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Rules of the sport are governed by the International Quadball Association (IQA), and events are sanctioned by either the IQA or that nation's governing body. A team consists of a minimum of seven (maximum 21) players, of which six are always on the pitch: three chasers, one keeper, and two beaters.
Quadball was founded in 2005 by Xander Manshel, a then-freshman at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, Alex Benepe, and several of their friends. [4] The rules were originally derived from the fictional sport of Quidditch, from the fantasy novel and movie series Harry Potter.
The rules were adapted from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels. [6] In 2007, Alex Benepe founded the Intercollegiate Quidditch Association. [8] In 2010 the name was changed to the International Quidditch Association, the year it hosted the first Quadball World Cup.
Major League Quadball (MLQ), formerly Major League Quidditch, is an amateur quidditch league based in the United States and Canada. [1] [2] The league is composed of 15 city-based teams—13 in the U.S. and 2 in Canada. The MLQ season runs from June to August, with each team playing twelve games in the regular season.
Quidditch, the real-life sport based on the beloved broom-flying game from the “Harry Potter” book and movie series, has officially been changed to “Quadball.” U.S. Quidditch and Major ...
The Australian national quadball team, known as the Dropbears, is the representative national team in the sport of quadball for Australia. The team made history in 2016 when it won the 2016 IQA World Cup , [ 1 ] becoming the first, and currently only, non-United States Quidditch World Champions.
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Quadball Canada (formerly known as Quidditch Canada) is the governing body that oversees quadball (formerly quidditch) within Canada under its mother organization, the International Quidditch Association. In August 2022, QC announced plans to rebrand with the new name Quadball in 2023.