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The IQA World Cup is an international quidditch tournament contested by the national teams of the members of the International Quidditch Association, the sport's global governing organisation. The championship, which was named Summer Games and Global Games in its first two editions, has been awarded every two years since 2012.
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.
Quidditch has been criticised for its emphasis on catching the Snitch. [17] Rowling claims that Quidditch is a sport that "infuriates" men in particular, who are bothered by the unrealistic scoring system. [1] Because of the emphasis on the Snitch, legal scholar William Baude called Quidditch "a really stupid game". [18]
A snitch catch by the USA's Margo Aleman was ruled out for a charge on the snitch, allowing Australia's Dameon Osbourne to catch the snitch, which won Australia the match, 150–130, and thus the tournament. This marked the first and only time the United States had ever lost a Quidditch match.
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. Australia made its international debut in 2012 at the IQA Summer Games in Oxford, UK, [2] and is one of only 4 countries to have competed in all 5 IQA World Cups.
The game was developed by two teams, EA UK and Magic Pockets, and was published by Electronic Arts. It was released for Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. The game bears no relation to the abandoned Nintendo 64 project. [1] This game serves as the first entry of Harry Potter: Quidditch spin-off series.
In the biggest threat to Hogwarts tradition since Lord Voldemort, the game of Quidditch is undergoing a name change. The governing bodies of the real-life sport first profiled in J.K. Rowling’s ...
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]