British Quadball Cup

The British Quadball Cup, also British Quidditch Cup, is a quidditch tournament held in the United Kingdom that follows the rules laid out by the International Quidditch Association. It is organised by QuadballUK and is the largest UK tournament of the year.

British Quidditch Cup

Tournament information
Month played	April (previously March)
Established	2013
Administrator	QuadballUK
Format	Round-robin in groups followed by knockout tournament
Participants	24 (previously 32)
Current champion
London Quadball Club

Oxford

Nottingham

Rugeley

Newcastle

Sheffield

Locations of the British Quidditch Cups

Qualification for the tournament is based on the two regional tournaments Northern and Southern Cup (for university teams) and the Community League (for community teams). Teams who do not qualify for the British Quadball Cup may instead participate in Development Cup.

Other regular tournaments not organised by QuadballUK also take place in the UK including the Highlander Cup held in Edinburgh, Cottonopolis held in Manchester and Scottish Cup held in St Andrews. There was also a tournament that ran for 6 years called Whiteknights held in Reading.

Results

The following table shows a list of all British Quadball Cups to date. The team that caught the snitch is denoted with an asterisk. Up until 2019 both university and community quidditch teams played in the same tournament together. From 2022 and onwards they now compete separately.

Year	Host city	Competition	Final			3rd place match			Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place
2013	Oxford	Combined	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	110 - 60*	Keele Squirrels	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	60* - 40	Southampton QC	16
2015	Nottingham	Combined	Southampton QC	120* - 90	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	Keele Squirrels	160* - 130	Loughborough Longshots	23
2016	Rugeley	Combined	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	150* - 50	Warwick QC	Durhamstrang	100* - 90	Nottingham Nightmares	32
2017	Rugeley	Combined	Velociraptors QC	260* - 60	Brizzlebears	Werewolves of London	120* - 20	Holyrood Hippogriffs	32
2018	Oxford	Combined	Velociraptors QC	70* - 30	Warwick QC	Werewolves of London	110* - 30	Southampton QC	32
2019	Newcastle	Combined	London QC	160* - 70	Werewolves of London Firsts	Velociraptors QC	150* - 40	Southampton QC	32
2022	Sheffield	University	Southampton QC	130* - 120	Exeter Eagles	Leicester Thestrals	100 - 50*	Warwick QC	11
		Community	Werewolves of London Firsts	170* - 160	London QC	Velociraptors QC	150* - 40	Olympians QC	11
2023	Sheffield	University	Warwick QC	240 - 230*	York Horntails	Southamption QC	100 - 60*	OUQC	11
		Community	London QC	120* - 40	Velociraptors QC	Werewolves of London Firsts	160* - 80*	Olympians QC	12
2024	Sheffield	University	Warwick QC	-	Bankers QC		-
		Community	Werewolves of London Firsts	-	London QC	Velociraptors QC	-	Southsea QC

All Time

Team	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place	Top 4 App.
Velociraptors QC	2	1	2	0	5
Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras/OUQC	2	1	0	1	4
Southampton QC	2	0	1	3	5
Werewolves of London (Firsts)	1	1	3	0	5
London Quidditch Club	2	1	0	0	3
Warwick QC	1	2	0	1	4
Keele Squirrels	0	1	1	0	2
Exeter Eagles	0	1	0	0	1
Brizzlebears	0	1	0	0	1
Bangor Broken Broomsticks	0	0	1	0	1
Durhamstrang	0	0	1	0	1
Leicester Thestrals	0	0	1	0	1
Loughborough Longshots	0	0	0	1	1
Nottingham Nightmares	0	0	0	1	1
Holyrood Hippogriffs	0	0	0	1	1
Olympians Quidditch Club	0	0	0	2	2

First tournament, November 2013

The first British Quidditch Cup took place in Oxford, England on 9 and 10 November 2013.^[1] Sixteen teams^[2] from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland competed over two days for the inaugural cup, playing in four groups of four with the highest placed eight going on to take part in the knock out format quarter finals, semi finals and the final.

Group stages

Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team
1st	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras		1st	Leicester Thestrals		1st	Southampton QC		1st	Bangor
2nd	Nottingham Nightmares		2nd	Oxford Quidlings		2nd	Leeds Griffins		2nd	Keele Squirrels
DNQ	Keele Squirrels		DNQ	Norwich Nifflers		DNQ	St.Andrews Snidgets		DNQ	Holyrood Hippogriffs
DNQ	Derby QC		DNQ	Chester Chasers		DNQ	Reading Rocs		DNQ	NUI Galway

DNQ= Did not qualify

Knockout stage scores

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Leicester Thestrals	30
	Keele Squirrels	80*
					Keele Squirrels	80*
					Bangor Broken Broomsticks	10
	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	120*
	Nottingham Nightmares	50
									Keele Squirrels	60*
									Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	110
	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	140*
	Leeds Griffins	0
					Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	110*
					Southampton QC	0			Third place
	Southampton QC	100*
	Oxford Quidlings	0
									Southampton QC	40
									Bangor Broken Broomsticks	60*

(*) indicates a snitch catch. Source

(^) indicates a snitch catch in overtime^[3]

Final Positions

Overall, the winners were the Radcliffe Chimeras from Oxford University led by captain Ashley Cooper, with Keele Squirrels of Keele University taking the silver medals and the Bangor Broken Broomsticks from Bangor University taking the bronze medals.

Second tournament, March 2015

The second British Quidditch Cup took place on 7–8 March 2015. After five location bids were submitted in May–June 2014, the location for the tournament was narrowed down to the venues proposed by the Loughborough Longshots, Nottingham Nightmares and Norwich Nifflers. After much deliberation, site visits and further communication, the organising committee accepted the bid put forward by the Nightmares, resulting in the 23 teams competing at Wollaton Hall and Deer Park, Nottingham.^[4]

Group stage results

Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team
1st	Keele Squirrels		1st	Oxford Quidlings		1st	Durhamstrang		1st	Loughborough Longshots
2nd	Derby QC		2nd	Falmouth Falcons		2nd	Nottingham Nightmares		2nd	Cambridge QC
3rd	Warwick QC		3rd	Leicester Thestrals		3rd	Bangor		3rd	Southampton QC seconds
DNQ	Reading Rocs		DNQ	Leads Griffins		DNQ	The Flying Chaucers		DNQ	Chester Chasers

Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team
1st	Radcliffe Chimeras		1st	Southampton QC Firsts
2nd	Bristol Brizzlepuffs		2nd	London Unspeakables
DNQ	Norwich Nifflers		DNQ	Holyrood Hippogriffs
DNQ	St. Andrews Snidgets		Withdrew	Surrey Stags

DNQ= Did not qualify

Knockout stage results

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Southampton QC	290*
	London Unspeakables	10
					Southampton QC	70*
					Keele Squirrels	0
	Leicester Thestrals	20
	Keele Squirrels	110*
									Southampton QC	120*^
									Oxford Racliffe Chimeras	90
	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	110*
	Nottingham Nightmares	20
					Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras	180*
					Loughborough Longshots	50			Third place
	Loughborough Longshots	120^
	Falmouth Falcons	90*
									Keele Squirrels	160*
									Loughborough Longshots	130

Final standings

At the second British Quidditch cup Southampton Quidditch Club's first team claiming gold, Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras silver and the Keele Squirrels bronze.^[5]

Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage
1st	Southampton QC firsts	Final		9th	Durhamstrang	R16		17th	Holyrood Hippogriffs	Group
2nd	Oxford Radcliff Chimeras	Final		10th	Oxford Quidlings	R16		18th	Leeds	Group
3rd	Keele Squirrels	Semis		11th	Cambridge QC	R16		19th	Norwich Nifflers	Group
4th	Loughborough Longshots	Semis		12th	Derby	R16		20th	St Andrews Snidgets	Group
5th	Nottingham Nightmares	Quarters		13th	Bristol's Brizzlepuffs	R16		21st	Reading Rocs	Group
6th	London Unspeakables	Quarters		14th	Bangor	R16		22nd	Chester	Group
7th	Falmouth	Quarters		15th	Warwick QC	R16		23rd	The Flying Chaucers	Group
8th	Leicester	Quarters		16th	Southampton QC seconds	R16		Withdrew	Surrey Stags	N/A

Third Tournament, March 2016

The third British Quidditch Cup took place at Rugeley Leisure Centre on the 19 and 20 March 2016.^[6] 32 teams competed, with the first day involving 8 groups of 4 teams where the first two teams entered the upper bracket and the rest entered a lower bracket.^[7] These two brackets were then played as knock-out stages on day two.

Group stage results

Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team
1st	Keele Squirrels		1st	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras		1st	Warwick QC		1st	BrizzleBears
2nd	Bangor		2nd	Holyrood hippogriffs firsts		2nd	Derby QC		2nd	Werewolves of London
3rd	St. Andrews Snidgets		3rd	Direwolves		3rd	Oxford Quidlings		3rd	Reading Rocs
4th	Norwich Nifflers		4th	Unspeakables		4th	Southampton QC Seconds		4th	Cambridge QC

Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team
1st	Southampton QC Firsts		1st	Leicester Thestrals		1st	Durhamstrang		1st	Nottingham Nightmares
2nd	Falmouth Falcons		2nd	Loughborough		2nd	Chester Centurions		2nd	Leeds Griffins
3rd	HogYork Horntails		3rd	BrizzleBees		3rd	Taxes QC		3rd	Swansea
4th	Manchester Manticores		4th	The Flying Chaucers		4th	Keele Krakens		4th	Holyrood hippogriffs seconds

Knockout stage results

Upper bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Warwick QC

220*

Derby Union QC

20

Warwick QC

100

Leeds Griffins

40*

Brizzlebears

60

Leeds Griffins

120*

Warwick QC

130^

Nottingham Nightmares

100*

Nottingham Nightmares

140*

Bangor Broken Broomsticks

30

Nottingham Nightmares

200*

Keele Squirrels

50

Chester Centurions

30

Keele Squirrels

180*

Warwick QC

50

Radcliffe Chimeras

150*

Leicester Thestrals

40

Loughborough Longshots

70*

Loughborough Longshots

70

Radcliffe Chimeras

160*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts

0

Radcliffe Chimeras

200*

Radcliffe Chimeras

130*

Durhamstrang

30

Third place

Southampton QC

90*

Falmouth Falcons

0

Southampton QC

60

Durhamstrang

100*

Durhamstrang

90*

Nottingham Nightmares

90

Durhamstrang

90*

Werewolves of London

30

The third place match went to overtime without a snitch catch.

Consolation bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Taxes QC

240*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds

10

Taxes QC

140*

London Unspeakables

40*

Brizzlebees

120*

Flying Chaucers

0

Taxes QC

140*

London Unspeakables

30

HogYork Horntails

150*

Keele Krakens

0

Brizlebees

90*

Cambridge

50

Swansea

100*

Manchester

20

Taxes

100

HogYork Horntails

140*

Reading Rocs

100*

Norwich Nifflers

60

HogYork Horntails

100*

St Andrews Snidgets

200

St Andrews Snidgets

70*

Southampton QC 2nds

60

Brizzlebees

50*

HogYork Horntails

130

Third place

Oxford Quidlings

30

Cambridge

110*

Swansea

130*

Swansea

120

Reading Rocs

20

Brizzlebees

50*

Durham Direwolves

70

London Unspeakables

30

The third place match went to overtime without a snitch catch.

Final standings

This tournament saw Oxford reclaiming gold, Warwick QC claiming silver, and the Durham's durhamstrang claiming bronze. The LB bracket was won by York university's HogYork Horntails with Taxes QC coming runners up.

Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage
1st	Oxford Chimeras	Final		9th	Leicester	R16		17th	HogYork Horntails	LB finals		25th	Durham Direwolves	LB R16
2nd	Warwick QC	Final		10th	Brizzlebears	R16		18th	Taxes	LB Finals		26th	Oxford Quidlings	LB R16
3rd	Durhamstrang	Semis		11th	Werewolves Of London	R16		19th	Swansea	LB semis		27th	Southampton QC seconds	LB R16
4th	Nottingham Nightmares	Semis		12th	Bangor	R16		20th	Brizzlebees	LB semis		28th	Norwich Nifflers	LB R16
5th	Southampton QC firsts	Quarters		13th	Chester	R16		21st	Reading Rocs	LB Quarters		29th	Manchester	LB R16
6th	Keele squirrels	Quarters		14th	Falmouth	R16		22nd	St Andrews Snidgets	LB Quarters		30th	The Flying Chaucers	LB R16
7th	Leeds	Quarters		15th	Edinburgh Firsts	R16		23rd	Cambridge QC	LB Quarters		31st	Keele Krakens	LB R16
8th	Loughborough Longshots	Quarters		16th	Derby	R16		24th	London Unspeakables	LB Quarters		32nd	Edinburgh Seconds	LB R16

Fourth Tournament, March 2017

The fourth British Quidditch Cup took place at Rugeley Leisure Centre on 11–12 March 2017. the top 16 teams from the Northern and Southern regional tournaments competed, with the first day involving 8 groups of 4 teams where the top two teams entered the champions bracket and the others entered the consolation bracket.^[8] These two brackets were then played as knock-out stages on day two.

Group stage results

Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team
1st	Velociraptors QC		1st	London Unspeakables		1st	Tornadoes QC		1st	Werewolves of London
2nd	Keele Squirrels		2nd	Leicester Thestrals		2nd	Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras		2nd	Leeds Griffins
3rd	Portsmouth Strikers		3rd	Cambridge QC		3rd	Chester Centurions		3rd	Norwich Nifflers
4th	BrizzleBees		4th	Nottingham		4th	Reading Rocs		4th	Durham Direwolves

Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team		Seeding	Team
1st	Durhamstrang		1st	BrizzleBears		1st	Loughborough Longshots		1st	Holyrood Hippogriffs firsts
2nd	Southampton QC Firsts		2nd	Bangor		2nd	Swansea		2nd	Warwick QC
3rd	HogYork Horntails		3rd	Exeter Eagles		3rd	Derby		3rd	Sheffield
4th	Falmouth Falcons		4th	Manchester Manticores		4th	Oxford Quidlings		4th	Southampton QC seconds

Knockout stage results

Champions bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Velociraptors

150*

Swansea

20

Velociraptors

80*

Warwick QC

20

London Unspeakables

40

Warwick QC

150*

Velociraptors

160*

Werewolves of London

40

Tornadoes

60*

Southampton QC Firsts

50

Tornadoes

30

Werewolves of London

150*

Werewolves of London

100*

Bangor

10

Velociraptors

260*

Brizzlebears

60

Durhamstrang

90*

Radcliffe Chimeras

10

Durhamstrang

60*

Brizzlebears

70

Brizzlebears

120*

Leeds

20

Brizzlebears

80*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts

30

Third place

Loughborough Longshots

40

Keele Squirrels

90*

Keele Squirrels

70

Werewolves of London

120*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts

190*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts

20

Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts

120*

Leicester

50

(*) indicates snitch catch

Brizzlebears vs Durhamstrang went to double overtime with no snitch catch

Consolation bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Portsmouth

120*

Oxford Quidlings

10

Portsmouth

100*

Cambridge

40

Cambridge

50*

SQC2

20

Portsmouth

20

Falmouth

120*

Chester

60

Falmouth

100*

Falmouth

120*

Manchester

30

Norwich

20

Manchester

170*

Falmouth

90*

HogYork

40

HogYork

210*

Reading

30

HogYork

120*

Exeter

70

Exeter

230*

Durham Direwolves

70

York

150*

Sheffield

60

Third place

Derby

80*

Brizzlebees

40

Derby

100*

Portsmouth

140*

Sheffield

150

Sheffield

20

Sheffield

150*

Nottingham

40

Final standings

This tournament saw Velociraptors QC claiming gold, Bristol's Brizzlebears claiming silver, and the Werewolves of London claiming bronze. The consolation bracket was won by Falmouth Falcons with York university's HogYork Horntails coming runners up.

Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage
1st	Velociraptors QC	Final		9th	Loughborough Longshots	R16		17th	Falmouth Falcons	Cons Final		25th	Chester	Cons R16
2nd	Brizzlebears	Final		10th	Southampton QC 1sts	R16		18th	HogYork	Cons final		26th	Nottingham Nightmares	Cons R16
3rd	Werewolves of London	Semis		11th	Leeds	R16		19th	Portsmouth	Cons Semis		27th	Norwich	Cons R16
4th	Edinburgh 1st	Semis		12th	Oxford Chimeras	R16		20th	Sheffield	Cons Semis		28th	Southampton QC 2nds	Cons R16
5th	Durhamstrang	Quarters		13th	London Unspeakables	R16		21st	Exeter Eagles	Cons Quarters		29th	Oxford Quidlings	Cons R16
6th	Tornadoes QC	Quarters		14th	Swansea	R16		22nd	Cambridge	Cons Quarters		30th	Brizzlebees	Cons R16
7th	Warwick QC	Quarters		15th	Leicester	R16		23rd	Derby	Cons Quarters		31st	Durham Direwolves	Cons R16
8th	Keele squirrels	Quarters		16th	Bangor	R16		24th	Manchester	Cons quarters		32nd	Reading Rocs	Cons R16

Fifth Tournament, March 2018

The fifth British Quidditch Cup took place on 24–25 March 2018 at Brookes Sport Park at Oxford Brooks University. 32 teams competed, with the first day involving 8 groups of 4 teams each competing in a round-robin. The second day consisted of a knockout tournament in both an upper and lower bracket of 16 teams each. Velociraptors QC won the tournament, defeating Warwick Quidditch Club in the final with a catch to take the game into overtime followed by a second winning snitch catch. Werewolves of London won against Southampton Quidditch Club in the 3rd place play-off and Chester Centurions defeated Manchester Quidditch Club to win the consolation bracket final.

Final standings

Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage
1st	Velociraptors	Final		9th	York Horntails	R16		17th	Chester Centurions	Cons Final		25th	Leicester Thestrals	Cons R16
2nd	Warwick QC	Final		10th	Loughborough Longshots	R16		18th	Manchester Manticores	Cons final		26th	Portsmouth Strikers	Cons R16
3rd	Werewolves of London Firsts	Semis		11th	Nottingham Nightmares	R16		19th	Swansea Swans	Cons Semis		27th	Bristol Bees	Cons R16
4th	Southampton QC Firsts	Semis		12th	Falmouth Falcons	R16		20th	Durhamstrang	Cons Semis		28th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds	Cons R16
5th	London Unspeakables	Quarters		13th	Exeter Eagles	R16		21st	Liverpuddly Cannons	Cons Quarters		29th	Southampton QC Seconds	Cons R16
6th	Bristol Bears	Quarters		14th	Tornadoes QC	R16		22nd	Keele Squirrels	Cons Quarters		30th	Cambridge University QC	Cons R16
7th	Radcliffe Chimeras	Quarters		15th	Sheffield Squids	R16		23rd	Reading Knights	Cons Quarters		31st	Bournemouth Banshees	Cons R16
8th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	Quarters		16th	Leeds Griffins	R16		24th	Bangor Broken Broomsticks	Cons quarters		32nd	Sheffield Steelfins	Cons R16

Sixth Tournament, April 2019

The sixth British Quidditch Cup took place on 6–7 April 2019 at Northumbria Sport in Newcastle. 32 teams competed, with the first day involving 8 groups of 4 teams each competing in a round-robin. The second day consisted of a knockout tournament in both an upper and lower bracket with 16 teams in each. London Quidditch Club won the tournament.^[9][10]

Knockout stage results

Upper Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

London Quidditch Club

270*

Winchester Quidditch Club

10

London Quidditch Club

170*

London Unspeakables

10

Nottingham Nightmares

60

London Unspeakables

110*

London Quidditch Club

180*

Velociraptors

70

Velociraptors

150*

Werewolves of London Seconds

0

Velociraptors

180*

Liverpuddly Cannons

30

Oxford Mammoths

50

Liverpuddly Cannons

70*

London Quidditch Club

160*

Werewolves of London Firsts

70

Werewolves of London Firsts

230*

Bath Quidditch Club

0*

Werewolves of London Firsts

170*

Megalodons

20

Megalodons

120*

Manchester Manticores

70

Werewolves of London Firsts

130*

Southampton Quidditch Club

20

Third place

Southampton Quidditch Club

190*

Exeter Eagles

80

Southampton Quidditch Club

130*

Velociraptors

150*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts

70

Southampton Quidditch Club

40

Glasgow Grim Reapers

60

Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts

130*

Lower Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Durhamstrang

130*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds

50

Derby Daemons

50*

Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds

80

Durhamstrang

40

Warwick Quidditch Club

90*

Warwick Quidditch Club

130*

Bournemouth Banshees

60

Warwick Quidditch Club

90*

Leeds Griffins

30

Tornadoes Quidditch Club

70

Leeds Griffins

170*

Warwick Quidditch Club

70*

Leicester Thestrals

30

Bristol Bears

130*

Chester Centurions

40

Bristol Bears

80

York Horntails

90*

St Andrews Snidgets

60

York Horntails

130*

York Horntails

40

Leicester Thestrals

190*

Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras

20

London Unstoppables

90*

London Unstoppables

40

Leicester Thestrals

80*

Leicester Thestrals

100*

Swansea Swans

20

Final standings

Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	Stage		Position	Team	stage
1st	London QC A	Final		9th	Oxford Mammoths	R16		17th	Warwick QC	Cons Final		25th	Radcliffe Chimeras	Cons R16
2nd	Werewolves of London Firsts	Final		10th	Glasgow Grim Reapers	R16		18th	Leicester Thestrals	Cons final		26th	Swansea Swans	Cons R16
3rd	Velociraptors	Semis		11th	Nottingham Nightmares	R16		19th	Durhamstrang	Cons Semis		27th	Bournemouth Banshees	Cons R16
4th	Southampton QC Firsts	Semis		12th	Manchester Manticores	R16		20th	York Horntails	Cons Semis		28th	St Andrews Snidgets	Cons R16
5th	London Unspeakables	Quarters		13th	Werewolves of London Seconds	R16		21st	Bristol Bears	Cons Quarters		29th	Derby Daemons	Cons R16
6th	Megalodons	Quarters		14th	Exeter Eagles	R16		22nd	Holyrood Hippogriffs Seconds	Cons Quarters		30th	Chester Centurions	Cons R16
7th	Holyrood Hippogriffs Firsts	Quarters		15th	Bath QC	R16		23rd	Leeds Griffins	Cons Quarters		31st	Tornadoes QC	Cons R16
8th	Liverpuddly Cannons	Quarters		16th	Winchester Wampus	R16		24th	London Unstoppables	Cons quarters

Seventh Tournament, April 2022

Due to COVID-19, the planned British Quidditch Cup for 2020 was cancelled.^[11] In addition plans to host an equivalent event to BQC in April 2021 were shelved due to it being deemed unsafe and impractical.^[12] The seventh tournament took place on 9–10 April 2022 at the Sheffield Hallam Sports Centre in Sheffield.^[13] This tournament was the first to use a new format and reduced total number of teams of 24 (down from 32). The new format saw university and community teams competing separately, as such 12 of the slots for the tournament were available for community teams and the other 12 slots were available for university teams. 8 of the university slots were available to teams in the Northern region, with the other 4 for teams in the Southern region. The tournament was an opt-in tournament for community teams, whereas for university teams qualification was determined via the final rankings in each region after all Northern and Southern fixtures.

During the actual tournament, 22 teams competed (11 university teams and 11 community teams). In each competition the teams were competed within 3 groups, two of four teams each and one of three teams, before proceeding to a knockout tournament. The structure was set-up such that each team was guaranteed at least two games each day and at least five across the whole tournament. This was done by having a three-team round robin for losing teams from the round of 16 knockout stage and a consolation bracket for losing teams from the quarter final stage on top of a 3rd place play-off.^[14]

The winner of the university tournament was Southampton QC and the winner of the community tournament was Werewolves of London Firsts, with the results of the tournament as follows.^[15][16][10]

University tournament

11 university teams competed across 3 groups before going into a knockout tournament. The university final was won by Southamptom QC against Exeter Eagles, coming down to both teams being one goal away from the set score of 130 before Southampton scored.

Group stage results

Group 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Sheffield Quidditch Club	50 - 80*	York Horntails	19:09
Southampton QC	140 - 70*	Manchester Universities QC	22:53
Southampton QC	60 - 40*	Sheffield Quidditch Club	18:25
Manchester Universities QC	100* - 80	York Horntails	22:44
Manchester Universities QC	160 - 110*	Sheffield Quidditch Club	44:30 (OT)
Southampton QC	150* - 30	York Horntails	19:47

Group 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Leicester Thestrals	130 - 60*	Leeds Griffins	24:39
Stirling Dumyat Dragons	50* - 150	Oxford Universities QC	26:48 (OT)
Leicester Thestrals	180 - 40*	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	19:34 (OT)
Leeds Griffins	70 - 110*	Oxford Universities QC	18:00
Leicester Thestrals	120 - 70*	Oxford Universities QC	19:48
Leeds Griffins	140* - 40	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	22:46

Group 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Liverpool Quidditch Club	90 - 140*	Exeter Eagles	28:13
Liverpool Quidditch Club	50 - 100*	Warwick Quidditch Club	18:48
Exeter Eagles	50 - 70*	Warwick Quidditch Club	18:14

Knockout stage results

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Warwick Quidditch Club

90*

Oxford Universities Quidditch Club

60

Oxford Universities Quidditch Club

100

Stirling Dumyat Dragons

60*

Southampton Quidditch Club

110*

Warwick Quidditch Club

60

Southampton Quidditch Club

130*

Sheffield Quidditch Club

10

Southampton Quidditch Club

130*

Exeter Eagles

120

Leeds Griffins

30

Sheffield Quidditch Club

90*

Exeter Eagles

180*

Manchester Universities QC

10

Exeter Eagles

70*

Leicester Thestrals

20

Third place

York Horntails

100

Liverpool Quidditch Club

130*

Leicester Thestrals

100

Warwick Quidditch Club

50*

Liverpool Quidditch Club

80*

Leicester Thestrals

100

	Consolation Semi-final				5th place play-off
	Sheffield Quidditch Club	50
	Oxford Universities Quidditch Club	110*
					N/A - Liverpool forfeited the match
	Manchester Universities QC	130
	Liverpool Quidditch Club	140*
					7th place play-off
					Manchester Universities QC	10
					Sheffield Quidditch Club	120*

9th/10th/11th place round-robin

Team 1	Score	Team 2
York Horntails	140* - 80	Stirling Dumyat Dragons
Leeds Griffins	160 - 70*	Stirling Dumyat Dragons
York Horntails	140* - 70	Leeds Griffins

Final standings

Position	Team	Stage
1st	Southampton Quidditch Club	Final
2nd	Exeter Eagles	Final
3rd	Leicester Thestrals	Semis
4th	Warwick Quidditch Club	Semis
5th	Oxford Universities QC	Quarters
6th	Liverpool Quidditch Club	Quarters
7th	Sheffield Quidditch Club	Quarters
8th	Manchester Universities QC	Quarters
9th	York Horntails	Round of 16
10th	Leeds Griffins	Round of 16
11th	Stirling Dumyat Dragons	Round of 16

Community tournament

Werewolves of London Firsts won the community tournament, defeating London Quidditch Club in the final. After the full 45 minutes of game time in the final the teams were tied with 160 points each, both a single goal away from the winning overtime set score of 170 (Werewolves had caught the snitch earlier in the match). Under concern that the venue was already starting to kick the tournament out with the university final still yet to be played (and in an attempt to avoid going to tiebreakers for a final), it was decided to play two more minutes of golden goal during which Werewolves scored and won the tournament.^[17]

Group stage results

Group 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Werewolves of London Firsts	130* - 10	London Unspeakables	19:21
East Midlands Vipers	60 - 90*	Kelpies Quidditch Club	19:26
London Unspeakables	150* - 20	Kelpies Quidditch Club	18:43
Werewolves of London Firsts	220* - 10	East Midlands Vipers	18:22
London Unspeakables	200* - 30	East Midlands Vipers	20:57
Werewolves of London Firsts	220* - 20	Kelpies Quidditch Club	21:54

Group 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Velociraptors QC	200* - 40	Oxford Mammoths	18:22
Werewolves of London Seconds	100 - 50*	West Country Rebels	33:04
Oxford Mammoths	130 - 90*	West Country Rebels	28:22 (OT)
Velociraptors QC	180* - 20	Werewolves of London Seconds	20:37
Oxford Mammoths	90* - 40	Werewolves of London Seconds	18:13
Velociraptors QC	140 - 30*	West Country Rebels	18:50

Group 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Game Length
Olympians Quidditch Club	150* - 30	Southsea Quidditch	27:26
London Quidditch Club	180* - 40	Southsea Quidditch	18:25
London Quidditch Club	160* - 40	Olympians Quidditch Club	18:11

Knockout stage results

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

London Quidditch Club

140

Kelpies Quidditch Club

50*

Kelpies Quidditch Club

120*

East Midlands Vipers

80

London Quidditch Club

150*

Olympians Quidditch Club

0

London Unspeakables

60

Olympians Quidditch Club

120*

London Quidditch Club

160

Werewolves of London Firsts

170*

Oxford Mammoths

40

Southsea Quidditch

100*

Velociraptors QC

190

Southsea Quidditch

60*

Werewolves of London Firsts

140

Velociraptors QC

180*

Third place

Werewolves of London Seconds

70*

West Country Rebels

0

Werewolves of London Firsts

150*

Olympians Quidditch Club

40

Werewolves of London Seconds

50

Velociraptors QC

150*

	Consolation Semi-final				5th place play-off
	Werewolves of London Seconds	70*
	Southsea Quidditch	90
					London Unspeakables	130*
					Southsea Quidditch	10
	Kelpies Quidditch Club	40
	London Unspeakables	150*
					7th place play-off
					Werewolves of London Seconds	150*
					Kelpies Quidditch Club	0

9th/10th/11th place round-robin

Team 1	Score	Team 2
East Midlands Vipers	80* - 20	West Country Rebels
Oxford Mammoths	130* - 20	East Midlands Vipers
Oxford Mammoths	190* - 40	West Country Rebels

Final standings

Position	Team	Stage
1st	Werewolves of London Firsts	Final
2nd	London Quidditch Club	Final
3rd	Velociraptors QC	Semis
4th	Olympians Quidditch Club	Semis
5th	London Unspeakables	Quarters
6th	Southsea Quidditch	Quarters
7th	Werewolves of London Seconds	Quarters
8th	Kelpies Quidditch Club	Quarters
9th	Oxford Mammoths	Round of 16
10th	East Midlands Vipers	Round of 16
11th	West Country Rebels	Round of 16

Eighth Tournament, April 2023

The eighth tournament took place on 1–2 April 2023 and was again held in Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park. This was the first tournament held under the 'Quadball' name.^[18] It was planned that 24 teams would compete,^[19] however only 22 actually competed (10 university and 12 community teams).^[20] The university flight was won by Warwick Quadball Club and the community flight was won by London Quadball Club.

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External links

• Official Website of QuadballUK