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, who 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
SportQuidditch
LocationFrankfurt, Germany
Dates23–24 July 2016
Administrator(s)International Quidditch Association
Tournament
format(s)
Pool Play+Knockout
Host(s)Deutscher Quidditchbund
Venue(s)Rebstockanlage
Teams21 (of 4 continents)
Final positions
Champion Australia
1st runner-up United States
2nd runner-up United Kingdom
Tournament statistics
Matches played71
Points scored12450 (175.35 per match)

Participating teams
     Champion      Runner-up      Third place      Participant      Withdrawn

23 teams were expected to participate to the Cup:[12]

TeamPrevious appearances in tournament[lower-alpha 1]
 Australia2 (2012, 2014)
 Austria
 Belgium2 (2014, 2015)
 Brazil
 Canada2 (2012, 2014)
 Catalonia1 (2015)
 France3 (2012, 2014, 2015)
 Germany (host)1 (2015)
 Ireland1 (2015)
 Italy1 (2015)
 Mexico1 (2014)
 Netherlands1 (2015)
 Norway1 (2015)
 Peruwithdrawn
 Poland1 (2015)
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 South Korea
 Spain1 (2015)
 Turkey1 (2015)
 Ugandawithdrawn
 United Kingdom3 (2012, 2014, 2015)
 United States2 (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
TeamRank
 United StatesW1
 AustraliaW2
 CanadaW3
 FranceE1
 United KingdomE2
Pod 2
TeamRank
 MexicoW5
 NorwayE3
 BelgiumE4
 ItalyE5
 TurkeyE6
Pod 3
TeamRank
 CataloniaE7
 GermanyE8
 SpainE9
 NetherlandsE10
 IrelandE11
Pod 4
TeamRank
 PolandE12
 Uganda–
 South Korea–
 Brazil–
 Slovakia–
Pod 5
TeamRank
 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
TeamPod
 France1
 Italy2
 Netherlands3
 Uganda (withdrawn)4
 Slovenia5
Pool 2
TeamPod
 Australia1
 Belgium2
 Ireland3
 Slovakia4
Pool 3
TeamPod
 United Kingdom1
 Turkey2
 Spain3
 South Korea4
 Austria5
Pool 4
TeamPod
 Canada1
 Mexico2
 Catalonia3
 Poland4
 Peru (withdrawn)5
Pool 5
TeamPod
 United States1
 Norway2
 Germany3
 Brazil4

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
CategorySeedTeam
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 gamesRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                  
9:30
 Canada170*
8:00
 Spain30
 Spain130
12:15
 Netherlands60*
 Canada140*
 Mexico30
10:15
 Mexico100*
 Norway80
15:45
 Canada40
 Australia80*
9:30
 France190
8:00
 Brazil50*
 Slovakia40
12:15
 Brazil150*
 France60
 Australia110*
10:15
 Australia150*
Forfeit
 Germany20
 Germany150*
18:30
 South Korea0
 Australia150*
 United States130
9:30
 United States270*
8:00
 Catalonia10
 Catalonia90
12:15
 Poland40*
 United States130*
 Belgium50
10:15
 Belgium210*
 Italy130
15:45
 United States140*
 United Kingdom40 Third place
9:3017:30
 United Kingdom220* United Kingdom190*
8:00
 Slovenia20  Canada60
 Slovenia150*
12:15
 Ireland70
 United Kingdom180*
 Turkey40
10:15
 Turkey100
 Austria50*

Quarter-final consolation
 
First roundFifth place
 
      
 
13:45
 
 
 Mexico10
 
16:30
 
 France160*
 
 France140*
 
13:45
 
 Turkey50
 
 Belgium140
 
 
 Turkey150*
 
Seventh place
 
 
16:30
 
 
 Mexico30
 
 
 Belgium150*

Round of 16 consolation
 
First roundSecond roundNinth place
 
          
 
11:30
 
 
 Norway180*
 
13:45
 
 Brazil40
 
 Norway80*
 
11:30
 
 Germany60
 
 Slovenia30
 
15:00
 
 Germany140*
 
 Norway170*
 
11:30
 
 Spain30
 
 Italy50
 
13:45
 
 Spain110*
 
 Spain130*
 
13:45
 
 Catalonia80 Eleventh place
 
 Catalonia130*
 
16:30
 
 Austria70
 
 Germany250*
 
 
 Catalonia60
 
 
Second roundThirteenth place
 
      
 
13:00
 
 
 Italy200*
 
15:00
 
 Brazil60
 
 Italy140*
 
13:00
 
 Austria40
 
 Slovenia110
 
 
 Austria120*
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
15:00
 
 
 Slovenia170*
 
 
 Brazil120

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    Odd years are European Games, even years are World Cups.
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