2016 IQA World Cup

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IQA World Cup
2016
2016 IQA World Cup.png
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)

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]

Participating teams[]

     Runner-up      Third place      Participant      Withdrawn 24 teams were expected to participate to the Cup:[12]

Team Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Australia 2 (2012, 2014)
 
 Belgium 2 (2014, 2015)
 
 Canada 2 (2012, 2014)
  1 (2015)
  3 (2012, 2014, 2015)
  (host) 1 (2015)
  1 (2015)
  1 (2015)
  1 (2014)
  1 (2015)
  1 (2015)
  withdrawn
  1 (2015)
 
 
 
 Spain 1 (2015)
  1 (2015)
  withdrawn
 United Kingdom 3 (2012, 2014, 2015)
 United States 2 (2012, 2014)

Draw[]

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

Pod 1
Team Rank
 United States W1
 Australia W2
 Canada W3
  E1
 United Kingdom E2
Pod 2
Team Rank
  W5
  E3
 Belgium E4
  E5
  E6
Pod 3
Team Rank
  E7
  E8
 Spain E9
  E10
  E11
Pod 4
Team Rank
  E12
  –
  –
  –
  –
Pod 5
Team Rank
  –
  –
  –

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

Pool 1
Team Pod
  1
  2
  3
  (withdrawn) 4
  5
Pool 2
Team Pod
 Australia 1
 Belgium 2
  3
  4
Pool 3
Team Pod
 United Kingdom 1
  2
 Spain 3
  4
  5
Pool 4
Team Pod
 Canada 1
  2
  3
  4
  (withdrawn) 5
Pool 5
Team Pod
 United States 1
  2
  3
  4

Structure[]

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

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

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

Results[]

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

Pool play[]

Bracket seeding
Category Seed Team
Pool
winners 		1  Canada
2  United States
3  United Kingdom
4  
5  Australia
Pool
runners-up 		6  
7  Belgium
8  
9  
10  
Pool
3rd place 		11  
Play-in cutoff
12  
13  
14  
15  
Pool
4th place 		16  Spain
17  
18  
19  
20  
Pool
5th place		 21  

Pool 1[]

Pos Team W L APD S% Seed
1   3 0 116.7 100% 4
2   2 1 13.3 33% 10
3   1 2 −53.3 67% 14
4   0 3 −76.7 0% 17
  140* – 40  
  240* – 50  
  130 – 80*  
  240* – 0  
  160* – 50  
  90 – 100*  

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   1 2 −50 67% 13
4   0 3 −103.3 0% 19
  50 – 120*  
Australia  130 – 70*  Belgium
Belgium  250* – 20  
Australia  230* – 10  
Australia  260* – 0  
Belgium  160 – 60*  

Pool 3[]

Pos Team W L APD S% Seed
1  United Kingdom 4 0 117.5 75% 3
2   3 1 55 50% 6
3   2 2 −22.5 75% 11
4  Spain 1 3 −37.5 25% 16
5   0 4 −112.5 25% 21
United Kingdom  170* – 40  
Spain  110* – 10  
United Kingdom  170* – 0  
  200* – 40  
Spain  70 – 80*  
United Kingdom  150 – 40*  
  180* – 50  Spain
  160 – 60*  
United Kingdom  220* – 0  Spain
  Forfeit (0 – 150*)  

Pool 4[]

Pos Team W L APD S% Seed
1  Canada 3 0 120 100% 1
2   2 1 40 67% 8
3   1 2 −66.7 0% 15
4   0 3 −93.3 33% 18
Canada  180* – 20  
  200* – 20  
  110 – 70*  
Canada  180* – 20  
  260* – 130  
Canada  240* – 0  

Pool 5[]

Pos Team W L APD S% Seed
1  United States 3 0 120 67% 2
2   2 1 13.3 67% 9
3   1 2 −26.7 67% 12
4   0 3 −106.7 0% 20
  140* – 60  
United States  210* – 0  
United States  170 – 40*  
  150* – 70  
United States  230* – 10  
  200* – 50  

Championship bracket[]

Play-in gamesRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                  
9:30
 Canada170*
8:00
 Spain30
 Spain130
12:15
 60*
 Canada140*
 30
10:15
 100*
 80
15:45
 Canada40
 Australia80*
9:30
 190
8:00
 50*
 40
12:15
 150*
 60
 Australia110*
10:15
 Australia150*
Forfeit
 20
 150*
18:30
 0
 Australia150*
 United States130
9:30
 United States270*
8:00
 10
 90
12:15
 40*
 United States130*
 Belgium50
10:15
 Belgium210*
 130
15:45
 United States140*
 United Kingdom40 Third place
9:3017:30
 United Kingdom220* United Kingdom190*
8:00
 20  Canada60
 150*
12:15
 70
 United Kingdom180*
 40
10:15
 100
 50*

Quarter-final consolation[]

 
First roundFifth place
 
      
 
13:45
 
 
 10
 
16:30
 
 160*
 
 140*
 
13:45
 
 50
 
 Belgium140
 
 
 150*
 
Seventh place
 
 
16:30
 
 
 30
 
 
 Belgium150*

Round of 16 consolation[]

 
First roundSecond roundNinth place
 
          
 
11:30
 
 
 180*
 
13:45
 
 40
 
 80*
 
11:30
 
 60
 
 30
 
15:00
 
 140*
 
 170*
 
11:30
 
 Spain30
 
 50
 
13:45
 
 Spain110*
 
 Spain130*
 
13:45
 
 80 Eleventh place
 
 130*
 
16:30
 
 70
 
 250*
 
 
 60
 
 
Second roundThirteenth place
 
      
 
13:00
 
 
 200*
 
15:00
 
 60
 
 140*
 
13:00
 
 40
 
 110
 
 
 120*
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
15:00
 
 
 170*
 
 
 120

References[]

  1. ^ Bold: winner, Italics: host.
    Odd years are European Games, even years are World Cups.
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