format came in with only university teams competing and the tournament split into two different 1 day round-robin fixtures.

Southern 1

The first fixture took place on 20 November 2021 at the King's House Sports Ground in London.^[22] As only five teams were competing, only one division was used. The fixture results were as follows:^[23][9]

Placement	Team	W	L	QPD [note 1]	QPD - C [note 2]	Snitch Catches
1st	Southampton Quidditch Club	4	0	340	270	3
2nd	Warwick Quidditch Club	3	1	120	120	2
3rd	Exeter Eagles	1	3	-50	-50	2
4th	Oxford Universities Quidditch Club (Radcliffe Chimeras)	1	3	-90	-70	2
5th	Bristol Bears	0	4	-320	-270	1

1. Quaffle Point Difference - point differential between teams ignoring the 30 points from snitch catch. For example Warwick (110) had an 80 QPD against Bristol (60*) in their game, and Bristol had a -80 QPD against Warwick.
2. Quaffle Point Difference Capped - QPD but capped to a maximum of 90 points/minimum of -90 points.

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Warwick Quidditch Club	110 - 60*	Bristol Bears	18:00
Southampton Quidditch Club	110* - 50	Exeter Eagles	19:13
Warwick Quidditch Club	180* - 110	Oxford Universities Quidditch Club	33:31
Southampton Quidditch Club	220 - 110*	Oxford Universities Quidditch Club	41:23 (OT)
Bristol Bears	60 - 140*	Exeter Eagles	29:28
Warwick Quidditch Club	100* - 10	Exeter Eagles	18:18
Bristol Bears	20 - 100*	Oxford Universities Quidditch Club	22:57
Southampton Quidditch Club	180* - 70	Bristol Bears	18:00
Oxford Universities Quidditch Club	90 - 110*	Exeter Eagles	18:00
Southampton Quidditch Club	110* - 20	Warwick Quidditch Club	18:00

Southern 2

The second fixture was originally scheduled to take place on 20 February 2022 at the Cardiff City House of Sport in Cardiff, however it was postponed due to storm damage to the venue and instead took place on 12 March at the same location.^[24] The fixture results were as follows:^[25]

Placement	Team	W	L	QPD	QPD - C	Snitch Catches
1st	Southampton Quidditch Club	4	0	230	220	3
2nd	Exeter Eagles	3	1	190	190	1
3rd	Oxford Universities Quidditch Club (Radcliffe Chimeras)	2	2	-30	-30	3
4th	Warwick Quidditch Club	1	3	-160	-150	2
5th	Bristol Bears	0	4	-230	-230	1

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Southampton Quidditch Club	130* - 20	Bristol Bears	20:30
Warwick Quidditch Club	100* - 130	Exeter Eagles	23:17 (OT)
Warwick Quidditch Club	90* - 110	Oxford Universities Quidditch Club	28:23 (OT)
Southampton Quidditch Club	160* - 30	Warwick Quidditch Club	26:05
Exeter Eagles	130* - 30	Bristol Bears	19:56
Southampton Quidditch Club	100 - 90*	Oxford Universities Quidditch Club	18:15
Warwick Quidditch Club	100 - 80*	Bristol Bears	19:28
Southampton Quidditch Club	130* - 90	Exeter Eagles	22:04
Exeter Eagles	100 - 60*	Oxford Universities Quidditch Club	18:00
Oxford Universities Quidditch Club	110* - 50	Bristol Bears	23:49

2022/2023

The first Southern fixture of the 2022/2023 season is scheduled for 5 November 2022 taking place in the South West with the second fixture scheduled for 11 February 2023 taking place in the South.^[18]

Community League

The Community League was started in 2021 after the Northern and Southern Cups were made into tournaments only for university quidditch teams. It acts as an

Community League

Tournament information
Established	2021
Administrator	QuidditchUK
Format	Round-Robin
Participants	14 (in 2022)
Number of events	3
Website	QuidditchUK website
Current champion
London Quidditch Club A
Fixture 1
Dates	July
Fixture 2
Dates	August
Fixture 3
Dates	September

equivalent tournament for community teams. The format is the same as the updated Northern and Southern format, with teams divided into divisions of around 5 teams each that compete at multiple one day round-robin fixtures in a season. The relegation and promotion system is also the same with teams that place last in a fixture being relegated to a lower division and teams that place first being promoted to a higher one. The Community League has three fixtures per season (compared with the two fixtures per season for Northern and Southern) and final rankings after all fixtures are used to determine seedings and qualification for the British Quidditch Cup and European Qualifier Tournament.

2021/2022 Season

Fixture 1

The debut fixture of the Community League was planned to take place on 14 August 2021, however in June the decision was made to cancel this fixture to allow teams more time to prepare for full-contact games after social distancing regulations due to COVID-19 were relaxed. On 4 September, the first fixture was attended by 9 teams and took place at the Derby Rugby Football Club in Derby.^[26][27] Due to a number of teams being unable to attend, this fixture was decided beforehand to have no effect on the rest of the competitive season. For example, there would be no promotions or relegations between divisions based on the tournament and the results would not be used for seedings for the British Quidditch Cup or European Qualifier Tournament. In addition, the originally planned three divisions was reduced to two based on the attendance numbers.^[28] The full results were as follows:^[29]

Derby

Manchester

London

Slough

Locations of the Community League fixtures

Division 1

Placement	Team	W	L
1st	Velociraptors	4	0
2nd	Werewolves of London Firsts	3	1
3rd	London Quidditch Club A	2	2
4th	London Unspeakables	1	3
5th	Olympians Quidditch Club	0	4

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Werewolves of London Firsts	130* - 80	Olympians Quidditch Club	20:31
Velociraptors	110 - 70*	London Quidditch Club A	18:26
Velociraptors	130* - 40	London Unspeakables	18:52
Werewolves of London Firsts	140* - 40	London Unspeakables	20:33
London Quidditch Club A	210* - 140	Olympians Quidditch Club	29:24
Velociraptors	120* - 50	Olympians Quidditch Club	19:15
London Quidditch Club A	110* - 30	London Unspeakables	18:37
Werewolves of London Firsts	140 - 90*	London Quidditch Club A	27:23 (OT)
London Unspeakables	130* - 120	Olympians Quidditch Club	18:00
Velociraptors	140* - 100	Werewolves of London Firsts	26:24

Division 2

Placement	Team	W	L
1st	Southsea Quidditch	3	0
2nd	West Country Rebels	2	1
3rd	East Midlands Vipers	1	2
4th	Kelpies Quidditch Club	0	3

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Southsea Quidditch	150* - 10	West Country Rebels	20:01
Kelpies Quidditch Club	70* - 100	East Midlands Vipers	18:54
Southsea Quidditch	170* - 120	Kelpies Quidditch Club
West Country Rebels	80* - 50	East Midlands Vipers
Southsea Quidditch	110 - 60*	East Midlands Vipers	21:03 (OT)
West Country Rebels	110 - 90*	Kelpies Quidditch Club	27:28 (OT)

Fixture 2

A second fixture took place on 9 October 2021 at King's House Sports Ground in London and was attended by 12 teams.^[30] The originally planned three divisions were used at this tournament with 4 teams in each, teams competed in a round-robin before doing play-offs for 1st / 2nd place and 3rd / 4th place within each division to determine the final rankings.

The full results were as follows:^[31]

Division 1

Placement	Team
1st	Werewolves of London Firsts
2nd	London Quidditch Club A
3rd	Velociraptors
4th	London Unspeakables

Match	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Round-robin	London Quidditch Club A	30 - 80*	Werewolves of London Firsts	18:10
	Velociraptors	120* - 40	London Unspeakables	19:38
	London Unspeakables	50 - 140*	Werewolves of London Firsts	20:22
	Velociraptors	30 - 140*	London Quidditch Club A	19:25
	London Unspeakables	80* - 140	London Quidditch Club A	29:22 (OT)
	Velociraptors	180* - 160	Werewolves of London Firsts	29:41 (OT)
3rd / 4th play-off	Velociraptors	140* - 10	London Unspeakables	20:08
1st / 2nd play-off	London Quidditch Club A	70 - 140*	Werewolves of London Firsts	18:20

Division 2

Placement	Team
1st	Olympians Quidditch Club
2nd	Oxford Mammoths
3rd	Southsea Quidditch
4th	London Quidditch Club B

Match	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Round-robin	Olympians Quidditch Club	110* - 40	Southsea Quidditch	18:47
	Oxford Mammoths	120 - 60*	London Quidditch Club B	26:52 (OT)
	London Quidditch Club B	60 - 160*	Southsea Quidditch	24:08
	Oxford Mammoths	30 - 130*	Olympians Quidditch Club	19:29
	Oxford Mammoths	90* - 70	Southsea Quidditch	21:55
	Olympians Quidditch Club	150* - 20	London Quidditch Club B	18:28
3rd / 4th play-off	Southsea Quidditch	150* - 20	London Quidditch Club B	23:40
1st / 2nd play-off	Olympians Quidditch Club	110 - 40	Oxford Mammoths	21:17 (OT)

Division 3

Placement	Team
1st	Werewolves of London Seconds
2nd	West Country Rebels
3rd	East Midlands Vipers
4th	London Unbreakables

Match	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Round-robin	London Unbreakables	30* - 100	West Country Rebels
	East Midlands Vipers	10 - 110*	Werewolves of London Seconds	18:10
	East Midlands Vipers	70* - 100	West Country Rebels	28:03 (OT)
	London Unbreakables	30* - 220	Werewolves of London Seconds	26:57
	Werewolves of London Seconds	80 - 60*	West Country Rebels
	East Midlands Vipers	140 - 50*	London Unbreakables	18:44
3rd / 4th play-off	East Midlands Vipers	160* - 20	London Unbreakables	18:00
1st / 2nd play-off	Werewolves of London Seconds	130* - 40	West Country Rebels	22:47

2022/2023 Season

Fixture 1

The first Community League fixture of the season took place on 2 July 2022 at the All Hallows RC High School in Manchester with 10 teams competing in a round-robin over 3 divisions.^[32][33] The fixture was originally scheduled to take place at the Salford Sports Village however due to a COVID outbreak at the venue the location was changed the day before the event.^[34][35]

The full results were as follows (teams in italics did not attend the fixture):

Division 1

Placement	Team
1st	Werewolves of London Firsts
2nd	Olympians Quidditch Club
3rd	Velociraptors
4th	London Quidditch Club
5th	London Unspeakables (Relegated)

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Werewolves of London Firsts	130* - 120	Olympians Quidditch Club	29:58
Velociraptors	30 -120*	Werewolves of London Firsts	20:11
Olympians Quidditch Club	110* - 90	Velociraptors	21:32

Division 2

Placement	Team
1st	Werewolves of London Seconds (Promoted)
2nd	Southsea Quidditch
3rd	Oxford Mammoths
4th	Kelpies Quidditch Club
5th	East Midlands Vipers (Relegated)

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Oxford Mammoths	120 - 40*	Kelpies Quidditch Club	26:01
Werewolves of London Seconds	120* - 110	Southsea Quidditch	22:12
Southsea Quidditch	140 - 100*	Kelpies Quidditch Club	28:31 (OT)
Oxford Mammoths	80* - 130	Werewolves of London Seconds	22:35 (OT)
Oxford Mammoths	60 - 120*	Southsea Quidditch	21:55
Kelpies Quidditch Club	30 - 120*	Werewolves of London Seconds	20:40

Division 3

Placement	Team
1st	Phoenix Quidditch (Promoted)
2nd	Prometheans (Olympians Seconds)
3rd	West Country Rebels
4th	Birmingham Badgers

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
West Country Rebels	50 - 170*	Phoenix Quidditch	31:49
Prometheans	10 - 90*	Phoenix Quidditch	20:38
West Country Rebels	40 - 170*	Prometheans	22:37

Fixture 2

The second fixture took place on 13 August 2022 at the Derby Rugby Football Club in Derby with 13 teams competing over 3 divisions.^[36] Due to extreme heat the event utilised the new IQA recommendations for water breaks.^[37] The event also coincided with a national rail strike on the same day.^[38]

The full results were as follows:

Division 1

Placement	Team
1st	Werewolves of London Firsts
2nd	London Quidditch Club A
3rd	Olympians Quidditch Club
4th	Werewolves of London Seconds
5th	Velociraptors (Relegated)

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Olympians Quidditch Club	150* - 50	Velociraptors	21:49
Werewolves of London Firsts	170* - 20	Werewolves of London Seconds	22:00
Velociraptors	80* - 150	London Quidditch Club A	29:00 (OT)
Werewolves of London Firsts	120* - 40	London Quidditch Club A	20:55
Werewolves of London Seconds	70 - 160*	Olympians Quidditch Club	24:07
Velociraptors	100 - 120*	Werewolves of London Seconds	28:51
London Quidditch Club A	110 - 100*	Olympians Quidditch Club	28:36 (OT)
Werewolves of London Firsts	100* - 40	Olympians Quidditch Club	20:15
Werewolves of London Firsts	120* - 0	Velociraptors	Abandoned
London Quidditch Club A	210* - 50	Werewolves of London Seconds	20:33

Division 2

Placement	Team
1st	Phoenix Quidditch (Promoted)
2nd	Southsea Quidditch
3rd	Kelpies Quidditch Club
4th	Oxford Mammoths

Division 3

Placement	Team
1st	Prometheans (Olympians Seconds) (Promoted)
2nd	London Quidditch Club B
3rd	East Midlands Vipers
4th	West Country Rebels

Fixture 3

The third and final Community League fixture of the season took place on 17 September 2022 at the Farnham Common Sports Club in Slough with 14 teams competing over 3 divisions.^[39]

Division 1

Placement	Team
1st	London Quidditch Club A
2nd	Werewolves of London Firsts
3rd	Olympians Quidditch Club
4th	Werewolves of London Seconds
5th	Phoenix Quidditch (Relegated)

Division 2

Placement	Team
1st	Velociraptors (Promoted)
2nd	Southsea Quidditch
3rd	Prometheans (Olympians Seconds)
4th	Oxford Mammoths
5th	Kelpies Quidditch Club (Relegated)

Division 3

Placement	Team
1st	London Quidditch Club B (Promoted)
2nd	West Country Rebels
3rd	East Midlands Vipers
4th	Werewolves of London Thirds

See also

• Sports portal

• International Quidditch Association
• Quidditch (real-life sport)