2018 IQA World Cup

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IQA World Cup
2018
2018 IQA World Cup.png
Tournament information
SportQuidditch
LocationFlorence, Italy
Dates27 June–2 July 2018
Administrator(s)International Quidditch Association
Tournament
format(s)
Pool Play+Knockout
Host(s)Associazione Italiana Quidditch
Teams29
Final positions
Champion United States
1st runner-up Belgium
2nd runner-up 
Tournament statistics
Matches played102
← Frankfurt 2016
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The 2018 IQA World Cup was the fourth edition of the IQA World Cup, the international quidditch championship organized by the International Quidditch Association, the sport's global governing body. It was held in Florence, Italy between 27 June and 2 July 2018.[1][2][3] Australia were the defending champions. The United States won their third championship after beating Belgium in the final.[4] Over 800 athletes participated in competition.[5]

Bidding process[]

Seven nations expressed interest in hosting the tournament: Australia, Belgium, France, Italy, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[3][6][7][8] On 1 November, Florence, Italy was announced as the host.

Participating teams[]

     Champion      Runner-up      Third place      Participant

Twenty-nine are expected to participate in the tournament:[9]

Team Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Australia[10][11] 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
  1 (2016)
 Belgium 2 (2014, 2016)
  1 (2016)
 Canada 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
  1 (2016)
  0 (debut)
  0 (debut)
  3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
  1 (2016)
 [12] 0 (debut)
  0 (debut)
  1 (2016)
  1 (2016)
  0 (debut)
  2 (2014, 2016)
  1 (2016)
  0 (debut)
  1 (2016)
  1 (2016)
  1 (2016)
  1 (2016)
  1 (2016)
 Spain 1 (2016)
  0 (debut)
  1 (2016)
 United Kingdom 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 United States 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
  0 (debut)
  1. ^ Bold: winner, Italics: host.

Draw[]

Teams are placed in drawing pots based on their geographical location and their standing in the previous World Cup and European Games as follows:[13]

  1. Pot 1 contains the non-European teams that finished 7th or better at the 2016 World Cup as well as the best ranked teams from the 2017 European Games, for a total of seven teams.
  2. Pot 2 contains the remaining non-European teams except Mexico.
  3. Pot 3 contains the European teams ranked 5th to 11th at the 2017 European Games.
  4. Pot 4 contains all remaining European teams.

Mexico is automatically assigned a spot as the 8th ranked team at the 2016 World Cup.

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Australia W1
 United States W2
 Canada W4
 United Kingdom E1
  E2
  E3
 Belgium E4
Pot 2
Team
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pot 3
Team Rank
  E5
  E6
  E7
  E8
 Spain E9
  E10
  E11
Pot 4
Team Rank
  E12
  E13
  E14
  -
  -
  -
  -
  -

The teams are drawn from the pots into six groups of four teams (A, B, C, D, E, and F) and one group of five teams (G). Teams from Pot 1 are drawn into each group's first position. Mexico takes position G2 and the other second positions are taken from Pot 2. Pot 3 teams are drawn in each group's third position, and the remaining positions are drawn from Pot 4.

Group stage[]

In the group stage, teams compete in a cross-pool league system, whereby the teams in Group A play against the teams in Group B and similarly for Groups C and D, and Groups E and F. Only teams in Group G are playing against each other. At the end of the group stage, all teams are ranked together based on their performance.[14]

Bracket seeding
Seed Team
1  
2  United Kingdom
3  United States
4  Belgium
5  
6  Australia
7  
8  
9  Canada
10  Spain
11  
12  
13  
14  
15  
16  
Lower bracket
17  
18  
19  
20  
21  
22  
23  
24  
25  
26  
Relegation round-robin
27  
28  
29  

Group A vs. Group B[]

Group A
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1   3 1 - - - 5
2   2 2 - - - 13
3   1 3 - - - 19
4   0 4 - - - 27
Group B
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  Belgium 4 0 - - - 4
2   3 1 - - - 8
3   2 2 - - - 18
4   1 3 - - - 24
Results
B
A
 Belgium Hong Kong Turkey Slovenia
France 80–130* 180*–0 120*–30 230*–50
South Korea 50*–180 180*–90 20–150* 110–160*
Poland 20–130* 100*–30 70–160* 140*–60
Finland 20–240* 50–70* 30–140* 40–100*

Group C vs. Group D[]

Group C
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  Australia 3 1 - - - 6
2   3 1 - - - 8
3   1 3 - - - 23
4   0 4 - - - 28
Group D
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  United States 4 0 - - - 3
2   2 2 - - - 14
3   2 2 - - - 15
4   1 3 - - - 22
Results
D
C
 United States Vietnam Austria Netherlands
Australia 60–90* 170*–20 170*–10 220*–0
Brazil 0–220* 50–180* 20–100* 60–90*
Italy 20–160* 120*–30 120–50* 200–50*
Ireland 0–230* 30–140* 10–130* 100*–80

Group E vs. Group F[]

Group E
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1   4 0 - - - 1
2  Canada 3 1 - - - 9
3   2 2 - - - 17
4   0 4 - - - 29
Group F
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  Spain 3 1 - - - 10
2   2 2 - - - 12
3   1 3 - - - 21
4   1 3 - - - 20
Results
F
E
 Norway New Zealand Spain Switzerland
Canada 120*–80 240*–0 50–70* 200*–0
Malaysia 40–160* 150*–60 40–140* 160*–110
Germany 110*–40 210–60* 100–40* 100–40*
Iceland 10–260* 40–160* 0–150* 20–250*

Group G[]

Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  United Kingdom 4 0 - - - 2
2   3 1 - - - 11
3   2 2 - - - 16
4   1 3 - - - 25
5   0 4 - - - 26
United Kingdom  160 – 50*  
  80* – 30  
  30* – 200  United Kingdom
  80 – 150*  
  90* – 80  
United Kingdom  160* – 20  
  150* – 40  
  50 – 110*  
  30 – 110*  
  30* – 180  United Kingdom

Knockout stage[]

Upper bracket[]

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
              
Match 1
 170
Match 13
 50*
 50
Match 2
 100*
 130*
Match 23
 Canada110
 40
Match 3
 Belgium90*
 Belgium150*
Match 14
 40
 Belgium170**
Match 4
 140°°
 110*
Match 32
 30
 Belgium70
Match 5
 United States120*
 United Kingdom160*
Match 15
 0
 United Kingdom80*
Match 6
 60
 90*
Match 24
 Spain20
 United Kingdom40
Match 7
 United States160* Third place
 United States180
Match 16Match 31
 60*
 United States100* 110*
Match 8
 Australia30  United Kingdom60
 Australia110
 30*

Quarter-final consolation[]

 
First round5th place
 
      
 
Match 21
 
 
 50
 
Match 25
 
 120*
 
 80
 
Match 22
 
 Australia210*
 
 50
 
 
 Australia180*
 
7th place
 
 
Match 26
 
 
 80*
 
 
 60

Round of 16 consolation[]

 
First roundSecond round9th place
 
          
 
Match 9
 
 
 0
 
Match 17
 
 Canada210*
 
 Canada110*
 
Match 10
 
 80
 
 120
 
Match 27
 
 220*
 
 Canada160*
 
Match 11
 
 Spain50
 
 70
 
Match 18
 
 Spain150*
 
 Spain90*
 
Match 12
 
 10 11th place (canceled)
 
 110*
 
Match 28
 
 90
 
 —
 
 
 —
 
 
Second round13th place (canceled)
 
      
 
Match 19
 
 
 90*
 
Match 29
 
 150
 
 —
 
Match 20
 
 —
 
 50
 
 
 80*
 
15th place (canceled)
 
 
Match 30
 
 
 —
 
 
 —

Lower bracket[]

 
Play-in gamesQuarter-finalsSemi-finals17th place
 
              
 
 
 
 
Match L3
 
 
 150
 
Match L1
 
 90*
 
 90*
 
Match L8
 
 80
 
 100*
 
 
 90
 
 
Match L4
 
 
 80
 
 
 110*
 
 
Match L13
 
 
 90
 
 
 120*
 
 
Match L5
 
 
 100*°
 
Match L2
 
 130°*
 
 30
 
Match L9
 
 80*
 
 100*
 
 
 50 19th place
 
 
Match L6Match L12
 
 
 80 80
 
 
 170*  150*
 
 
 
 

Lower bracket consolation[]

25th place
  
Match L7
 120*
 50
=21st place
  
Match L10
 120*
 90
=21st place
  
Match L11
 180*
 50

Relegation round-robin[]

Seed Team W L PD S% Rank
28   2 0 +240 100% 27
27   1 1 +60 50% 28
29   0 2 −300 0% 29
  80 – 170*  
  150* – 0  
  180* – 20  

References[]

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