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2018 IQA World Cup

Summary

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]

IQA World Cup
2018
Tournament information
SportQuidditch
LocationFlorence, Italy
Dates27 June–2 July 2018
AdministratorInternational 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 Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played102
← Frankfurt 2016
Richmond 2023 →

Bidding process edit

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 edit

 
     Champion      Runner-up      Third place      Participant

Twenty-nine participated in the tournament:[9]

Team Previous appearances in tournament[a]
  Australia[10][11] 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
  Austria 1 (2016)
  Belgium 2 (2014, 2016)
  Brazil 1 (2016)
  Canada 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
  Catalonia 1 (2016)
  Czech Republic 0 (debut)
  Finland 0 (debut)
  France 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
  Germany 1 (2016)
  Hong Kong[12] 0 (debut)
  Iceland 0 (debut)
  Ireland 1 (2016)
  Italy 1 (2016)
  Malaysia 0 (debut)
  Mexico 2 (2014, 2016)
  Netherlands 1 (2016)
  New Zealand 0 (debut)
  Norway 1 (2016)
  Poland 1 (2016)
  Slovakia 1 (2016)
  Slovenia 1 (2016)
  South Korea 1 (2016)
  Spain 1 (2016)
  Switzerland 0 (debut)
  Turkey 1 (2016)
  United Kingdom 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
  United States 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
  Vietnam 0 (debut)
  1. ^ Bold: winner, Italics: host.

Draw edit

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
  France E2
  Norway E3
  Belgium E4
Pot 2
Team
  Brazil
  Hong Kong
  Malaysia
  New Zealand
  South Korea
  Vietnam
Pot 3
Team Rank
  Germany E5
  Turkey E6
  Austria E7
  Italy E8
  Spain E9
  Catalonia E10
  Poland E11
Pot 4
Team Rank
  Slovakia E12
  Netherlands E13
  Ireland E14
  Czech Republic -
  Finland -
  Iceland -
  Slovenia -
  Switzerland -

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 edit

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   Germany
2   United Kingdom
3   United States
4   Belgium
5   France
6   Australia
7   Italy
8   Turkey
9   Canada
10   Spain
11   Mexico
12   Norway
13   Poland
14   Austria
15   Vietnam
16   Czech Republic
Lower bracket
17   Malaysia
18   Slovenia
19   South Korea
20   Switzerland
21   New Zealand
22   Netherlands
23   Ireland
24   Hong Kong
25   Slovakia
26   Catalonia
Relegation round-robin
27   Finland
28   Brazil
29   Iceland

Group A vs. Group B edit

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

Group C vs. Group D edit

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

Group E vs. Group F edit

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

Group G edit

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

Knockout stage edit

Upper bracket edit

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
              
Match 1
  Germany170
Match 13
  Czech Republic50*
  Germany50
Match 2
  Turkey100*
  Turkey130*
Match 23
  Canada110
  Turkey40
Match 3
  Belgium90*
  Belgium150*
Match 14
  Poland40
  Belgium170**
Match 4
  France140°°
  France110*
Match 32
  Norway30
  Belgium70
Match 5
  United States120*
  United Kingdom160*
Match 15
  Vietnam0
  United Kingdom80*
Match 6
  Italy60
  Italy90*
Match 24
  Spain20
  United Kingdom150
Match 7
  United States160* Third place
  United States180
Match 16Match 31
  Austria60*
  United States100*  Turkey110*
Match 8
  Australia30   United Kingdom60
  Australia110
  Mexico30*

Quarter-final consolation edit

 
First round5th place
 
      
 
Match 21
 
 
  Germany50
 
Match 25
 
  France120*
 
  France80
 
Match 22
 
  Australia210*
 
  Italy50
 
 
  Australia180*
 
7th place
 
 
Match 26
 
 
  Germany80*
 
 
  Italy60

Round of 16 consolation edit

 
First roundSecond round9th place
 
          
 
Match 9
 
 
  Czech Republic0
 
Match 17
 
  Canada210*
 
  Canada110*
 
Match 10
 
  Norway80
 
  Poland120
 
Match 27
 
  Norway220*
 
  Canada160*
 
Match 11
 
  Spain50
 
  Vietnam70
 
Match 18
 
  Spain150*
 
  Spain90*
 
Match 12
 
  Austria10 11th place (canceled)
 
  Austria110*
 
Match 28
 
  Mexico90
 
  Norway—
 
 
  Austria—
 
 
Second round13th place (canceled)
 
      
 
Match 19
 
 
  Czech Republic90*
 
Match 29
 
  Poland150
 
  Poland—
 
Match 20
 
  Mexico—
 
  Vietnam50
 
 
  Mexico80*
 
15th place (canceled)
 
 
Match 30
 
 
  Czech Republic—
 
 
  Vietnam—

Lower bracket edit

 
Play-in gamesQuarter-finalsSemi-finals17th place
 
              
 
 
 
 
Match L3
 
 
  Malaysia150
 
Match L1
 
  Ireland90*
 
  Ireland90*
 
Match L8
 
  Hong Kong80
 
  Malaysia100*
 
 
  New Zealand90
 
 
Match L4
 
 
  Switzerland80
 
 
  New Zealand110*
 
 
Match L13
 
 
  Malaysia90
 
 
  Catalonia120*
 
 
Match L5
 
 
  Slovenia100*°
 
Match L2
 
  Catalonia130°*
 
  Slovakia30
 
Match L9
 
  Catalonia80*
 
  Catalonia100*
 
 
  Netherlands50 19th place
 
 
Match L6Match L12
 
 
  South Korea80  New Zealand80
 
 
  Netherlands170*   Netherlands150*
 
 
 
 

Lower bracket consolation edit

25th place
  
Match L7
  Hong Kong120*
  Slovakia50
=21st place
  
Match L10
  Ireland120*
  Switzerland90
=21st place
  
Match L11
  Slovenia180*
  South Korea50

Relegation round-robin edit

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

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